David Rumsey Donates 150,000 Maps to Stanford University

David Rumsey will give his map collection and digital library to Stanford University over the next five to ten years.  Rumsey will continue to host and build the online map library at www.davidrumsey.com for years to come.

Librarian Julie Sweetking-Singer unfolds John Melish's 1823 Map of the United States.
2 Comments on David Rumsey Donates 150,000 Maps to Stanford University
OnlyGlobes.com on April 18, 2011 at 7:28AM wrote:

Wow! That is quite generous. I’m sure Stanford is thrilled with this donation.

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Tami Suzuki on October 25, 2011 at 4:36PM wrote:

What an amazing collection! Hi to Julia from Tami/Library School.

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