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1. 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.

2. C. R. Hughes Embargo Act of 1807 map tracings collection

   8 items. 1 map folder. 8 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   A collection of eight manuscript map tracings by C.R. Hughes, a printer based in Berryville, Virginia. Six maps illustrate how members of Congress voted on the Embargo Act of 1807. The other maps show the 1816 Massachusetts gubernatorial election and how electors in Georgia voted in the 1816 presidential election.

3. Lowell Folklife Project collection, 1987-1988

   17,000 items ; 10 containers; 4 linear feet.. 158 folders.. 90 sound cassettes : analog.. 247 sound tape reels: analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.. ca. 13,500 photographs : b&w., col.. 15 computer disks ; 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 in.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   This year-long study conducted by the American Folklife Center yielded an ethnographic collection consisting of 196 hours of sound recordings covering a wide range of subjects and activities, including oral history interviews, religious services, musical events, parades and religious processions, ethnic festivals, ethnic restaurants, and neighborhood tours. An additional 23 hours of sound recordings of musical events and oral history interviews were copied from originals lent by Lowell residents. Collection materials also include correspondence; field notes; questionnaires; neighborhood maps; reports; publications; administrative files; interview transcripts; black-and-white photographic prints, contact sheets, and film negatives (ca. 10,000 images); and color slides and prints, (ca. 3,500 images) which documented community life in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1987 to 1988.

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