Meadow Brook Hall Curator Madelyn Chrapla researches a rare historic book.

Rare discovery made in Meadow Brook’s Oldest Book

Fifty years after being locked in a vault, a new – but very old – book-sparks interest – and a surprise discovery – at Meadow Brook. In the Dodge and Wilson family’s collection of more than 1,600 books, the Atlas Universel is the oldest one dating back to around 1788. Yet just discovered within its … Read more