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• The Booklover's Map of the United States. Amy Jones, Designer and Illustrator. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1949. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3701 .E65 1949 .J6 (1)
• Being a Literary Map of the United States. Depicting a Renaissance No Less Astonishing Than That of Periclean Athens,. Gladys and Sterling North, Editors; Frederic Dornseif, Cartographer. New York:G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1942. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3701 .E65 1942 .N6 (2)
• A Pictorial Chart of American Literature. Ethel Earle Wylie, Compiler; Ella Wall Van Leer, Illustrator. Chicago:Rand McNally, 1932. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3701 .E65 1932 .W9 (3)
• Map of American Literature, Showing Points of Interest With Backgrounds and Facts That Influenced American Writers. M.R. Klein, Illustrator. Cleveland Heights, Ohio: M.R. Klein, 1932. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G701 .E65 1932 .K5(4)
• Black Writers for Young America. Rachel Davis, Illustrator. Washington, D.C.: District of Columbia Council of Teachers of English, 1976. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Council of Teachers of English. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3701 .E65 1976 .D5 (5)
• The Beat Generation Map of America. Molly Maguire, Designer; Stan Grant, Illustrator. Los Angeles: Aaron Blake, 1987. Courtesy of Aaron Silverman and Molly Maguire. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3701 .E65 1987 .A2 (6)
• Road to Glacier National Park, Montana. August 1941. Marion Post Wolcott, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USW3-58484-E (7)
• A cotton field and plantation house, Macon, Georgia. July 1937. Dorothea Lange, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-17955-C (8)
• Looking north over the Savoy Mountain Range of the Berkshire Mountains, Massachusetts. John Collier, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF-34-81066-C (9)
• Portland Head Light. Maine, 1935. John Marshall, Photographer. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-39508 (10)
• Desert scene along the Apache Trail, Gila County, Arizona. April 1940. Russell Lee, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-35922-D (11)
• Gallipolis, Ohio. May 1943. Arthur Siegal, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LCUSW3-30437-D (12)

Northeast

• Scenery between Gorham and Shelburne New Hampshire, ca. 1940. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Neg. No. to come (12a)
• Franconia Village Notch, New Hampshire. ca. 1900. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Neg. No. to come (13)
• Delaware Water Gap from New Jersey. Detroit: Detroit Publishing Company, ca. 1900. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-D4-11570 (14)
• The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper. Ken Riley, Illustrator. Cleveland: Harris-Intertype, 1963. Gift of Richard Foley. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3802 .G4E65 1757 .R5 (162)
• The Voyage of the Pequod from the Book Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Everett Henry, Illustrator. Cleveland: Harris-Seybold, 1956. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3201 .E65 1956 .H4 (17)
• Boats at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-40139 (19)
• Literary Map of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English, 1965. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3821 .E65 1965 .S9 (20)
• A Literary Map of New Jersey. Moorestown: Moorestown Women's Club, 1927. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3811 .E65 1927.H8(21)
• Maine Writers. Ruth Rhoads Lepper, Mapmaker. Maine Council of Teachers of English, 1977. Copyright 1981, Maine Council for English Language Arts. Used by permission. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3731 .E65 1977 .L4 (22)
• The Literary Map of New York. Linda Ayriss, Illustrator. Los Angeles: Aaron Blake, 1988. Courtesy of Aaron Silverman and Molly Maguire. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3804.N4 .2M3E65 1988 .A2 (23)
• Back of 340 East 63rd Street, New York. New York, 1938(?). Sheldon Dick, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF-34-40103-D (24)
• Northeast View from the Empire State Building. 1931. William France, Photographer. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-118869(25)
• Across the Common, Boston. Detroit: Detroit Publishing Company, ca. 1906. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-D4-155521L (26) Needs to be verified
• The Presidential range of the White Mountains. New Hampshire, March 1940. Marion Post Wolcott, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-53406-D (27)
• Thoreau's Cove, Walden, Concord, Massachusetts. Detroit: Detroit Publishing Company, ca. 1900. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-D4-34878 (28)

South

• "Gloucester," Natchez, Mississippi. ca. 1941. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-58888 (29)
• Valley farmland, near Wytheville, Virginia, November 1940. Marion Post Wolcott, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-56757-D (29a)
• Shadows of Old New Orleans, 1938. Annette Moore, Photographer. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-95784 (29b)
• Mississippi River, Perthshire, Mississippi, in the Delta area. June 1940. Marion Post Wolcott, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-55202-D (31)
• The Literary Map of the American South. Molly Maguire, Designer; Los Angeles: Aaron Blake, 1988. Courtesy of Aaron Silverman and Molly Maguire. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3866 .E65 1988 .A2 (32)
• Tennessee Literature. Elizabeth Mims Hoffman, Illustrator. McClaren & Warren, 1976. Courtesy of the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3961 .E65 1996 .H6 (33)
• Knoxville, Tennessee, 5th Avenue. Detroit: Detroit Publishing Company, ca. 1900. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-D4-39430 (34)
• A Literary Map of Arkansas. Judith DuPree, Illustrator. Arkansas Council of Teachers of English, 1967. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4001 .E65 1967 .D8 (35)
• Louisiana Literature. Matthew J. Armand, Designer. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Library Association and the Louisiana Council of Teachers of English, 1992. Courtesy of the Louisiana Library Association and the Louisiana Council of Teachers of English. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4011 .E65 1992 .A7 (36)
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn From the Book by Mark Twain. Everett Henry, Illustrator. Cleveland: Harris-Intertype, 1959. Gift of Richard Foley. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4042 .M5E65 185- .H4 (38)
• A Literary Map of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Richmond: Virginia Association of Teachers of English, 1957. Courtesy of the Virginia Association of Teachers of English. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3881 .E65 1957 .V5 (40)
• Richmond, Virginia, and the James River, 1912. H.P. Cook, Photographer. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-31457 (41)
• Modern Mississippi Writers: A Map of Literary Mississippi. Wyatt Waters, Illustrator. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1992. Used by permission of the University Press of Mississippi. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3981 .E65 1987 .M5 (42)
• Asheville, North Carolina. 1908. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Neg No. to come (45)

