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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.
Senegal map collection, 1690-1973
6 drawers. 149 folders. 167 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of 167 maps of Senegal, mostly in French, primarily showing the whole country, region, and city levels, covering a variety of subjects and uses. These maps make up a small part of the Geography and Map Division's holdings of maps that were acquired before the advent of digital cataloging in the 1970s. The maps in this collection span the years of 1690-1973, with the bulk of the collection spanning 1920-1970. The collection's strengths are in maps of administrative boundaries, city plans of Dakar, locations of natural resources, transportation lines, and other related subjects. The maps in this collection came to the Library through a variety of means, including government transfer, purchase, donation, and government agency deposits.