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1. Gary W. North map collection

   24 items. 1 folder . 14 maps. 7 prints. 2 volumes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of 13 remote-sensing maps of locations in the United States, 1 remote-sensing map of the Amazon Basin, and 7 illustrations concerning the NASA Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1), which became known as Landsat 1. The materials are covered in Mylar and appear to have been part of an exhibition created by Gary W. North that includes one small banner. In addition, there are two unrelated volumes. One is titled Description of the Ordnance Survey Large Scale Maps, which was published around 1921 by the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. The second volume is titled Stereograms prepared by the University of Illinois Committee on Aerial Photography. The latter volume's materials date from the 1930s to the 1950s.

2. Ronald Greeley lunar map collection, 1963-1970

   9 items. 1 map folder. 9 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Ronald Greeley lunar map collection contains nine preliminary geologic maps of sections of the Moon created by the United States Department of the Interior from 1963 to 1970.

3. 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.

4. Charles Lee Burwell collection of materials related to World War II

   1 model in two sections, both 120 x 120 cm.; plan and miscellany, .5 linear feet. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Charles Lee Burwell Collection consists of one model, consisting of rubber on foam backing, prepared for "Operation Overlord," the Allied invasion of Utah Beach, Normandy, France; and an operational plan, maps, aerial photography, and photographs assembled by Burwell in preparation for "Operation Anvil," an amphibious landing of Allied troops on the southern coast of France in August 1944.

5. Herold J. Wiens collection, 1939-1971

   264 pieces. chiefly maps. charts, and views. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Consists of pen and ink drawings, pencil sketches, facsimiles, and photographs of aerial views showing all or part of China during the period of World War II. The collection also consists of technical drawing equipment, notes, charts, atlases, some books, personal folders, letters, correspondence, and other miscellaneous items.