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1. Charles B. Peterson 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 road map collection contains maps collected by Charles B. Peterson 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.

2. Glenn R. Fackler World War II map collection

   14 items . 11 facsimile map sheets . 3 textual documents . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Glenn R. Fackler World War II map collection contains 11 reproductions of maps from the publication titled Eleven war maps with the dates of important events in World War II. The book was published in 1945 by the Geographia Map Co. of New York. The donor's reproductions were not large enough to completely cover the contents of the maps. Three textual documents are included.