-------- Original Message -------- Subject: 1810-30 map of Paris? Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:33:20 +1000 From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ We have a PhD student seeking a copy of a map of Paris pre-Hausmann, 1810-1830 with readable street names. If anyone has such a beast, could they please contact Ian directly at [log in to unmask] Thanks very much >Sent: Friday, 4 June 2004 10:42 PM >Dear Sabina, > >My supervisor, Peter McPhee, suggested that I should contact you about a >difficulty I'm having with my PhD. I am working on the history of the Arab >population of Paris in the early nineteenth century. Last year while in >Paris I collected a great deal of information, including hundreds of >addresses, which I desperately need to map out on a map of Paris, with >clearly readable street names, from somewhere in the period 1810-1830. I >have contacted Prof. John Merriman from Yale for his advice, and he tells >me that the Yale library has a wonderful map collection which should >include such a map. I am wondering if there is any possibility of >acquiring something either from Yale or elsewhere. There is some urgency >for me, as as I am giving a paper at the Rudé Conference in mid-July and >would dearly like to be in a position to present this evidence >effectively. I would be grateful for any help you could give me, and would >be keen to come and talk to you about it if you think it is possible. I >have included the email exchange below in case it may be useful. > >Thanking you in advance, >Yours, > >Ian Coller >PhD Candidate, >Department of History >University of Melbourne Dr Brendan Whyte Assistant Map Curator ERC Library University of Melbourne Vic 3010 AUSTRALIA [log in to unmask]