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    Progressive military maps of the United States A collection of 1344 topographic map sheets created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1894 to 1945 that covers the continental United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Panama Canal Area. The maps illustrate tactical and geographic features, such as military bases, landing strips, transportation networks, communication centers, and topography. The maps are labeled in one of three ways: Tactical,...
    • Contributor: United States Army Corps of Engineers
    • Date: 1894
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    William H. Littlewood map collection 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.
    • Contributor: Littlewood, William H.
    • Date: 1774
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    Inter-Service Topographical Department World War II map collection The Inter-Service Topographic Department collection contains 1045 maps, aerial photographs, and drawings from World War II. The ISTD (1940-1946) was a joint British army and navy program that supplied topographic intelligence for all combined British military operations. The department was created following the failed British invasion of Norway (April 9 - May 9, 1940), during which British army and navy intelligence units operated independently...
    • Contributor: Great Britain. Inter-Service Topographical Department
    • Date: 1940
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    Piccard family map collection 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.
    • Contributor: Piccard, Jean Felix - Piccard, Don - Piccard, Jeannette
    • Date: 1925
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    Charles Lee Burwell collection of materials related to World War II The Charles Lee Burwell Collection consists of one model, consisting of rubber on foam backing, prepared for "Operation Overlord," the Allied invasion of Utah Beach, Normandy, France; and an operational plan, maps, aerial photography, and photographs assembled by Burwell in preparation for "Operation Anvil," an amphibious landing of Allied troops on the southern coast of France in August 1944.
    • Contributor: Burwell, Charles Lee
    • Date: 1944
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    John Leonard Hines map collection The John Leonard Hines map collection consists of maps of World War I, including annotated tactical maps; maps of Mexico related to Hines' part in the Mexican Punitive Expedition; maps of Asia, as Hines was stationed in the Philippines; maps of military camps in the United States; maps of the Allied occupation of the German Rhineland, where Hines was stationed; and maps related to...
    • Contributor: Hines, John Leonard
    • Date: 1906
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    Nicholas R. Chrisman collection : gray literature on the origins of computerized geographic information systems Nicholas R. Chrisman is a pioneer in the field of geographic information systems, known commonly as GIS. From 1972 to 1983, he worked at the Harvard Lab for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis; he went to work in GIS research, instruction, and journal publications as an editor and writer. His forty-plus year career is represented in this collection of 41 archival boxes containing gray...
    • Contributor: Chrisman, Nicholas R.
    • Date: 1956
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    Wallace E. Dreyer World War II map collection The Wallace Earl Dryer World War II map collection consists of Army Map Service maps of Italy and Northwest Europe, a Dutch map of the Western Front, and a German map of Holland. Dryer served in the American army and was a painter and photographer after the war.
    • Date: 1941
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    Paul E. Mortimer map collection The collection consists of an aeronautical map of Germany from 1938 published by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium and a letter to the donor, Paul E. Mortimer.
    • Contributor: Mortimer, Paul E. (Paul Eugene)
    • Date: 1938
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    David L. Quaid World War II map collection The collection consists of 21 photocopied maps that are annotated and depict operations of Merrill's Marauders during World War II. Maps labeled 1 to 7 concern the Marauder's 1944 campaign in Burma, in which the unit captured the Japanese airfield at Myitkyina.
    • Contributor: Quaid, L. David
    • Date: 1940
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    Joseph E. Schwartzberg collection of materials related to a Historical atlas of South Asia The Joseph E. Scwartzberg Collection of Materials Related to A Historical Atlas of Souith Asia contains the production files used in the compilation, production, and printing of the atlas. Included are correspondence, drafts of atlas texts and plates, illustrations, administrative files, and an atlas production file of photographs, proofs, and materials used in printing and correcting the atlas plates.
    • Contributor: Schwartzberg, Joseph E.
    • Date: 1964
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    Richard Edes Harrison maps and papers collection Maps, including manuscript maps, professional and personal papers of cartographer-artist Richard Edes Harrison that highlight his influence on popular cartography from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection includes examples of work from Fortune, Life, Time, and the U.S. government, among others. It consists of illustration boards, tracing sheets or paper sheets, photoreproductions, and proof prints or printed sheets. Most items are manuscript materials...
    • Contributor: Harrison, Richard Edes
    • Date: 1920
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    Wallace Atwood Jr. map collection 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.
