{"id":1805675,"date":"2021-12-16T10:41:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1805675"},"modified":"2021-12-16T10:41:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:41:19","slug":"collection-donated-to-leiden-university-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/12\/collection-donated-to-leiden-university-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Collection Donated to Leiden University Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two private collectors, John Steegh and Harrie Teunissen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibliotheek.universiteitleiden.nl\/nieuws\/2021\/12\/schenking-topcollectie-kaarten-en-atlassen-aan-universitaire-bibliotheken-leiden\">have donated their collection<\/a>\u00a0of some 17,000 maps and 2,300 atlases and travel guides, mostly focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries, to Leiden University Libraries (linked page in Dutch).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two private collectors, John Steegh and Harrie Teunissen, have donated their collection\u00a0of some 17,000 maps and 2,300 atlases and travel guides, mostly focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries, to Leiden University Libraries (linked page&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/12\/collection-donated-to-leiden-university-libraries\/\">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":[10,211],"tags":[1231,1546,547],"class_list":["post-1805675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-map-collecting","tag-donations","tag-leiden","tag-netherlands","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1809983,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/new-map-exhibition-in-leiden\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805675,"position":0},"title":"New Map Exhibition in Leiden","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 November 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"\u201cWhen looking at maps, we should always be mindful of the question: Who is mapping what and for what purpose?\u201d A new exhibition at the Museum Volkskunde in Leiden, in collaboration with Leiden University Libraries, Kaarten: navigeren en manipuleren [Maps: Navigating and Manipulating], which opened last month, gathers together contemporary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1785828,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/06\/osher-formally-donates-map-collection-to-usm\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805675,"position":1},"title":"Osher Formally Donates Map Collection to USM","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 June 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Harold Osher is formally donating his map collection to the University of Southern Maine, a gift with an estimated value of $100 million, along with a contribution to an endowment to support the collection (USM press release,\u00a0Portland Press-Herald). 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