----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hello All, Someone forwarded the February-March Issue of New York Public Library News to me. The lead (front page) story is headlined "Hundreds of Rare English Maps and Atlases Donated to Library." It continues "Lawrence Slaughter, an active supporter of the Library's Map Division until his death in 1996, never talked very much about his on map collecting. And so, when Mr. Slaughter's estate donated his private collection to the Library this past year, even Alice Hudson, the curator of the Map Division, was astonished by its richness and scope." The article goes on to describe some of the highlights of the collection. Congratulations to Alice for making the headlines. Linda Zellmer Map Librarian Arizona State University Libraries P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 [log in to unmask] Tel: (602) 965-5973 Fax: (602) 965-0883