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Maps. Map Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: Maps

Found in 843 Collections and/or Records:

Radford Quadrangle, 15 minute series (full color)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0099
Abstract

Map shows topography of area immediately surrounding Radford, Virginia. Unlike Map 0242, which is otherwise identical, this map is full color, depicting woodland areas in green.

Dates: 1950

Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0042
Abstract

Map of Virginia, with parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina (independent and not part of 'Carolina'), which comes from George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World.

Dates: 1855

[Topographical Maps of Virginia] (37 maps)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0053
Abstract This collection of topographical maps was separated from the J. Hoge Tyler Family Collection (Ms1967-002). The set is comprised of 37 individually titled maps, arranged by assigned, pencilled-in numbers according to geographic location, with 1 (Winchester) being in the northwest and 34 (Norfolk) in the southeast. (The list below includes penciled numbers in parentheses.) Three additional maps are labeled A-C (Richmond, Bermuda Hundred, and Petersburg) and consist of a smaller-scale...
Dates: 1889-1894, 1906

A New Map of Virginia, with its Canals, Roads and Distances

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0039
Abstract

Map contains markings signifying various canals, railroads, and roads, with distances marked occasionally. Additionally, map displays major steamboat routes, as welll as a profile of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Map is hand-colored.

Dates: 1846

Map of Routes and Distances to the Virginia Springs

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0052
Abstract

Map shows transportation in the form of railroads (both complete and in-progress), stage routes, and canal routes, and geographic features such as rivers and mountains. It shows towns that are connected by the routes, but little more.

Dates: circa 1890

Map of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, Exhibiting Post-Offices, Post Roads, Canals, Rail Roads, &c. (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0041
Abstract

Large map includes locations of post-offices, post roads, canals, and railroads throughout Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.

Dates: 1839

[Topographical Maps of Virginia] (52 maps)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0058
Abstract A collection of topographic maps separated from the J. Ambler Johnston Papers (Ms1974-012). The set is comprised of 52 individually titled maps, arranged in alphabetical order, each map (with the exception of the Christiansburg map, which may not be part of the original set) bearing a penciled-in number that coincides with its sequence in the alphabetical arrangement. The maps represent editions dating between 1891 and 1966, referring to surveys performed between 1883 and 1966. Missing are...
Dates: 1919

Index to Topographic Maps and Geologic Folios, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0054
Abstract

Map is part of a brochure selling more-detailed maps; text that describes the extent of these available reports is on the reverse of the map itself.

Dates: 1918

The Marches of Lord Cornwallis in the Southern Provinces, Now States of North America Comprehending the Two Carolinas, with Virginia and Maryland and the Delaware Counties (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0023
Abstract

Reproduction is a photocopy in two parts. Map contains a color key indicating specific marches, but black and white photocopy does not allow for deciphering the map according to the key.

Dates: 1787

General Chart of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays and the Seacoast from Cape May to Cape Henry

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0024
Abstract

Map focuses on charting the waters of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, with depths marked in feet. Contains notes that include a tidal chart and sailing directions into each bay. This map was originally published in 1855 and reissued in 1882, after the principle surveyors had died.

Dates: 1855, 1882