Article : Guías de manuscritos en náhuatl en The John Carter Brown Library (Providence, Rhode Island), The Benson Latin American Collection (Austin, Texas)

Créateur

• Schwaller, John Frederick. Auteur

Résumé

The John Carter Brown Library, of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, is one of the leading centers for the study of the discovery, exploration, settlement, and development oí the New World. The
collection of printed materials now includes over 56,000 books, plus other items dealing with the early history oí the Americas. The library also holds sorne important manuscripts dealing with the same topic, as well as maps, plans, and prints. The collection took form in 1846 when John Carter Brown began it. He passed it to his son, John Nicholas Brown, who eventually left it to the University, along with an endowmento The structure which houses the library was built in the early twentieth century according to instructions given by John Nicholas Brown.

Références bibliographiques

• Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, 1991, n° 21, p. 309-337.
• Disponible sur Internet, url : <https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/78285.>.