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 16: Series 4: Hampton Roads Maps (Virginia Peninsula), 1607-2001, undated

Item 1: Dolph's Map of Hampton, Newport News, Yorktown, Poquoson, York County, James City County, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1967: Pamphlet; Published by Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. Published and copyrighted by Dolph Map Company, Incorporated, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Item 2: Newport News, Virginia Street Map: Pamphlet; copyright Champion Map Corporation.
Item 3: A Sketch of the East end of the Peninsula Where on is Hampton, W.P.M., 1781: 2 separate sheets photocopied. Original at University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photocopy)
Item 4: Map of Hampton: French. Map labels Hampton, Back River, Point D'Hamsted, Fort George demoli, Maison Selden, etc. (Photocopy)
Item 5: Plan du Seige DYork par lArmee Combinee Commandee par les Generale Washington et Comte de Rochambeau, 1781: French. 2 separate sheets photocopied showing slightly different versions of same map. Original at University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photocopy)
Item 6: Carte des Environs de York en Virginie avec les attaques et la position des Armees Francoise et Americaine, devant cette Place, 1781: French. (Photocopy)
Item 7: Plan d'York-Town pour servir a l'Etablissement du Quartier d'hyver du Regiment de Soissonnois; et des Grenadiers et Chasseurs de St. Onge, le 12 novembre, 1781, 1781: French. (Photocopy)
Item 8: Attaque de la Ville dYork en Virginie prise le 19 8bre 1781 par les Armees Combinees de France et dAmerique, 1781: French. (Photocopy)
Item 9: A Plan of the Posts of York and Gloucester in the Province of Virginia, 1930 July: Established by His Majesty's Army under the Command of Lieutenant General Earl Cornwallis, together with The Attacks and Operations of the American and French Forces Commanded by General Washington and the Count of Rochambeau, which terminated in the Surrender of the said Posts and Army on the 17th of October 1781. Surveyed by Captain Fage of the Royal Artillery. Published according to Act of Parliament the 4th June 1782. Compliments of Arthur R. Scott July 1930.
Item 10: Carte de la partie de la Virginie ou l'armée combinée de France and des États-Unis de l'Amérique a fait prisonnière l'Armée anglaise commandée par Lord Cornwallis le 19 octobre. 1781, avec le plan de l'attaque d'York-town and de Glocester, 1781: French. (Photocopy)
Item 11: Siege of Yorktown: Smith and Stroup, Map Publishers, Philadelphia. Copyright secured.
Item 12: Official Plan of The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, 1862 April 5 to 1862 May 3: Conducted by the Army of the Potomac under the command of Major General B. McClellan, United States. Prepared under the direction of Brigadier General J.G. Barnard, Chief Engineer by Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot, Topographical Engineers A.D.C. April 5 - May 3, 1862. (Photocopy)
Item 13: 1607 Capture Route of Captain John Smith, 2007: Pamphlet; a Jamestown-Beyond-the-Walls Publication, 2007.
Item 14: Souvenir Historical Map Jamestown 350th Anniversary Festival, 1607-1957, Virginia, 1957: Based on the Original 17th Century Map of Captain John Smith and on Engravings for His Writings, This Authentic Presentation Depicts in Numbered Sequence the First Great Events in United States History - at Jamestown, Virginia. Here, in Virginia, took place the Greatest Adventures of Captain John Smith, Homeric Hero of America. Copyright 1956. Illustrated Historical Map by J. Lindsey Ocheltree, Norfolk, Virginia. Lithographed by Liskey Lithograph Company, Norfolk, Virginia.
Item 15: James Forte at Jamestowne, 1957: Copyright 1957 by the A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, John Hull.
Item 16: Tyndall's Draughte of Virginia: From the original in the British Museum, 1608.
Item 17: The Zuniga Chart of Virginia, 1608 September 10: Item LVII. Chart of Virginia Sent from London, England 10th September 1608 by Zuniga to the King of Spain. The legends on this map are designated in the order in which they are given in the text pp. 185-188, by the letters A. B. C., etc. These letters are not on the original map. (Photocopy)
Item 18: Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, 1957: Pamphlet; specially prepared for the 350th Anniversary of the Founding of Jamestown, Virginia, 1607. Esso Standard Oil Company. Copyright 1957 General Drafting Company, Incorporated, Convent Station, New Jersey.
Item 19: Williamsburg in Virginia: A Map Showing a Prospect of The City and Various Eighteenth Century Houses as they are Today, 1937: Finlay Ferguson, Jr.
Item 20: Light House to Replace Old Light Houses at White Shoal and Point of Shoals, James River, Virginia, 1870 December 29: Sheet No. 1. Engineer Office, 5th Light House District. Baltimore, Maryland, December 29, 1870, Captain Engineers. (Photocopy)