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General

New York Public Library. Treasures of the New York Public Library, by Marshall B. Davidson and Bernard McTigue (New York: H.N. Abrams, 1988) This lavishly illustrated book presents significant materials in the collection of the Library, noted for their rarity or aesthetic value. * R-*HND+ (N.Y.P.L.) 89-132 or IRH+ 89-133 or request copy at the Information Desk in the Bill Blass Public Catalog Room.

Williams, Sam. Guide to the Research Collections of the New York Public Library (Chicago: American Library Association, 1975) this definitive analysis and examination of the various collections located in the Research Libraries (through 1975) is arranged by subject categories; its index is particularly useful for its access to Library materials by donor, format, and collection name and, for unique items, by specific names. Request at the Information Desk in the Bill Blass Public Catalog Room; for other copies, please consult CATNYP. The predecessor to this work, and still useful for information deleted in Williams, is Brown, Karl, Guide to the Reference Collections of The New York Public Library (New York: New York Public Library, 1941), which is available, upon request, at the Information Desk in the Bill Blass Public Catalog Room.

The George Arents Collection (containing his Collection on Tobacco and his Collection of Books in Parts)

Brooks, Jerome. "The Library Relating to Tobacco, collected by George Arents," The New York Public Library Bulletin, January 1944, pp. 3-15. This article discusses the formation and nature of the Arents Collection, a part of Special Collections devoted to the history and role of tobacco in human society.

Berg Collection

Gordan, John Dozier. The Scholar Adventurer; A Tribute to John D. Gordan (1907-1968) on the Eightieth Anniversary of His Birth; with Six of his Essays (New York: New York Public Library, 1987) This collection of essays celebrates the influence and contributions of the first curator (1940-1968) of the Berg Collection of English and American Literature, a division of Special Collections with significant and rare holdings in Anglo-American literature. JFD 87-10224 or *HND (N.Y.P.L.) 88-1364 or *HND (N.Y.P.L.) 88-1365

Szladits, Lola L. Brothers: The Origins of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, the New York Public Library (New York: New York Public Library, 1985) The second curator (1969-1990) of the Berg Collection discusses its beginnings and purposes. JFE 85-2885 or *HND (N.Y.P.L.) 85-1766

Dorot Jewish Division

Studies in Jewish Bibliography and Related Subjects: In Memory of A.S. Freidus (New York: Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1929) This anthology includes evaluations of the life and scholarship of Abraham S. Freidus, organizer and first chief (1897-1923) of the Jewish Division, as well as a bibliography of works by and about him. *PA or *PBN. For more information on the Jewish Division, see Berger, Abraham, "The Jewish Division of the New York Public Library," in Jewish Book Annual, vol. 23 (1965-66), pp. 42-47; its call number is *PAA. The Joshua Bloch Memorial Volume: Studies in Booklore and History (New York: New York Public Library, 1960), a collection of essays, includes an appreciation of Dr. Bloch, the chief of the Jewish Division from 1923 to 1956, and a bibliography of his works; its call number is *PBT.

Map Division

Hudson, Alice C., and Cole, Maud D., "The Cartographic Treasures in The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations," in The Map Collector, Summer, 1988, pp. 2-11. Alice Hudson, the chief of the Map Division, and Maud Cole, the former curator of the Rare Book Division, discuss some of the notable and rare maps and atlases found in these two divisions of the Library. Call number for The Map Collector is Map Div. 85-202.

Ristow, Walter William. The Emergence of Maps in Libraries (Hamden, Conn.: Linnet Books, 1980) the author was chief of the Map Division in the 1940's and prominent in the development of map librarianship. Map Div. 86-1002

Photographic Collection

From Talbot to Stieglitz: Masterpieces of Early Photography from the New York Public Library, compiled by Julia Van Haaften (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1982) MFW 84-1873 or *HND (N.Y.P.L.) 86-1853

Van Haaften, Julia. Original Sun Pictures: A Check List of the New York Public Library's Holdings of Early Works Illustrated with Photographs, 1844-1900, The New York Public Library Bulletin, Spring, 1977, pp. 355-415.

Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

Wagner, Stephen, and Doucet Devin Fischer. "The Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: The Collection and the Collector," Biblion: The Bulletin of The New York Public Library, Fall, 1996, pp. 52-57.

Slavic and Baltic Division

East Central and Southeast Europe: A Handbook of Library and Archival Resources in North America, Paul L. Horecky, chief editor (Santa Barbara, CA: Clio Press, 1976) Pages 305-368 delineate the Library's holdings of materials for eight countries (plus Judaica) in this area. *RS-BT 77-3168 or request in Slavic and Baltic Division.

A Guide to Scholarly Resources on the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union in the New York Metropolitan Area, compiled by Robert A. Karlowich (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1990) About a quarter of this book discusses the holdings of the Library in this area with a particular focus on the collections of the Slavic and Baltic Division. *R-Slav. Div. 90-4326.