Historic Map and Government Documents CollectionMS-5
University of Richmond
Book Arts, Archives, & Rare Books, Boatwright Memorial Library
261 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
archives@richmond.edu
URL:
https://library.richmond.edu/collections/rare/index.html
Joe Felix, Student Manager
Betty Dickie, Special Collections Cataloging and Preservation Associate
Repository
University of Richmond
Identification MS-5
Title Historic Map and Government Documents Collection 1630-1943
Quantity 16 Files
Language
English
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Abstract A collection of historical maps—1630-1898—original and facsimiles, and WWII prints—including "I am Ann" written and illustrated
by Theodore Geisel.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Joe Felix and Betty Dickie. In Fall 2024 the materials were encapuslated, moved to flat storage,
and the finding aid was updated with improved detail and formatting.
This collection is an eclectic grouping of maps and government documents transferred from the library's main circulating collection
for reasons of historical significance or other considerations. Specific information is listed in the inventory below for
individual documents and maps. Many are contemporary imprints.
The collection is housed in two boxes and grouped according to theme. There are 10 series:
Maps of Virginia
A.D. Bache U.S. Coast Surveys
Maps of Mexico, New Mexico, and Central America
Assorted Survey Maps of the U.S.
Plat and Street Alteration Maps of Washington D.C.—B.B. French and W. Forsyth
Transportation Maps
WWII Prints
Assorted U. S. Financial Documents
Maps of Europe
Maps of Washington, DC
Maps
World War, 1939-1945
1
English.
Graphic Materials folder: 1 MS-5
Nova Virginiae Tabula--John Smith, Jodocus Hondius, William Janszoon Blaeu
1630-1640English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 2 object: 1 MS-5
Williamsburg, VA in 1781(1975 imprint)—Desandrouins
1781English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 2 object: 2
Yorktown, VA in 1781(1976 imprint)--Maj. Capitaine du Chesnoy
1781
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 2 object: 3
Plan of the town of Alexandria (1968 imprint)--T. Clark
1798
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 2 object: 4
Plan of part of the city of Richmond (1970 imprint)--Benjamin Henry Latrobe
1798
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 2 object: 5
Birds eye view of Alexandria, VA (1974 imprint).--Charles Magnus
1863
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 2 object: 6
Perspective map of Newport News, VA (20th c. imprint)
1891
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 2 object: 7
Virginia and West Virginia (1974 imprint)--?
1891
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 2 object: 8
City of Williamsburg plan--John Graves Simco
undated
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 2 object: 9
An exact copy of the plan of the town of Richmond (1974 imprint)--?
undated
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 2 object: 10
Richmond and Manchester, VA (1974 imprint)--Geo. F. Cram
undated
2
English.
Arrangement
The materials in Series 3 are arranged in chronological order.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 1 MS-5
Long Island to New Jersey, Atlantic Coast
1844-1851English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 2
New York City to Point Judith
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 3
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 4
Chesapeake Bay
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 5
Chesapeake Bay
1852
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 6
Cape Fear and vicinity
1853
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 7
Cape Fear and vicinity
1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 8
North Carolina Region
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 9
South Carolina, Charleston Harbor
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 10
South Carolina
1852
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 11
South Carolina
1853
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 12
South Carolina
1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 13
Florida Keys
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 14
Florida
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 15
Texas, Galveston Bay
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 16
California, Catalina Harbor
1852
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 17
California, San Francisco
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 18
United States, West Coast
1852
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 19
United States, West Coast
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 20
United States, West Coast
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 4 object: 21
United States, Atlantic Coast
1854
3
English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 5 object: 1
Map of the River of San Juan of Nicaragua-?
1848English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 5 object: 2
Map of Central America--E. G. Squier
1849
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 5 object: 3
Section, on the life of proposed ship-canal from San Juan to Realejo across the Isthmus of Nicaragua--Squier
1849
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 5 object: 4
Map of Central America--James Wyld
1850
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 5 object: 5
Disturnell's Treaty Map, in vicinity of Rio Grande and the southern boundary of New Mexico--?
