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 4: Series 2: United States and East Coast Maps (East Coast), 1676-1947, undated

Item 1: North and South via the Delmarva Peninsula, Cape Charles - Norfolk, 1940: Pamphlet; Copyright 1940 American Automobile Association. Lithographed in United States. Map prepared by American Automobile Association for Virginia Ferry Corporation.
Item 2: A Map of Virginia and Maryland: Sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls church yard, 1676.
Item 3: Draught of Part of Schohara, Part of the West Branch of Delaware of Part of Susquehana Rivers with Colonel William Butlers Line of March from Schohara to Unendilla Cunahunta and Ononaughaquaga Indian Towns from the 2nd to the 16th Day of October 1778: N.B. Schohara is taken from Actual Survey the others only from Sight and Information the Double Dotted Lines are Waggon Roads and the Single Lines paths. (Photocopy)
Item 4: Map Accompanying Commodore Hazelwood's Letter, 1779 December 9: Hog Island and Mud Island, December 9, 1779. (Photocopy)
Item 5: Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware: Shows railroads and canals. Scanned February 8, 2007. File 07 Map 00003 - Virginia 1835.
Item 6: Virginia and Maryland: By Herman Moll, Geographer. Shows English Plantations, Indian Plantations and Houses. Circa 1732.
Item 7: A New and Accurate Map of Virginia and Maryland Laid Down from Surveys and Regulated by Astronomical Observations: By Emman Bowen.
Item 8: Historic and Scenic Reaches of the Nation's Capital, 1938 July: The National Geographic Magazine. Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor. Washington, July 1938. Copyright 1938 by the National Geographic Society, Washington, District of Columbia. Printed by A. Hoen and Company, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Item 9: Round About The Nation's Capital With Descriptive Notes, 1956: Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for The National Geographic Magazine. John Oliver LaGorce, Editor. Copyright 1956 by The National Geographic Society, Washington, District of Columbia. Lithographed by A. Hoen and Company, Baltimore, Maryland.
Item 10: Extract of Military Map of North East Virginia, 1865 October 30: 2 pages taped together. Defenses of Washington. Showing Forts and Roads. Engineer Bureau War Department. Accompanying report of Brigadier General Richard Delafield, Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to the Secretary of War, dated October 30, 1865. Series III. See Atlas, Plates VII and VIII. (Photocopy)
Item 11: Texaco Touring Map: Washington, District of Columbia and Vicinity: Pamphlet; Tour with Texaco. Copyright by Rand McNally and Company, Chicago, Illinois. Made in United States.
Item 12: Washington, District of Columbia and Vicinity Transportation Map, 1947 September 1: Federal Works Agency, Public Roads Administration. Compiled and printed by the United States Geological Survey for the Public Roads Administration. Published in accordance with Act of Congress approved November 9, 1921, creating the Federal Aid Highway System. Highways corrected to September 1, 1947.
Item 13: Baltimore and Vicinity, 1918: Baltimore City. Separated from Baltimore County as the county seat in 1851. Annex added 1888. Further annexation 1918. Records in Baltimore City Courthouse. Brown, Mary Ross, An Illustrated Genealogy of the Counties of Maryland and the District of Columbia as a Guide to Locating Records. (Photocopy)
Item 14: Map of Baltimore, 1852: Published by Richard J. Matchett, 1852. 58-55213. William Sides, Surveyor, Baltimore. Lithographed by A. Hoen and Company, Baltimore. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by Richard J. Matchett, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Maryland. Stamped on back August 1971 Virginia State Library. (Photocopy)
Item 15: Map of Baltimore, 1880: Published for the Baltimore City Directory by J.W. Woods 1880 with New Precincts. 58-55212. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by John W. Woods, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Maryland. (Photocopy)