Colleagues,

You are invited to visit the new digital collection, TIBET – From the
Collections of the American Geographical Society Library at:

http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/digilib/tibet/index.html

This digital collection presents a selection of historical maps and
photographs of Tibet from the holdings of the American Geographical
Society (AGS) Library. The collection includes a unique set of 50
photographs of central Tibet and Lhasa taken by two Mongolian Buddhists,
G. Ts. Tsybikoff and Ovshe Norzunoff, who visited Tibet in 1900 and
1901. The photographs represent the first photographic images of Potala
Palace in Lhasa and other Tibetan monasteries. In addition, over 800
images of Tibet have been drawn from the extensive photographic
collection of Harrison Forman. Photojournalist and explorer, Forman
undertook three expeditions to remote areas of northern Tibet between
1932 and 1937. The photographic collection is supplemented by four plans
of the city of Lhasa and six historical maps of Tibet selected from the
map collection of the American Geographical Society Library.

Krystyna K. Matusiak
Digital Collections Librarian
UWM Libraries
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ph. 414-229-2214
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Angie Cope, Senior Academic Librarian
American Geographical Society Library
UW Milwaukee Libraries
2311 E. Hartford Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/index.html
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