Walter Ristow

Walter William Ristow (April 20, 1908 in La Crosse, Wisconsin – April 3, 2006 in Mitchellville, Maryland) was the head librarian of the map library at the New York Public Library and later the Library of Congress.

The Washington Map Society gives an award in his name annually to an author of "a paper in the field of cartographic history or map librarianship." [http://home.earthlink.net/~docktor/ristow_winners.htm]

Sources

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/17/us/17ristow.html Walter Ristow]
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~docktor/ristow.htm Walter W. Ristow Prize]
* [http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2006/05/07/news/z4ristow_07.txt Walter Ristow -La Crosse Tribune]

Published works

* "American maps and map makers: Commercial Cartography in the Nineteenth Century", 1985.
* "The emergence of maps in libraries", 1980.
* Walter W. Ristow papers, La Crosse, Wisconsin Public Library, library archives: articles by Walter Ristow on maps and their use in libraries.