Brown University Library News

The Friends of the Library cordially invite you to a talk on the Rediscovered Map Collection of the John Hay Library By Thomas Stieve, Social Sciences Data Librarian, Brown University Thursday, April 5, 2007 7 p.m., Lownes Room, John Hay Library A selection of rediscovered historical maps, including many local maps, will be discussed and on view after the talk. Reception to follow. Join the Friends! The accompanying exhibit, “Rediscovered Map Collection of the John Hay Library,” will run from March 26 to April 25, 2007 at the John Hay Library This exhibit features some of the over 1,000 maps rediscovered at the John Hay Library. The collection represents the world throughout the time these maps were collected by Brown University. Two-thirds of the maps are from the 1800s and early 1900s, with a major focus on the United States and Europe. The local collection for southern New England is also noteworthy. Some of the more exceptional maps are a Nazi tourism map, a map cited by Herman Melville in writing Moby Dick, and an anti-slavery map donated to the Library by the family of an abolitionist who graduated from Brown in 1831. This historic maps collection is featured in a February 13 Providence Journal article — “The course of history – Brown’s rediscovered maps tell tale”. John Hay Library hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. For further information contact Thomas_Stieve@brown.edu