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Midwest

• Farmland, Monona County Iowa. May 1940. John Vachon, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF-34-60793-D(49a)
• Residential street, Elgin, Illinois. August 1941. John Vachon, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-63886-D (49b)
• A farm between Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio. September 1943. Esther Bubley, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USW3-37462-E (49c)
• Grain elevator and the flour mill district Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1939. John Vachon, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-60367-D (49d)
• Freight train pulling out of one of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Illinois. December 1942. Jack Delano, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USW3-12616-D (50)
• A Literary Map of Indiana. Indiana Council of Teachers of English, 1974. Courtesy of Indiana Council of Teachers of English. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4091 .E65 1974 .B6 (51)
• Illinois Authors. Judie Anderson, Arn Arnam, Tom Heinz, Illustrators. Chicago: Chicago Tribune Educational Services, 1987. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4101. E65 1987 .A5 (52)
• Chicago, Illinois. April 1942. Jack Delano, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USW3-1480-D (53)
• Historical and Literary Map of Iowa. Vira E. Moran, Illustrator. Davenport: Davenport Public Library, 1934. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4151.S1 1934.M6 (54)
• Harrowing the ground before planting, Jasper County, Iowa. May 1940. John Vachon, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-60865-D (55)
• Nebraska Centennial Literary Map and Guide to Nebraska Authors. Jack Brodie, Illustrator. Nebraska Centennial Non-Profit Association, 1967. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4191 .E65 1967 .B7 (56)
• [Nebraska cornfield]. Courtesy of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. P.O. Box 30370, Lincoln, Nebraska 68503-0370. Negative Number 3903 (57)
• A Literary Map of Ohio. Donald Wenty, Designer. Columbus: Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association, 1983. Courtesy of the Ohioana Library Association. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4081 .E65 1983 .M3 (58)
• A Map of Sinclair Lewis' United States as It Appears in His Novels. George Annand, Illustrator. New York, Doubleday, Doran, 1934. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. (60)
• [Lone Birch, Makinac Island, Michigan]. Detroit: Detroit Publishing Company, ca. 1900. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-D4-19037 (62)
• The City Dressed for Her Wedding With Winter. Detroit: Detroit Publishing Company, ca. 1900-1910. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-D4-70203 (63)

West

• New Mexico desert highway 70. June 1938. Dorothea Lange, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-18272-C (64)
• Grand Canyon of the Colorado River Arizona, 1940. Russell Lee, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-37856-D (64b)
• Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Skyline. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-20631 (64c)
• Glacier National Park Montana. August 1941. Marion Post Wolcott, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-58095-D (65)
• Hood River Valley Oregon. September 1941. Russell Lee, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-70357-D (66)
• Wyoming Literary Map. Eugene V. Moran, Compiler; Ken Clubb, Illustrator. Laramie:University of Wyoming, 1984. Courtesy of Eugene V. Moran. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4261 .E65 1984 .M6 (67)
• Cattle gate and grazing land on a ranch Buford, Wyoming. September 1941. Marion Post Wolcott, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-59386-D (68)
• The John Steinbeck Map of America. Molly Maguire, Designer; Jim Wolnick, Illustrator. Los Angeles: Aaron Blake, 1986. Courtesy of Aaron Silverman and Molly Maguire. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G3701 .E65 1986 .A2 (70)
• Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma stalled on the desert in southern California. March 1937. Dorothea Lange, Photographer. FSA-OWI Collection. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USF34-16311-E (71)
• Oklahoma: Celebration of Literature. Judy Sprinkle, Illustrator. Norman: Oklahoma State Department of Education, 1983. Courtesy of Oklahoma State Department of Education. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4021 .E65 1983 .O4 (73)
• The Literary Map of Los Angeles. Molly Maguire, Designer; Linda Ayriss, Illustrator. Los Angeles: Aaron Blake, 1987. Courtesy of Aaron Silverman and Molly Maguire. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4364 .L8E65 1987.A2 (75)
• Washington Writers. Washington State Council of Teachers of English, 1989. Courtesy of Washington State Council of Teachers of English. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4281.E65 1988. W3 (77)
• Moonlight desert scene, Pinal County, Arizona. 1935-1940. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-86224 (78)
• The Virginian from America's First Western Novel Written by Owen Wister. Everett Henry, Illustrator. Cleveland: Harris-Intertype, 1962. Gift of Richard Foley. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. G4261 .E65 1890 .H4 (163)

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