Contents and Arrangement Collection View
Description:

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Description:

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Description:

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Description:

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Description:

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Description:

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Description:

(e.g. Christmas cards)

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Description:

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Description:

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Description:

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Description:

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, articles, manuscript notes, microfilm, photographic reproductions, bibliographies, card files, and tables of Ruland relating to his study of Sebastian Munster (1489-1552) and the history of cosmography and early cartography. Most of the papers pertain to Munster's work, the Cosmographia (1544), including Ruland's article "A Survey of the Double-Page Maps in Thirty-Five Editions of the Cosmographia Universalis, 1544-1628 of Sebastian Munster, and in His Editions of Ptolemy's Geographia; 1540-1552" (1957); tables and lists concerning various editions of the Cosmosgraphia; photocopies of maps; and other articles and publications.

Arrangement

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Collection Creator Biography:

Ruland, Harold Laurence, 1906-1961.

Harold Laurence Ruland (1906-1961) was an American educator and historian.

Processing Information

This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.

The collection inventory was created by Michael Heist in August 2007.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Harold Ruland Papers on Sebastian Munster; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pv63g027q
Location:
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Storage Note:
  • ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-4