Manuscript maps
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
J. Neilson Barry collection of western maps
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3977
Abstract:
Published articles and manuscript maps created by John Neilson Barry, circa 1912-1944. Articles have been handbound by Barry and include his manuscript and typescript annotations as well as his illustrated maps of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Materials pertain to the histories of Oregon and Washington with a focus on expeditions through the Pacific Northwest and along the Columbia River, specifically the Astor Expedition (1810-1813), Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806), and John...
Dates:
1912-1944
Cornelius Boyle papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4396
Abstract:
Correspondence, photographs, personal papers, printed material, and other papers by or relating to Cornelius Boyle, circa 1866-1878. Included are 15 letters from Cornelius Boyle to wife Fannie Greene Boyle, relatives, and business associates concerning his travels and efforts in Mexico; 9 letters between Boyle and collaborators in the promotion and colonization of Barronville in Jalisco; a manuscript plat map of Barronville; a topographical sketch of a nearby hacienda called San Lorenzo; and...
Dates:
1840-1878
Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau papers relating to the French West Indies
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1576
Scope and Contents:
The papers consist of 56 dossiers containing over 3600 documents relating to government of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and other French colonies in the West Indies, most dating from Rochambeau’s term as gouverneur général des Isles du Vent, 1792-1794. Also present are small amounts of papers created by earlier colonial administrators, 1762-1791, or relating to Rochambeau’s surrender to the British, parole, and return to Saint-Domingue, 1794-1802. Twenty-one maps, most in ink and watercolor,...
Dates:
1758-1802, bulk 1792-1794
Ezra Stiles Papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1475
Abstract:
The Ezra Stiles Papers contain correspondence; autograph manuscript writings, many incorporating maps and drawings; personal papers and artifacts; family papers; and writings by others and printed material owned by Ezra Stiles or the Stiles family. Correspondence, 1740s-1795, consists of incoming letters, autograph manuscript copies of outgoing letters, and related family and third-party correspondence. Writings by Stiles, 1740s-1795, include research notes, drafts, and other works, with...
Dates:
1667-1991, bulk 1740-1795