Charles B. Peterson road map collection, 1911-2007

Collection Summary

Title	Charles B. Peterson road map collection, 1911-2007
Inclusive Dates	1911-2007
Bulk Dates	1945-1973
Call No.	G3701.P2 coll .P4 Peterson
Creator	Peterson, Charles B. III (Charles Buckley), 1936-2021
Extent	14,476 maps in 151 boxes (67.2 linear ft.) and 7 index card boxes (2.8 linear ft.)
Language	Collection material primarily in English, but includes select materials in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Swedish, Danish, Vietnamese, Norwegian, Afrikaans, Portuguese, Greek, Dutch, Bulgarian, Indonesian, Thai, Khmer, and Arabic.
Location	Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/eadgmd.gm023002
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2019360293
Summary	The Charles B. Peterson road map collection contains maps collected by Charles B. Peterson 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.