July 25, 1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 5 object: 6
Excerpt from the Treaty Map of Disturnell--J.D.Graham
August 16, 1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 5 object: 7
Map of Nicaragua--Sarony & Major
1851
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 5 object: 8
Topographical map of a portion of the isthmus of Darien –Lionel Gisborne
August 1852
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 5 object: 9
Map of the world on Mercator's Projection/official map of Cuba—Henry Houghton Beck
1898
4
English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 1
Map plan and profiles annexed to the report on a canal—W. Harrison, George Town
March 1, 1827English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 2
From Capt. Stansbury's survey of the Harbor of Cleveland, Ohio--Capt. Howard Stansbury
May 27, 1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 3
Map of Buffalo Harbor, NY—W. M. H. Pettes
August 1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 4
Map of public surveys of California—Surveyor General office
Sept. 28, 1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 5
Map of Louisiana—William J. McCulloh
Oct. 1, 1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 6
Arkansas—George Milbourne
Oct. 18, 1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 7
Sketch of public surveys of Iowa—Warner Lewis
Oct. 21, 1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 8
State of Florida—John Westcott
Oct. 31, 1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 9
Sketch of public surveys of Michigan-Leander Chapman
Nov. 8, 1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 10
Isothermal chart, Atlantic & Pacific Ocean
1853-1857
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 11
Map of Nashville, TN, cholera epidemic of 1873-Ely McClellan, Asst. Surgeon
1873
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 12
Plate I & II, accompanying a project for improving the entrance into Charleston Bay Harbor, SC-L.A. Gillmore
March 9, 1878
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 13
Southwest, US, indicated the line of Wagon Road--?
undated
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 6 object: 14
Nebraska territory/Kansas Territory--?
undated
5
English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 7 object: 1
Plat of proposed carriage road and other improvements south of the President's house
Oct. 3, 1854
English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 7 object: 2
Plat & Dimensions of circle on Pennsylvania Avenue
Nov. 18, 1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 7 object: 3
Plat of triangular reservations on Pennsylvania Ave.
Nov. 18, 1854
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 7 object: 4
Plan submitted for the alteration of the streets and avenues around the Capitol
Dec. 6, 1854
6
English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 1
Map of reconnaissance between Baltimore and Philadelphia—S. Bernard, William Tell Poussin
May 4, 1826English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 2
Map of the country between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans—Robert Mills, Whitney
1853
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 3
United States and Mexico, frontier map--?
1845-1855
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 4
No. 1-The principal transportation lines west of Chicago, St. Louis, and New Orleans—James B. Philp
1878
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 5
No. 2-The principal transportation lines extending west from Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore--?
1878
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 6
No. 3-Competing transportation lines--?
1878
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 7
No. 4-Grand Trunk Railway--?
1878
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 8
No. 5-New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
1878
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 9
No. 6-Erie Railway
1878
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 10
No. 7-The Pennsylvania Railway System
1878
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 8 object: 11
No. 8-Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
1878
7
English.
Arrangement
The materials in Series 7 are arranged in chronological order.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 1 MS-5
"A Mournful Melody" (Booby Traps)
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 2 MS-5
Map--Northern Italy
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 3 MS-5
"This is Ann" (Malaria)
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 4 MS-5
Battleship "X"-Story of the USS South Dakota
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 5 MS-5
Gas!
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 6 MS-5
The Pacific and Far East
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 7 MS-5
Battle Area on the Eastern Front
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 8 MS-5
Know that Vehicle
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 9 MS-5
JAP Aircraft
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 10 MS-5
China's Army is a seasoned military team
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 11 MS-5
Weapon's of the German infantry division
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 12 MS-5
Typical German infantry division-17,000 officers and enlisted men
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 13 MS-5
Service Ribbons
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 14 MS-5
Aircraft Insignia
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 15 MS-5
Progress of the war
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 16 MS-5
Typical German infantry division—99 officers and 3059 enlisted men
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 17 MS-5
Target Tokyo
1943English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 18 MS-5
Target Berlin
1943English.
8
English.
Arrangement
The materials in Series 8 are arranged in chronological order.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 20
Abstract of passengers Document 143, p. 2-23
Sept. 30, 1826
English.
Graphic Materials box: 2 folder: 21 MS-5
Department of the Interior Report on Forest Trees of North America (16 maps)—C. S. Sargent
1880English.
10
English.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 1 MS-5
Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia --Andrew Ellicott
17921964 imprintEnglish.
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 2
City of Washington, from behind the Navy(1977 imprint) --G. Cooke
1834
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 3
View of Washington (1975 imprint)--E. Sachse & Co.
1852
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 4
View of Georgetown D.C. (20th c. imprint)--E. Sachse & Co.
1855
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 5
View of Washington City (1968 imprint)--E. Sachse & Co.
1862
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 6
Washington City, DC (1965 imprint)--Theodore R. Davis
1869
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 7
View of Washington City (1978 imprint)--Sachse & Co.
1871
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 8
Sketch of Washington in Embryo (1978 imprint)--Dr. Joseph M. Toner
1874
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 9
Our National Capital viewed from the South (1965 imprint)--Theodore R. Davis
1882
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 10
The City of Washington (1970 imprint)--?
1892
Graphic Materials box: 1 folder: 3 object: 11
A map of the City of Washington (1971 imprint)--R. King
undated