James Ford Bell Library
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The James Ford Bell Library is named for its donor and patron James Ford Bell, one of the founders of General Mills Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The collection consists of some 25,000 items of printed books, manuscripts, charts, broadsides, and other materials realting to trade in the early modern period. Its materials range in date from 400 AD to 1825, with the bulk of the collection concentrated between the years 1500 and 1790.
The Library was founded at the University of Minnesota in 1953 and is currently located in the University's Wilson Library building.
The library is supported by the Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, which was established in 1963. The Library has a variety of publications and since 1964 has sponsored an annual public lecture series: the James Ford Bell Lecture.
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[edit] Contact Address
The James Ford Bell Library University of Minnesota 472 Wilson Library 309-19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455
[edit] Curators
- Dr. John "Jack" Parker, 1953-1991
- Carol Urness, 1991-
- Dr. Marguerite Ragnow,
[edit] References
- The James Ford Bell Library: An annotated catalog of original source materials relating to the history of European expansion, 1400-1800 Minneapolis, Minn.: James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1994.
- James Ford Bell and his books: the nucleus of a library. Minneapolis, Minn. : Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1993.
- A book for Jack: words to, by and about John Parker, curator of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, edited by Carol Urness. Minneapolis/St. Paul: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1991.
- The world for a marketplace : episodes in the history of European expansion : commemorating the 25th anniversary of the James Ford Bell Library, by John Parker. Minneapolis: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1978.
- The Manifest : a newsletter to the Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, Wilson Library, University of Minnesota.
- The merchant explorer: a commentary on selected recent acquisitions. 1961-
