The American Geographical Society Library recently acquired two 18th-century maps and restored two 18th-century atlases thanks to a gift from the John Quincy Adams Foundation of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America. The French-language 1776 map from German cartographer Matthäus Albrecht Lotter depicts …
The American Geographical Society Library recently acquired the Karen Wynn Fonstad Collection, including the original manuscript maps of The Atlas of Middle-Earth. A cartographer from Oshkosh, Fonstad was a lifelong fan of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work. Upon her passing in 2005, Fonstad left her family an archive of nearly 1,000 map …
Beginning May 25, the UWM Libraries will merge Archives and Special Collections into a single department: Archives and Special Collections. The UWM Libraries are continuously evolving and always evaluating how to operate and fulfill the Libraries’s mission with the given resources. The merger of Archives and …
Thanks to the work of Digital Collections & Initiatives, the American Geographical Society Library has recently made available a digitized 1478 copy of Ptolemy’s Geography. The AGSL holds over 30 volumes from copies of Ptolemy’s Geography, with this digitization marking the tenth …
Maura Lucking, assistant professor of the history of architecture in the UWM School of Architecture & Urban Planning, is the recipient of the 2026 Morris Fromkin Memorial Grant. Lucking’s project is titled “Contested Sovereignties: Visions of Land and Housing Reform by Wisconsin Oneida Activist Laura Cornelius Kellogg.” Lucking will investigate Oneida …
A UWM Libraries task force is working through the results of the fall 2025 survey of faculty, instructional and research staff, and graduate students. Over 550 people completed the survey, providing insight into how they use the Libraries’ collections, services, and spaces. Overall, faculty, staff, and graduate-student respondents are satisfied with the services and spaces provided. In particular, interlibrary loan and general support for teaching and research are viewed as …
The American Geographical Society Library will conserve rare atlases from its Rare Materials Room thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The grant will facilitate the repair of five maritime navigational atlases dating from 1693, and other rare atlases with the balance of funding. Part of a more than 20,000-item rare …
The American Geographical Society Library named three national scholars as AGSL Research Fellows for 2026. Each will receive a stipend to travel to Milwaukee and conduct research at the AGSL. Cy Abbott, University of Oregon PhD candidate in geography, will examine the …
The UWM Libraries celebrated the 2025 recipients of the Janet and Carl Moebius Outstanding Staff Achievement Awards at a reception on Jan. 12 in the Golda Meir Library. Two members of the UWM Libraries staff were selected for awards: Chris Baxter …
If you stop by the American Geographical Society Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, you’ll likely catch yourself tipping your head to one side. At first, it might seem difficult to orient yourself while viewing many of the maps currently on display. But that’s the intention behind AGSL’s latest exhibit …
