Mapping the World: Library Receives Hammond Archives

摘要

The archives of Hammond World Atlas Corporation, one of the premier American map and atlas publishers of the 20th century, became part of the collections of the Library of Congress in December 2002. Donated by the American Map Corporation, part of the Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the archival collection of atlases, maps, map compilation materials, printing separations and business records documents the 100-year publishing history of Hammond. The company was privately owned by the Hammond family until its assets were acquired by Langenscheidt Publishers Inc. in 1999. "We are pleased that the Langenscheidt Publishing Group and its president, Stuart Dolgins, chose to donate the archives of the Hammond World Atlas Corporation to the Library of Congress," said John Hebert, chief of the Geography and Map Division. "The records from that century-old map and atlas company are rich in examples of the broad and significant role that it played in 20th-century commercial mapping.