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    Ethel M. Fair map collection This special map collection was culminated by map librarian Ethel M. Fair (1884-1979). It consists of pictorial maps produced in several formats, and ranges in period from the 1840s to the 1960s. Some are cartoon maps, while others are cartographs. Unusual formats include maps on place mats, napkins, table cloths, and handkerchiefs. The collection contains mostly tourist maps, road maps, educational maps, and commercial...
    • Contributor: Fair, Ethel M. (Ethel Marion)
    • Date: 1843
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    Richard M. Look map collection 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.
    • Contributor: Look, Richard M. (Richard Millard)
    • Date: 1691
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    War map : pictorial and propaganda map collection 1900-1950 A collection of 180 pictorial and propaganda maps that illustrate events related to World War I, the interwar years, World War II, the formation of the United Nations, and the Cold War. While many of the pieces were created as governmental propaganda, others appeared in commercial publications, including the Star Weekly, Fortune Magazine, the Daily Mail, and the Los Angeles Examiner. Some of the...
    • Contributor: Chase, Ernest Dudley - Clegg, Ernest - Stiles, Ezra C. - Manning, F. E. - Harrison, Richard Edes - Rose, Fred. W. (Frederick W.) - Kampf, Arthur
    • Date: 1900
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    Muriel H. Parry map collection The collection consists of some 871 maps that are largely pictorial. Muriel H. Parry, a librarian for the U.S. State Department, compiled the maps and several were deaccessioned from the State Department's library. Formats in the collection include single map and maps in books, magazines, calendars, and advertisements. In addition, there are maps on napkins, gift cards, cloth, etc. Included are maps by Ernest...
    • Contributor: Parry, Muriel H. - Chase, Ernest Dudley - Clegg, Ernest - Shelton, Hal - Gill, Macdonald - Harrison, Richard Edes - Wallingford, Daniel K.
    • Date: 1538
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    George Dewey map collection The collection includes maps from disbound atlases of China published in 1893 and 1895, maps from a disbound atlas of Ohio geology published in 1879, and various other maps, such as a USGS map of Washington, DC and a newspaper map of the Panama Canal.
    • Contributor: Dewey, George
    • Date: 1879
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    Hauslab-Liechtenstein map collection The Hauslab-Liechtenstein map collection contains some 10,000 manuscript and printed sheets. A large portion of these map and atlas sheets were compiled by the Austrian cartographer and general Franz Ritter von Hauslab. These were later acquired by Prince Jordan II of Liechtenstein, whose own maps complemented the Hauslab collection, hence the name Hauslab-Liechtentstein. Within the collection there are examples of various types of map...
    • Contributor: Hauslab, Franz - Johann II, Fürst Von Und Zu Liechtenstein
    • Date: 1500
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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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    Frank Farrell map collection Frank Farrell served in the Marine Corps as an interrogator and prosecutor for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Shanghai, China. His collection includes a map from World War II that depicts the military situation in China, maps of Guangxi Province, and various tourist maps. Some maps have annotations on the reverse in English and French and other maps are in Chinese.
    • Contributor: Farrell, Frank
    • Date: 1930
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    William McKinley map collection, 1890-1906 The collection consists of 14 maps associated with the larger collection of papers belonging to former U.S. President William McKinley that are held in the Manuscript Division. This collection includes an annotated Russo-Japanese War map, a religious-themed map, a map of Vermont, weather maps, maps of religious missions in China, annotated U.S. railroad maps, an annotated map of Yellowstone National Park, blueprint maps, and...
    • Contributor: Huebinger, M. (Melchior) - McKinley, William
    • Date: 1890
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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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    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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    J. Thomas Schneider map collection The collection consists of three maps. Two maps depict the Western Front during World War I and the other map depicts military bases in the United States in 1917.
    • Contributor: Schneider, J. Thomas (John Thomas)
    • Date: 1917
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    Charles P. Taft map collection, 1948-1966 19 cartographic items for the period 1948-1966, and no date, including maps, map order forms, map indexes, and a tourist guide.
    • Contributor: Taft, Charles P. (Charles Phelps)
    • Date: 1948
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    Aaron Schoen World War I map collection Aaron Schoen was a Second Lieutenant in the American 3rd Division, 18th Field Artillery during World War I. He was attached to a French unit to study their methods of ballon and airplane observation. He marched into Germany with the French, and the maps document their advance across Europe. The maps contain his annotations and included among them is a captured German map.
    • Contributor: Schoen, Aaron
    • Date: 1917
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    Joseph P. Mastrangelo Washington Post map collection The collection consists of 203 newspaper maps clipped from the Washington Post between 1967 and 1979, two manuscript maps, and one publication from 1967 containing maps of the subway system in Washington, D.C. All of the maps in the collection were drawn by Joseph P. Mastrangelo, a cartographer for the Washington Post.
    • Contributor: Mastrangelo, Joseph P.
    • Date: 1967
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    Gifford Pinchot map collection The collection consists of 7 maps from the nineteenth century. Five maps depict locations in Europe and two maps depict loctions in the United States. Eleven other items are cataloged separately. Consult the finding aid for more information.
    • Contributor: Pinchot, Gifford
    • Date: 1830
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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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    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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    Andres Soriano map collection The collection consists of five maps and two atlases depicting the Philippines.
    • Contributor: Soriano, Andres
    • Date: 1935
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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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    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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    Glenn R. Fackler World War II map collection The Glenn R. Fackler World War II map collection contains 11 reproductions of maps from the publication titled Eleven war maps with the dates of important events in World War II. The book was published in 1945 by the Geographia Map Co. of New York. The donor's reproductions were not large enough to completely cover the contents of the maps. Three textual documents are...
    • Contributor: Fackler, Glenn R. - Gross, Alexander
    • Date: 1945
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    Hal Shelton manuscript map collection The Hal Shelton collection contains 33 manuscript maps, an exhibit flyer, and an interview with Shelton on two audio tapes. NASA employed this collection of maps by Shelton to index photos of Earth taken on early space missions. The maps represent Shelton's use of natural colors that added realism in the depiction of landforms while retaining orthographically accurate position and scale for each feature....
    • Contributor: Shelton, Hal
    • Date: 1949
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    Charles B. Peterson III road map collection, 1911-2007 The Charles B. Peterson III road map collection contains maps collected by Charles B. Peterson III 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...
    • Contributor: Peterson, Charles B. III (Charles Buckley)
    • Date: 1911
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    Bob Crozier World War II military intelligence map and aerial photograph collection Bob Crozier served as a Technical Sergeant in the 654th Topographic Engineers from 1943 to 1946. Crozier was part of the American First Army under General Omar Bradley. He donated a collection of photos, photo maps and maps created during World War II to the Geography and Map Division. The collection consists of 36-page booklet that describes the process of aerial reconnaissance and mapping,...
    • Date: 1943