Sargeant Memorial Collection Map Collection | Sargeant Memorial Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Sargeant Memorial Collection Map Collection

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-NMP

Primary Creator: Sargeant Memorial Collection (1927-)

Extent: 787.0 Items

Arrangement: Arranged by series, generally from broader to smaller geographic locations.

Date Acquired: 11/24/2014

Subjects: Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--Maps, Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)--Maps, Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)--Virginia--Norfolk, Norfolk (Va.)--Maps, Norfolk County (Va.)--Maps, Norfolk Metropolitan Area (Va.)--Maps, North Carolina--Maps, Portsmouth (Va.)--Maps, Richmond (Va.)--Maps, Suffolk (Va.)--Maps, Tidewater (Va. : Region)--Maps, Virginia--Maps, Virginia Beach (Va.)--Maps, Virginia Peninsula (Va.)--Maps, Williamsburg (Va.)--Maps, Yorktown (Va.)--Maps.

Forms of Material: Aerial photographs, Atlases, Cadastral maps, Genealogical tables, Geological maps, Maps (documents), Nautical charts, Photocopies, Road maps, Topographic maps, Tourist maps

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

More than seven hundred maps, arranged in nine series to include the United States and East Coast (subdivided by region), Virginia and Regional, Hampton Roads (subdivided by locality, agency, and map type), Nautical Charts, Geological Maps, Aerial Photographs, Atlases, and Genealogies.

Subject/Index Terms

Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--Maps
Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)--Maps
Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)--Virginia--Norfolk
Norfolk (Va.)--Maps
Norfolk County (Va.)--Maps
Norfolk Metropolitan Area (Va.)--Maps
North Carolina--Maps
Portsmouth (Va.)--Maps
Richmond (Va.)--Maps
Suffolk (Va.)--Maps
Tidewater (Va. : Region)--Maps
Virginia--Maps
Virginia Beach (Va.)--Maps
Virginia Peninsula (Va.)--Maps
Williamsburg (Va.)--Maps
Yorktown (Va.)--Maps.

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Unknown

Preferred Citation: [Map Name], Sargeant Memorial Collection Map Collection, MSS 0000-NMP, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Entered April 9, 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Folder 1: Series 1: World and International Maps, 1800-2013, undated

Item 1: Rand McNally World Map, 2012-2013: M Series Gall Stereographic Projection, Doctors Without Borders. M-101290-5, LC-09. MAP-1302.
Item 2: The World: Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for The National Geographic Magazine, 1957 March: Melville Bell Grosvenor, Editor. Copyright 1957 by the National Geographic Society, Washington, District of Columbia. Lithographed by A. Hoen and Company, Baltimore, Maryland. Annotation explains route on map of the CSS Shenandoah October 21, 1864 - October 29, 1865, as recorded in the journal of William C. Whittle. (Photocopy)
Item 3: A New and Correct Chart Showing the Variations of the Compass in the Western and Southern Oceans as Observed in the Year 1700 By His Majesties Command, 1985: By Edmond Halley. Reproduced from the original by Rand McNally and Company, 1985, with permission of William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles. Joyce Hodel. (Photocopy)
Item 4: Land Ho! Columbus' First Landfall, Friday, October 12, 1492, 1992: Art Direction and Design: Hal Aber. Illustration: Dorothy Michele Novick. Copyright 1992, American Teaching Aids, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Made in United States of America. Simon and Schuster, A Paramount Communications Company. Donated by Robert B. Hitchings, Norfolk, Virginia, November 26, 2007.
Item 5: Hallwag Europe Map: Map of the Main Highways, 1968: Pamphlet; printed in Switzerland.
Item 6: The British Isles Map: Pamphlet; designed at the Studio of C. and E. Layton Limited, London, by Cecil Meyer, M.S.I.A. Published by The Railway Executive, London. Printed in Great Britain by McCorquodale Company Limited, London.
Item 7: Map of Britain and Northern Ireland: Pamphlet; Britain: A map for tourists. Published by The British Travel and Holidays Association. Copyright, prepared, and printed by John Bartholomew and Son, Limited, Edinburgh, printed in Great Britain.
Item 8: Erin's First Families: Ireland Map, 1957 March 10: News Map by staff artist Edwin L. Sundberg; pages 10-11; map shows origin of Irish names based on geography.
Item 9: Map of England: Several pieces of paper taped together; county of Norfolk is highlighted with annotation Kings Lynn. (Photocopy)
Item 10: Bowles's New One Sheet Map of England and Wales with the Addition of New Roads and other Improvements, 1800 January 6: By Daniel Paterson, Esquire; engraved by J. Ellis; printed for the proprietors Bowles and Carver, no. 69 in St. Paul's Church yard, London. Published as the Act directs, January 6, 1800. Includes annotations.
Item 11: Geological Survey of Great Britain, England and Wales: Isle of Wight, 1962: Made and published by the Director General of the Ordnance Survey, Chessington, Surrey, 1962, for the Geological Survey. Crown Copyright 1962.
Item 12: Bartholomew's Map of Scotland of Old: By Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Bart., Ph.D., Albany Herald, and Don Pottinger, M.A., D.A., Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms. Printed and published in Great Britain by John Bartholomew and Son Limited, Edinburgh. Shows lands and spheres of influence of the main clans and names of Scotland.
Item 13: Hammond Map of the Gulf, Caribbean, and Atlantic Coast Area: Copyright by C.S. Hammond and Company, New York.