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1. David Cook Washington Post map collection

   41 maps ; photocopied ; various . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of 41 photocopied maps drawn by David Cook for the Washington Post from 1990 through 1995. Maps cover national and international events. Some maps are proofs and contain suggested edits.

2. C. Hart Merriam papers, 1864-1938

   5,000 items. 71 containers plus 1 oversize. 28.5 linear feet. 10 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naturalist, zoologist, and ethnologist. Correspondence, writings, journals, bibliographies, maps, and other papers. Includes journals of scientific expeditions and compilations of Indian vocabularies, with accompanying large-scale maps showing the distribution of all known Indian tribes in California and Nevada, as well as notes relating to the Adirondack Mountains and files pertaining to other sites and regions in the United States and abroad. Contains subject material relating to the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration and the Harriman Alaska Expedition.

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3. Collection of maps on postcards and business cards, 1910-2013

   approximately 2,000 postcards and business cards. 2 boxes. 114 folders. 2 linear ft.. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Collection of maps on postcards and business cards contains approximately 2,000 postcards and business cards with cartographic content in a variety of graphic formats, including photographs and printed illustrations. The postcards, which were collected approximately between the early 1980s and 2013, feature maps and cartographic images of all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia; U.S. territories and regions; countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, North America, and South America. The business cards in this collection primarily advertise restaurants in the United States, and typically contain a small street map showing the location of the business. The collection's strongest areas of coverage are Massachusetts, Florida, Maine, New York, California, Texas, Poland, islands of the Caribbean, and Germany. The materials in this collection are largely undated, but appear to date from the 1980s to early 2000s. Some items are from pre-1920s, the 1940s, and the 1950s. Many of the postcards in this collection contain manuscript notes.

4. Reid family map collection

   13 items. 3 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of eleven cartographic items that illustrate roads and home development in San Mateo County and Burlingame, California.

5. McConnell's Economic Surveys collection

   chiefly maps, manuscript maps . 164 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The McConnell's Economic Surveys collection is a set of manuscript maps and plans that primarily concerns economic development projects in the City of Los Angeles and southern Califorina from 1920s to 1970s. The surveys were conducted by Cormac McConnell on behalf of various businesses and other entities in order to anticipate construction costs and the likely profitability of business situated in a said geographic space.