The 1930s was a time of unexpected growth in duties for the Division of Slavic Literature, but with no corresponding growth in staff to accomplish this increase. The staff struggled to process the materials from the enormous Yudin collection, acquired years before, while also managing current acquisitions. Another new workload involved incorporating the materials of the Slavic Division into large Library-wide projects such as the Union List of Serials and what would become the National Union Catalog and the Cyrillic Union Catalog. By the end of the decade the push to implement modernized methods of processing became paramount. with trouble looming in the horizon for the division. The chief of the Division of Slavic Literature during the 1930s was Nicholas R. Rodionoff (1930–1944).
Below are images of selected items acquired by the Division of Slavic Literature during 1930-1939.
P.L. Lavrov, Ed. Socialist periodical from London Vpered!. Acquired in 1936, Library of Congress General Collections.
Taras Shevchenko. End paper inside Tom 5 of Povna zbirka tvoriv, showing that the Library received this work on exchange. This set of collected works was acquired in 1939. Library of Congress General Collections.
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski. Plate from Stara baśń; powieść z dziewia̜tego wieku. 1879. Acquired in 1931. Library of Congress General Collections.
Kõik eesti adress-kalender. 1923. Acquired in 1930. Library of Congress General Collections.
