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Richard M. Look map collection
216 items. 12 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of 218 maps that primarily depict Japan. Most items are Army Map Service (AMS) and tourist maps; other maps depict subways, parks, and cities. Additional maps depict locations in North America and Europe.
Wallace Atwood Jr. map collection
262 map plates. 1 storage box . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Wallace served in the Army as director of the topographic model section of the Army Map Service during World War II. The collection consists of photographs of terrain models showing locations within the European, African, and Asian theaters of operation.
Neil Sheehan map collection
73 maps . 6 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of 72 maps, and the most unique among them is an annotated map of the Battle of Tan Canh that occurred during the U.S. drawdown from the war in 1972. The other items include a disbound atlas of South Vietnam; various maps of North and South Vietnam; and U.S. military maps of South Vietnam and Cambodia. The materials appear to have been used by Sheehan in preparation of his 1988 book, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.
Marshall Ryder World War II aeronautical chart collection
26 items. 1 folder. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of 26 aeronautical charts that date to World War II. Among them are 16 charts that depict locations in Europe and 8 that depict locations in the United States. The materials were compiled by Marshall Ryder, who served in the U.S. Troop Carrier Command during World War II. He was aboard a C-47 that dropped paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Ryder annotated some of the charts.
Thomas F. Peel World War II map collection
14 items. 1 folder. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of 14 maps that date to World War II. Some maps depict waritme situations in France and Germany and others show military bases in the United States. The collection also contains a celebratory campaign map the U.S. 13th Armored Division, known as the Black Cats. Peel annotated some of the maps.
Richard Houston Payne World War II map collection
approximately 153 items. 8 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of World War II-era maps and photo-maps of Japan by the U.S. Army Map Service and the U.S. Hydrographic Office. The materials show Japanese cities, military bases, airfields, and anti-aircraft defenses. Some are stamped "Confidential" or "Restricted." Additional materials include maps of Japanese-occupied Korea and Manchuria, along with map proofs of locations in East Asia and the North Pacific.
William H. Littlewood map collection
31 items. 1 folder. 12 maps. 17 volumes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of nine maps of the Osaka-Kobe area of Japan, one World War II-era map of the United States that includes military insignias, 17 issues of The Geographical Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, and two Swedish government documents. William H. Littlewood, the compiler, was a chief oceanographer with the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office and science attaché with the U.S. Foreign Service.
World War II military intelligence map collection : declassified maps and reports from the American, British, and German militaries
21,231 items. 281 containers. 9 boxes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Compiled by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the collection consists of 21,231 maps, charts, photographs, photo-maps, diagrams, illustrations, and supporting documents organized into 281 reports/containers. The materials were used by the Americans, British, and Germans to plan military operations during World War II. All items are desclassified. The folders/containers are housed in nine banker's boxes.
Sierra Leone map collection, 1764-1965
4 drawers. 63 folders. 66 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of 66 maps of Sierra Leone at the whole country, region, and city level, covering a variety of subjects and uses. These maps make up a small part of the Geography and Map Division's uncataloged holdings of maps that were acquired before the advent of digital cataloging in the 1970s. The collection's strengths are in maps depicting administrative and tribal boundaries, locations of natural resources, transportation and telecommunication lines, and other related subjects. The materials date between 1764 and 1965. The maps in this collection came to the Library through a variety of means, including government transfer, purchase, donation, and government agency deposits.
Guinea map collection, 1880-1969
2 drawers. 51 folders. 51 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of 51 maps of Guinea -- primarily in French -- concerning administrative and tribal boundaries, city plans, locations of wildlife preserves and natural resources, transportation lines, and other related subjects. 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 materials date between 1880 and 1969. The maps in this collection came to the Library through a variety of means, including government transfer, purchase, donation, and government agency deposits.