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 12: Series 3: Virginia and Regional Maps (Tidewater), 1606-1961, undated

Item 1: Preliminary Map of A Part of the South Side of James River, Virginia: 3 pages taped together. Chief Engineer's Office, Department of Northern Virginia. Major General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer. From surveys and reconnaisances made under the direction of Captain Albert H. Campbell, P.E. in charge Topographical Department, Department of Northern Virginia, 1864. J.H. Patton, Assistant Engineer.
Item 2: Part of the Map of the Military Department of Southeastern Virginia and Fort Monroe, 1861 August: 3 pages taped together. Compiled in the Bureau of Topographical Engineers of the War Department. Accompanying report of Major General McClellan, United States Army. Series I, Vol. XI, Part I, Page 5. Mentioned by Major N. Michler, United States Engineers, Vol. 36 part 1 page 292. (Photocopy)
Item 3: Tidewater Sheet: A Map of Virginia Formed from Actual Surveys, and the Latest as well as Most Accurate Observations, 1807: Bishop James Madison. Drawn by William Davis. Stamped on back "February 1979 Virginia State Library." (Photocopy)
Item 4: Johnson's Map of the Vicinity of Richmond, and Peninsular Campaign in Virginia, 1862: Showing also the interesting localities along the James, Chickohominy, and York Rivers. Compiled from the Official Maps of the War Department by A.J. Johnson, New York. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862 by J. Knowles Hare, in the Clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Item 5: Bacon's New Shilling War Map, 1862: Published by Bacon and Company, London. Showing minutely the interesting localities in the Vicinity of Richmond, 1862.
Item 6: 1862 Peninsula Campaign: Civil War in Tidewater: Pamphlet, 1862.
Item 7: Military Map of Southeastern Virginia, 1961: Compiled at the United States Coast Survey Office. Drawn by A. Lindenkohl. 1961-USCOMM-CGS-DC-A-4730. 1864. (Photocopy)
Item 8: Map of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York Counties: Part 1: Chief Engineer's Office Department of Northern Virginia. Colonel J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer. Jeremy Francis Gilmer Collection. Original possession of the Virginia Historical Society. 1863. (Photocopy)
Item 9: Map of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York Counties: Part 2, 1942: 1863, In Memoriam George Bryan President of the Society 1915-1917. Restored by the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Virginia, 1942. (Photocopy)
Item 10: The Seat of War in Eastern Virginia, 1862: Also includes map of The Railroads in Eastern Virginia in 1862. (Photocopy)
Item 11: Augustine Herman's Map of Virginia and Maryland, 1673: Map includes only portion of eastern Virginia. (Photocopy)
Item 12: Map of Eastern Virginia, 1827: Map shows Steam Boat routes from Richmond to Washington, Altitudes of Mountains in Virginia, above Tidewater. Stamped on back "January 1979 Virginia State Library." (Photocopy)
Item 13: Virginia: Discovered and described by Captain John Smith, 1612: Graven by William Hole, Copyright Bodleian Library, Oxford. Donated by Donna Bluemink. MS Asmole 1758, fol. 14r. (Photocopy)
Item 14: Virginia: Discovered and described by Captain John Smith: Graven by William Hole. Map No. 1, Facsimile of original in Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia. 1612 published, 1606.
Item 15: Pas Kaart van de Zee Kusten van Virginia Tusschen C. Henry ent Hooge Land van Renslaars Hoek, 1684: Dutch. By Johannes Van Keulen. June 24, 2004. (Photocopy)
Item 16: Terrae-Mariae Nova et Virginiae Tabula: Latin. 1671.
Item 17: Nova Virginiae Tabula: Latin. 1720.
Item 18: Map of the Maritime Parts of Virginia, 1776: Exhibiting the Seat of War and of Lord Dunmore's depredations in that Colony. Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere, 1776. (Photocopy)
Item 19: A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye falls and in it's latt: from 35. deg: and 1/2 neer Florida, to 41. deg: bounds of new England, 1954: 1651, The rare Farrer map, showing the nearness of the Pacific coast. First Edition - Limited to One Hundred Copies of which this is #97. Copyright 1954 - Alice Granbery Walter. Alice Granbery Walter Collection.
Item 20: The Principal Portion of the Territory Ruled by Powhatan, circa 1916: Authorities relied on 1 Smiths History of Virginia, 148, United States Coast and Geodetic chart, 376, by Conway Whittle Sams.
Item 21: The Principal Portion of the Territory Ruled by Powhatan, 1907: Authorities relied on 1 Smiths History of Virginia, 148, United States Coast and Geodetic chart, 376, by Conway Whittle Sams, 1907. Copyright 1907 by Conway Whittle Sams.
Item 22: A Past and Present Map of Eastern Virginia, 1934: Limited edition printed from hand cut plate. Copyright Southgate L. Lohman, Norfolk, Virginia, 1934.
Item 23: Map of Gloucester, Middlesex, and Mathews: Pamphlet; includes many advertisements for local businesses.