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10 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) America--Maps.
Jay I. Kislak Collection, 2000 BCE-2007 CE
1,350 items. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Jay I. Kislak Collection encompasses almost fourteen hundred rare books, maps, manuscripts, historical documents, graphic works, and archaeological objects related to the history of the early Americas, including the pre-Columbian cultures of the Caribbean and Mesoamerica.
Muriel H. Parry map collection
approximately 871 items. 871 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of some 871 maps that are largely pictorial. Muriel H. Parry, a librarian for the U.S. State Department, compiled the maps and several were deaccessioned from the State Department's library. Formats in the collection include single map and maps in books, magazines, calendars, and advertisements. In addition, there are maps on napkins, gift cards, cloth, etc. Included are maps by Ernest Clegg, Richard Edes Harrison, Hal Shelton, Daniel K. Wallingford, MacDonald Gill, Chase Ernest Dudley, among others. Parry created a map that is part of the collection.
G.E. Mueller map collection
17 items. 17 maps. 1 map folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of 17 maps transferred from the G.E. Mueller papers, 1876-2012. Mueller collected tourist, road, and air route maps published between 1952 and 1983. Most maps show locations in Central America; other maps depict places in the United States and Europe. Mueller was an engineer, administrator of U.S. manned space flight program, and corporate executive.
Harry W. Frantz map collection, 1922-1950
8 items. 1 map folder. 8 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Harry W. Frantz map collection contains eight maps related to commerical aviation routes, airmail routes, and an aeronautical chart. The materials were published between 1922 and 1950. Frantz was a correspondent for the United Press International and reported on aviation.
Charles Oscar Maas map collection, 1920-1997
5 items. 4 maps. 1 textual document. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of four maps that depict New York, steamboat lines in North America, Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal. Maas, the compiler, was Lieutenant Commander, USNFR, Assistant Naval Attache to the American Embassy in Paris, France.
Herman R. Friis cartographic manuals collection
18 manuals . 1 box (.4 linear ft). -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Hermann R. Friis collection contains cartographic manuals published by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Army, War Department, and Geological Survey. A number of the manuals are from World War II, which discuss aerial photographs and military map symbols. Maps in the manuals include: the world, North America, the United States, Montana, Scandinavia, and France, among others. These maps exemplify different cartographic techniques.
Rodolfo R. Schuller papers, 1492-1915
3,500 items. 22 containers. 11.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Americanist and linguist. Chiefly files comprised of copies of documents from various repositories, original manuscripts, and notes based on Schuller's linguistic research in Mexico and Central and South America, including archaeological and ethnographic material, clippings, maps, and photographs.
Charles B. Peterson III road map collection, 1911-2007
14,476 maps in 151 boxes (67.2 linear ft.) and 7 index card boxes (2.8 linear ft.). -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Charles B. Peterson III road map collection contains maps collected by Charles B. Peterson III dating from 1911 to 2007. The maps cover locations in the United States, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Peterson, as a child, began collecting maps from gas service stations and later wrote letters to publishers, in which he requested maps. Peterson described each map on 3 x 5 inch index card. The index cards are part of the collection and housed in seven boxes.
G. Malcolm Lewis collection of cartographic activities of the North American Indian and Inuit peoples at the Library of Congress, 1972-2000
72 boxes. 716 folders. Approximately 6000 items. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The G. Malcolm Lewis collection of cartographic activities of the North American Indian and Inuit peoples at the Library of Congress is an archive of historical geography research compiled over nearly three decades. This collection consists of over 6000 items of research materials used to investigate the cartographic encounter between Indigenous nations of North America and explorers and colonists from Europe. In this archive are correspondences between G. Malcolm Lewis -- a professor in University of Sheffield's Department of Geography until 1990 -- and historians, librarians, and fellow academics; cartobibliographic summaries of extant North American indigenous maps from 1600-1980; cartobibliographic summaries of incorporations of indigenous information on European and American maps since 1500; primary and secondary sources used to locate and investigate Indigenous maps and mapping efforts; reproductions of maps in a variety of media, including photocopies mounted on card-stock, transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints. The archive’s contents were generated between the approximate years of 1972- 2000 in the course of Lewis' work as an academic and historian. There are no original maps in the collection, only reproductions.
Charles E. Goad fire insurance map collection, 1894-1909
41 items. 17 map folders. 41 map sheets. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Charles E. Goad fire insurance map collection contains 41 maps that depict 17 cities in the Caribbean area, Mexico, and South America. Charles E. Goad (1848-1910), a noted cartographer and civil engineer, published the maps between 1894-1909. The maps include information relevant to fire insurance appraisal, such as size of building, number of floors, and usage (commercial, educational, residential); construction materials (concrete, brick, wood, glass); population; waterworks; and firefighting equipment. Included on some maps is the size of white population compared to the total population. The map scale differs among the locations.