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   And may I add my congratulations to Alice Hudson and Nancy Kandoian
   on the publication of the latest issue of Meridian (no. 13, 1998)
   which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the
   Map Division of The New York Public Library. Wonderful articles by
   Alice and Nancy (Nancy's is about cataloging the Slaughter
   Collection mentioned below by Linda), as well as Jean Ashton and
   David Allen. All those Perris atlases (the original property
   atlases of New York, William Perris, 1852-1854)--makes me homesick!
 
   Leave it to Alice to do such a remarkable double act: making the
   Map Division a jewel in the crown of map librarianship, as well as
   a jewel in the crown of New York!
 
   Way to go, Alice!
 
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   PS If you don't subscribe to this journal of the Map and Geography
   Round Table of the American Library Association, you can order a
   single issue for $10 ($12 foreign), payable to ALA/MAGERT, from Jim
   Coombs, Maps Library, Southwest Missouri State University, 901 S.
   National, #175, Springfield  MO  65804  USA
 
 
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Subject: Congratulations to Alice Hudson
Author:  Linda Zellmer <<a href="/scripts/wa-UGA.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9802%26L%3DMAPS-L%26E%3D7bit7BIT%26P%3D293110%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>> at Internet
Date:    19/02/98 15:09
 
 
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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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