Virginia--Maps
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Campbell Papers
Chappelear Collection
Chesapeake Bay Navigational Map Engraving
Map entitled "Entrance to the Chesapeake Bay" reduced from the surveys made by D.P. Adams. By E. Blunt. Note says copper plate engraving.
Civil War Collection
Frances H. Hamilton Collection
Items relating to Norge and Williamsburg, Virginia.
"Map of Norway, VA." which belonged to Ellen A. Huckstep. Torn. Undated. Photograph and photocopies of same map.Newspaper article about the founding of Norge. Undated. Photograph of the site of the Capitol and photograph of "Washington's Headquarters."
Bishop James Madison Map of Virginia
Map of Virginia by Bishop James Madison, 1818 revision of 1807 edition.
Due to the large size of this item, 48 hours advanced notice for use is required.
Bishop James Madison Letter to James Breckenridge, 1805 December 20
Letter; 20 December 1805, Bishop James Madison, Williamsburg, to James Breckenridge, Botetourt County, Va. Concerns defending Madison against a claim to deprive him of land surveyed near Guyandot Falls by Breckinridge. Asks Breckinridge to discount fee at next College [of William and Mary] settlement. Also concerns Madison's Map of Virginia (1807) and a new method of taking latitudes.
Maps of Samuel Wylie Crawford
This collection consists of two maps belonging to Union Brigadier General Samuel Wylie Crawford: a Denis Callahan copy of an unfinished map of the military departments of North-eastern Virginia with roads, railroads, turnpikes, and villages indicated (1861) and a military map titled NE Virginia showing all features of terrain including homes (undated). Each map has Crawford's name on it.
Plan de la ville et environs de Williamsburg en Virginie, America (Frenchman's Map of Williamsburg, Virginia), 1782, 1978-2011
General David Allen Russell Papers
Sanborn Insurance Atlas, Williamsburg, Virginia Collection
Consists of materials related to the
Sanborn Insurance Atlas of Williamsburg (Rare Book-Double Folio G 1294 .W5 G495), which had beeen originally accessioned as 2006.039 before being transfered to the Rare Book collection.
Acc. 2007.100 consists of 2 DVDs with images from the Atlas (located in the Mss. Audio-Visual Collection.)
Acc. 2021.047 consists of 9 color reprodctions depicting maps dated June, 1960 in mapcase 55 drawer 13.
William Booth Taliaferro Papers
Virginia
Includes for the most part published maps, 1629-[ongoing].
Maps are described individually and are best discovered using keyword searches (check "include box list"). When requesting maps, please indicate folder and item number.
The description of this collection is in process and is currently underway; new items are being added on an ongoing basis.
Virginia Counties Collection
Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.