The Douglas M. and Helena McElwain Milne Angling Collection
Posted by Mark Foley
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Special Collections Department maintains one of the largest collections of angling literature in the United States. In the 1960s, Helena & Douglas Milne donated their collection of fishing books, periodicals, artwork and ephemera to the University of New Hampshire. Books and periodicals purchased from an endowment established by Mrs. Milne have doubled this original gift.
The collection, which now numbers over 3,500 volumes, is particularly rich in materials relating to fly fishing for trout and Atlantic salmon with special emphasis on fishing in New England and eastern Canada. Beyond containing the classics of angling literature – such as numerous editions of Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Angler – the collection boasts a vast array of books on fly tying, rod making, and stream tactics.
Little Rivers by Van Dyke, University of New Hampshire – Milne fly fishing collection.
Over 3,000 volumes of the Milne Collection are cataloged and appear in the UNH Library online catalog. These books and periodicals may be searched by author, title, subject, and keyword.
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