Community Read: Adventures in the Library - On The Trail of Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft's "Specimens of the Plants and Fruits of the Island of Cuba"

Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft’s astonishing and beautiful three-volume botanical manuscript of the plants of Cuba has been held in the Cornell University Library for almost a century. It took the tenacity of one historian to help rediscover the significance of this early work and bring it to the world’s attention. Learn more about the intersection of research and libraries and how this book came back into the light.

Anne Sauer is the Stephen E and Evalyn Edwards Milman Director of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University Library. As an archivist, Sauer has worked extensively at the intersection of historical collections and information technology, helping to support libraries and archives in managing digital collections for preservation and access. Sauer holds an MA in History from Tufts University and an MLIS from Simmons University.