Library of Congress to Exhibit Rare Abel
Buell Map of the United States from 1784
On
14 October 2013 the Library of Congress will open “Mapping a New Nation: Abel
Buell’s Map of the United States, 1784,” an exhibition featuring the first map
of the newly independent United States that was compiled, printed and published
in America by an American.
The exhibition will be located in the Great Hall North Gallery on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday until Saturday, the exhibit is ongoing, with no closing date.
The display also features five 18th century maps of North America. Rare and historically important, the Abel Buell map also was the first map to be copyrighted in the United States. Seven copies of the map are known to exist, and this copy is considered the best preserved and, therefore, is the most frequently chosen for illustration of Buell’s work.
Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of The Carlyle Group, purchased this map through an auction at Christie’s in Manhattan in December 2010. Rubenstein, a long-time supporter of the Library of Congress, has generously placed the map at the Library so it can be publicly displayed and, by digital technology, made available for research purposes.
Prior to the sale, the map had been in the custody of the New Jersey Historical Society since 1862. The remaining six copies are held in research libraries.
Also on display will be four early maps of North America by John Mitchell, Carington Bowles, Thomas Hutchins and William Faden, which were created from 1755 to 1778. Buell most likely consulted these maps when he engraved his large wall map. A 1784 map of the United States by William McMurray, which was published nine months after Buell’s map, will complete the exhibition.
The exhibition will be located in the Great Hall North Gallery on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday until Saturday, the exhibit is ongoing, with no closing date.
The display also features five 18th century maps of North America. Rare and historically important, the Abel Buell map also was the first map to be copyrighted in the United States. Seven copies of the map are known to exist, and this copy is considered the best preserved and, therefore, is the most frequently chosen for illustration of Buell’s work.
Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of The Carlyle Group, purchased this map through an auction at Christie’s in Manhattan in December 2010. Rubenstein, a long-time supporter of the Library of Congress, has generously placed the map at the Library so it can be publicly displayed and, by digital technology, made available for research purposes.
Prior to the sale, the map had been in the custody of the New Jersey Historical Society since 1862. The remaining six copies are held in research libraries.
Also on display will be four early maps of North America by John Mitchell, Carington Bowles, Thomas Hutchins and William Faden, which were created from 1755 to 1778. Buell most likely consulted these maps when he engraved his large wall map. A 1784 map of the United States by William McMurray, which was published nine months after Buell’s map, will complete the exhibition.
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Stowe Center receives $150,000 federal grant
The
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center is to receive $150,000 from the Museums for
America program at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to
preserve the Stowe Center’s collections. IMLS recently announced nearly
$30,000,000 in grants to museums across the nation. The Harriet Beecher
Stowe Center is receiving one of the 244 awards through the agency’s grant
programs.
IMLS Director Susan Hildreth will recognize the 2013 museum winners at a ceremony in Washington DC. The event will showcase the many ways museums such as the Stowe Center support learning experiences, serve as community anchors, and are stewards of cultural heritage through the preservation of their collections.
Recognized as a distinctive cultural institution and international tourist destination, the Stowe House is the Hartford, CT home where abolitionist and novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe lived for 23 years. Collections in the house are nationally significant, illustrating Stowe’s life and impact, multi-talented nature, and the worldwide response to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the 19th century’s bestseller which galvanized abolition before the Civil War.
The Collections Preservation project will allow continued public access to nationally significant collections, telling Stowe’s story in her own 19th century home, encouraging community engagement and inspiring discussions of contemporary issues.
To learn more, click here
———————————IMLS Director Susan Hildreth will recognize the 2013 museum winners at a ceremony in Washington DC. The event will showcase the many ways museums such as the Stowe Center support learning experiences, serve as community anchors, and are stewards of cultural heritage through the preservation of their collections.
Recognized as a distinctive cultural institution and international tourist destination, the Stowe House is the Hartford, CT home where abolitionist and novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe lived for 23 years. Collections in the house are nationally significant, illustrating Stowe’s life and impact, multi-talented nature, and the worldwide response to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the 19th century’s bestseller which galvanized abolition before the Civil War.
The Collections Preservation project will allow continued public access to nationally significant collections, telling Stowe’s story in her own 19th century home, encouraging community engagement and inspiring discussions of contemporary issues.
To learn more, click here
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