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Modern Literature Collection and Manuscripts

Washington University's collections of manuscripts contain a broad range of materials dating from the 2nd century BC through the present. The largest group of materials is the Modern Literature Collection.

Cartographic Manuscript Collection

The Cartographic Manuscript Collection consists of maps or engravings by Theodore de Bry, John Ogilby, Phillip Baldeeus, Jean Baptiste B. d'Anville, Jean Barbault, Jacques Nicholas Bellin, Rigobert Bonne, Frederik Ludvig Norden, Richard Pococke, Robert Sayer, Thomas Stackhouse, Adam Black, Adrien Hubert Brue, John Dower, Geographisches Institut, Victor Levasseur, John Pinkerton, John Thomson, Philippe M.G. van de Maelen, John Carry, Auguste Henri Dufour, Samuel Dunn, William Faden, Thomas Jefferys, Alexander Keith Johnston, Daniel Lizars, Charles V. Monin, Joseph Parker, and Justus Perthes.