    • Contributor: Atwood, Wallace Walter, Jr
    • Date: 1941
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    Gary W. North map collection The collection consists of 13 remote-sensing maps of locations in the United States, 1 remote-sensing map of the Amazon Basin, and 7 illustrations concerning the NASA Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1), which became known as Landsat 1. The materials are covered in Mylar and appear to have been part of an exhibition created by Gary W. North that includes one small banner. In addition,...
    • Contributor: North, Gary W.
    • Date: 1821
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    Charles E. Goad fire insurance map collection, 1894-1909 Charles E. Goad fire insurance map collection contains 41 maps that depict 17 cities in the Caribbean area, Mexico, and South America. Charles E. Goad (1848-1910), a noted cartographer and civil engineer, published the maps between 1894-1909. The maps include information relevant to fire insurance appraisal, such as size of building, number of floors, and usage (commercial, educational, residential); construction materials (concrete, brick, wood,...
    • Contributor: Goad, Charles E.
    • Date: 1894
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    Carl Chance Korean War map and papers collection Carl Chance was a lieutenant in the 180th Infantry Regiment in the Korean War. The map and collection illustrate the regiment's engagement with Chinese forces on July 13-14, 1953.
    • Contributor: Chance, Carl
    • Date: 1953
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    Charles Pelot Summerall map collection The collection consists of manuscript maps, annotated printed maps, printed maps, photocopied maps, and captured German maps compiled or created by the American general Charles Pelot Summerall. Chiefly from World War I, the maps show battles and campaigns, including the Meuse-Argonne, Saint Mihiel, and Verdun. The collection also includes maps of Camp Zachary Taylor, Fort Bragg, and ports in the southeastern United States. Additionally,...
    • Contributor: Summerall, Charles Pelot
    • Date: 1889
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    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People map collection The collection consists of 2 maps and a map overlay. The map with the overlay depicts Omaha, Nebraska, in the 1960s and contains annotations that show "negro neighborhoods" that indicate population density. The other map is of Detroit, Michigan and presumbly dates from the 1960s.
    • Contributor: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    • Date: 1960
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    Washington Post Persian Gulf War map collection Collection of 40 newspaper clippings that contain maps drawn by David Cook and others for the Washington Post in 1991 that illustrate the Persian Gulf War.
    • Contributor: Cook, David W.
    • Date: 1991
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    Heezen-Tharp collection Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp worked for the Lamont-Doherty Earth Science Observatory of Columbia University and mapped the ocean floor from 1957 to 1977. Heezen was geologist and Tharp was a cartographer. The collection consists of the textual materials, photographs, and scientific data. Related maps and globes are held by the Geography and Map Division and cataloged separately.
    • Contributor: Heezen, Bruce C. - Tharp, Marie
    • Date: 1876
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    Wallace R. Brode map collection Collection of 6 maps from the Wallace R. Brode Papers. The materials include maps of the 1936 Russian solar eclipse, a World War II bombing map of the Leuna works in Germany, tourist maps of Yugoslavia and Russia, and a U.S. State Department map showing areas restricted to travel by Soviet citizens.
    • Contributor: Brode, Wallace R. (Wallace Reed)
    • Date: 1936
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    Engineering Societies Library map collection The Engineering Societies Library was formed in 1915 and became a world-renowned research center. It closed in 1998. The library's map collection consists of geologic and mineral resources maps, topographic surveys, city plans, railroad maps, nautical and aeronautical charts, lake surveys, and boundary studies.
    • Contributor: Engineering Societies Library
    • Date: 1800
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    Peter L. Stark World War II map collection The collection consists of three items, which includes a guide to reading aerial photography, a book of photomaps of Central Luzon, and an AAF Cloth Chart of the East China Sea.
    • Contributor: Stark, Peter L. (Peter Leroy)
    • Date: 1942
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    John W. Moyer map collection The collection consists of 17 maps owned by John W. Moyer that show India and also various world maps. Moyer contributed to the Library of Congress the photograph collection titled India and Her People.
    • Contributor: Moyer, John W. (John William)
    • Date: 1948
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    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Board of Geographic Names map proofs collection The collection consists of 19 map proofs by the U.S. Coastal and Geodetic Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey. The maps contain handwritten annotations and stamps to correct or update placenames.
    • Contributor: United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    • Date: 1939