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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Primary Collecting Areas:
Local/regional history (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, and Appalachian South); the American Civil War; Science and technology history (incl. aerospace, aeronautics, engineering, and speculative fiction); History of women in architecture (incl. the International Archive of Women in Architecture); Culinary history (incl. Virginia and southern cookery, children’s cookbooks and nutrition, food production and technology, and cocktail history); University Archives
Description:
Special Collections is located in Carol M. Newman Library at Virginia Tech. Special Collections includes manuscript collections, rare books, and the University Archives, as well as state, local and historical maps and photographs. Our mission is to collect and preserve unique, historical materials and provide access to them in their original form.
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
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A New and Correct Map of the United States of North America (reproduction) 0.1 Cubic Feet 19 x 24 in

American Heritage
Map encompasses the area from the Mississippi River to Nova Scotia and the Gulf of St. Laurence, detailing the borders of the United States as prescribed by the Peace of 1783. Includes an ornate engraving surrounding map title. Reproduction contains historical commentary on the map's reverse.
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A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Britian on ye Continent of North America (reproduction) 0.1 Cubic Feet 36 x 21 in.

Moll, Herman, d.1732
Map encompasses the area between the northern border of Florida to Newfoundland, "containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina. Includes insets detailing the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana, coastal Carolina, Charlestown town and harbor, and a contextual map of all North America and the Caribbean. Also includes an illustration of Niagara Falls and the "Industry of ye Beavers of Canada."
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A New Map of Kentucky 0.1 Cubic Feet 14 x 16 in.

The University Press of Kentucky
Map shows the state of Kentucky, divided into counties. It contains a mileage chart, as well as inset maps of Lexington, the Falls of the Ohio River, and Clarksburg. Reproduction dates to 1979.
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