{"id":1791855,"date":"2021-10-11T09:32:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T13:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1791855"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:32:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T13:32:56","slug":"albert-h-small-1925-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/10\/albert-h-small-1925-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Albert H. Small, 1925-2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Albert H. Small, whose donation of maps and other items to the George Washington University Museum in 2011 became the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection<\/a>, died on 3 October, shortly before what would have been his 96th birthday. NEH<\/abbr> statement<\/a>, obituary<\/a>. [Tony Campbell<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Previously: The Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Albert H. Small, whose donation of maps and other items to the George Washington University Museum in 2011 became the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection, died on 3 October, shortly before what would have been… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[581],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1791855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-obituaries","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2938,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/09\/the-albert-h-small-washingtoniana-collection\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791855,"position":0},"title":"The Albert H. 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