Joel Kovarsky papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 15845 Joel Kovarsky papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Summary

Extent:
0.25 Cubic Feet 1 document box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 15845 Joel Kovarsky papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Joel Kovarsky papers (2011-2013; 0.25 cubic feet) consist of drafts from his book, "The True Geography of Our Country," the book proposal, e-mail correspondence with his editor, Mark Mones, and the Virginia Press.

Biographical / historical:

Joel Kovarsky is the author of "The True Geography of Our Country," and the owner of The Prime Meridian. He was also a rheumatologist who had a career in medicine, mainly at the Texas Medical Center in Houston. Before he retired, he earned a master's degree in information science and interned at the University of Virginia's Special Collections Library, where he was involved in cataloging maps.

He became interested in antique maps and eventually formed the company, The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps and Books. For seven years he contributed the "recent publications" column of the Washington Map Society's bulletin.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Joel Kovarsky, 6 August 2014.
Arrangement:

Manuscript chapters are arranged in order by chapter followed by epilogue, bibliography, endnotes, index, a book proposal and correspondence with the publisher.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard