Lithuanian Research and Studies Center

Lithuanian Research and Studies Center (LRSC) (Lith.: Lituanistikos tyrimo ir studijų centras (LTSC)) is a non-profit scholarly research organization, which brings together varying cultural and academic organizations towards acquiring and preserving Lithuanian artifacts, documents, and other materials of cultural significance. The LRSC was created in 1982 in Chicago, Illinois to unify a number of other Lithuanian organizations and is located at the Lithuanian Youth Center on Chicago's south side. [1] It is funded by donations primarily from the Lithuanian American community. The Center is the largest Lithuanian scholarly institution, archive, and publisher outside Lithuania. It has published over 50 scholarly books in both Lithuanian and English. The current chairman of the LRSC is Robert A. Vitas. The LRSC has become a notable organization in Lithuanian studies.[2]

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Coordinates: 41°47′33″N 87°40′55″W / 41.79250°N 87.68194°W / 41.79250; -87.68194

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