Manuscript maps
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Originals of compiled maps, drawn but not printed; loosely, any map drawn by hand.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Applied Geographics, Inc. Records
Collection
Call Number: MS.LMEC.0004
Scope and Contents
The Applied Geographics, Inc. records consists of maps dated 1940-2017, bulk 1991-2017, that were created or held by Applied Geographics, Inc. (AppGeo), a GIS consulting firm in Boston, Massachusetts. The bulk of the collection consists of maps created by the firm through computer-assisted mapping for government agencies or private sector clients, on topics such as water resources, land use, open space, infrastructure, transit, and real property. It also includes manuscript maps, aerial images,...
Dates:
circa 1940-2017; Majority of material found within 1991 - 2017
Robert Bayard Bellamy surveying papers
Collection
Call Number: MS.LMEC.0007
Scope and Contents
The Robert Bayard Bellamy surveying papers consist primarily of surveys of properties in eastern Massachusetts circa 1860-1950, with the bulk of surveys done approximately 1890-1930. Surveys show property boundaries, structures, owners, planning, and infrastructure such as public transit and utilities. The Papers include topographical maps, engineering and architectural drawings, and other materials presumably used in the creation of the surveys, as well as miscellaneous documents of...
Dates:
1827 - 1950; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1930
Annie Olmstead Peet papers
Collection
Call Number: MS.LMEC.0002
Scope and Contents
The Annie Olmstead Peet papers consists of manuscript, pre-production and published pictorial maps produced from 1926-1969 by cartographer Annie Olmstead Peet (1888-1973) of Rochester, New York. The maps illustrate subjects such as family migrations and county, city, and town histories of New York and New England areas. It also includes miscellaneous photostats of published maps likely used as references, and three aerial photographs by Peet’s son, Olmstead Peet (1912-2003).
Dates:
1926 - 1969
John Roman papers
Collection
Call Number: MS.LMEC.0003
Scope and Contents
The John Roman papers consist of pictorial maps produced from 1984-2012 by John Roman (1950-), an American map illustrator, author, and college art professor. The collection comprises 54 items representing 30 pictorial map commissions of Roman’s illustration studio in Scituate, Massachusetts. It includes original hand-drawn ink illustrations colored with watercolor, either directly on the illustration or incorporated into the black and white map digitally; sketches; published maps; photos of...
Dates:
1984 - 2012
David Judkins Weaver papers
Collection
Call Number: MS.LMEC.0005
Scope and Contents
The David Judkins Weaver papers consist primarily of maps dated 1799-2019, bulk 1970-2019, that were created or collected by David Judkins Weaver (1951-), a cartographer and geographer in Boston, Massachusetts, who worked at various companies and Massachusetts agencies from the early use of computer cartography in the 1970s through its development and increasing adoption to prevalent method of cartography in the 2010s.The collection contains manuscript and printed maps, notebooks,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970 - 2019; 1799 - 2023
