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5 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Henry S. Pritchett papers, 1876-1967
3,700 items. 18 containers plus 1 oversize. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Astronomer, superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Correspondence, travel diaries and autobiographical fragments, drafts and reprints of writings, speeches, essays, reports, Pritchett's book entitled What is Religion? (1906), and other papers relating to Pritchett's career in science and education.
Andres Soriano map collection
7 items. 1 folder. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of five maps and two atlases depicting the Philippines.
J.F. Sanders World War II aeronautical chart collection
14 items. 1 folder. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of fourteen sectional aeronautical charts that date to World War II and depict locations within the United States.
Piccard family map collection
8 items. 1 folder. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of eight cartographic items, including aeronautical charts of the United States, maps of cities in the United States, and maps of Switzerland.
Liberia map collection, 1764-1970
4 drawers. 104 folders. 121 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Liberia map collection consists of 121 maps depicting Liberia at the whole country, region, and city level, covering a variety of subjects and uses, primarily in French. 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 collection's strengths are in maps of administrative and tribal boundaries, locations of natural resources and animals, population density, mines, plantations, communication and transport lines, roads and fuel stations, water systems, and locations of churches in Liberia.