Historical maps
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Historic map collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0947
Abstract
The Historic map collection comprises nearly 1000 maps dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. The majority of the maps depict North America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but the collection also holds early maps of the New World, maps of Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa, as well as world maps and atlases. Although this is a comprehensive collection, Delaware state maps; maps of the Middle Atlantic Region; and charts of Delaware Bay make up the most...
Dates:
1551-1995
Malcolm L. Mackenzie papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0611
Abstract
This collection contains materials relating to Malcolm L. Mackenzie's publicity firm Malcolm L. Mackenzie & Associates and Mackenzie's personal involvement with the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, other local cultural institutions, and his interests in general maritime history and historic ships. Materials include publicity materials, written reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, facsimile maps, newsletters, photographs, photograph negatives, slides, and sailing and...
Dates:
circa 1926-2007
Wilbur T. Wilson map collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0377
Abstract
Civil engineer, surveyor, and landlord Wilbur T. Wilson (1856-1942) maintained this collection of survey notebooks, files, plans, blueprints, and approximately 500 maps related to land and structures in his home of Newark, Delaware.
Dates:
1880-1941