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 5: Series 2: United States and East Coast Maps (North Carolina), 1838-1966

Item 1: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate I, 1966: White 1585 MS. Courtesy of the British Museum and the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Item 2: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate II, 1966: White - De Bry 1590. Courtesy of State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh.
Item 3: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate III, 1966: Mercator - Hondius 1606. Courtesy of W.P. Cumming.
Item 4: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate IV, 1966: Comberford 1657 MS. Courtesy of New York Public Library.
Item 5: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate V, 1966: Ogilby circa 1672. Courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
Item 6: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate VI, 1966: Moseley 1733. Courtesy of South Carolina Library, Columbia.
Item 7: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate VII, 1966: Collet 1770. Courtesy of W.P. Cumming.
Item 8: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate VIII, 1966: Mouzon 1775. Courtesy of State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh.
Item 9: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate IX, 1966: Price - Strother 1808. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Washington.
Item 10: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate X, Henderson County 1838, Sesquicentennial 1988, 1966: Mac Rae - Brazier 1833. Credits: Research, assembly, digitizing, and production of the maps was done by Marcus Hogue and Karen Hultin of Graphic Mapping Group, Incorporated, of Hendersonville. Our consulting Cartographer, who also did the digtial plotting was Mr. Andrew W. Feinstein of Landlines, Asheville. Consulting Historian was Dr. George Jones of the Hendersonville County Genealogical Society. Photographic reproduction of older maps courtesy of General Electric Lighting Systems of Hendersonville.
Item 11: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate X, 1966: Mac Rae - Brazier 1833. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington.
Item 12: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate XI, 1966: Colton 1861. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington.
Item 13: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate XII, 1966: Bachmann 1861. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington.
Item 14: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate XIII, 1966: United States Coast Survey 1865. Courtesy of State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh.
Item 15: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate XIV, 1966: Kerr - Cain 1882. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington.
Item 16: W.P. Cumming, North Carolina in Maps (Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1966) Plate XV, 1966: Post Route 1896. Courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.