Significant Map and Atlas Collections

133 titles with more than 400 maps — primarily of Europe and Eurasia — dating from the late 1500s to early 1800s.

Henry and William Clinton were the sons of General Sir Henry Clinton, the last British commander during the American Revolution. The brothers served as British generals during the Napoleonic era and most of the maps in this collection were used by them during their military diplomatic service, while others were acquired as gifts or for their own study. The collection also includes a few maps previously owned by Sir Henry, as well maps owned by one of his grandsons.

Around 120 important rare maps with a focus on North America and Europe. Maps date from the 16th to the 19th century.

Lucius L. Hubbard (1849–1933) and served as a university regent from 1911 to 1933. A lawyer before earning his PhD in mineralogy, Hubbard collected minerals, Americana, and maps of the world. He donated his map collection to the university in 1923. 

110 maps and city views depicting regions of the Balkan Peninsula, with a particular focus on what is today Croatia and the Dalmatian coast. Maps date from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and include works by some of Europe’s most influential cartographers.

Dr. Stevo Julius left communist Yugoslavia in 1967 to join the faculty of the University of Michigan Medical School. His groundbreaking research into the metabolic causes of hypertension led to national and international prominence. On one of his many trips abroad, with his wife Susan, he chanced upon the historic map department in Harrod’s, London. Enamored of the detail and craftsmanship, he began to seek out map dealers wherever he visited. It was his express wish that his collection would benefit scholarship and instruction at the university he served and loved for more than five decades.

Henry Vignaud's library contained more than 1200 books, atlases, maps, and pamphlets dating from the 16th to 19th centuries and was acquired by the university at an auction upon his death in 1922. Today the collection is divided between the Clark Library, Special Collections Research Center, Clements Library, and Hatcher Library.

Vignuad was a teacher, writer, and captain in the Confederate Army, who later worked for the United States embassy in Paris. Throughout the course of his career, Vignaud was an avid collector of rare and intriguing materials about American history, including important atlases that contain maps of the Americas. His collection also includes many other works on Europe and France.