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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
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Tel: (602) 965-5973
Fax: (602) 965-0883