Collections : [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]

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
Start Over Repository Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Names Payne, John Barton, 1855-1935
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Reconnaissance Map, Christiansburg Sheet, Virginia-West Virginia

0.1 Cubic Feet 30 x 23 in.
Topographical map centers on Christiansburg, Virginia. It comes from the edition of 1890, reprinted 1920.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

[Topographical Maps of Virginia] (42 maps)

0.1 Cubic Feet 20 x 16.5 in. (42 maps)
Collection is a group of topographical maps from various regions of Virginia. Maps come from several different sets, published in different decades.
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[Topographical Maps of Virginia] (42 maps) 0.1 Cubic Feet 20 x 16.5 in. (42 maps)

United States. Department of Agriculture
Collection is a group of topographical maps from various regions of Virginia. Maps come from several different sets, published in different decades.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

[Topographical Maps of Virginia] (52 maps)

0.1 Cubic Feet 21.5 x 16.5 - 33 x 20 in. (52 maps)
A collection of topographic maps separated from the J. Ambler Johnston Papers (Ms1974-012). The set is comprised of 52 individually titled maps, arranged in alphabetical order, each map (with the exception of the Christiansburg map, which may not be part of the original set) bearing a penciled-in number that coincides with its sequence in the alphabetical arrangement. The maps represent editions dating between 1891 and 1966, referring to surveys performed between 1883 and 1966. Missing are maps from an area between Floyd and Norfolk, along the North Carolina border. It is possible that other maps are missing as well. The reverse of each map contains information about topographic maps, as well as symbols used in the maps. The map for Norfolk is twice the size of the rest of the maps.
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[Topographical Maps of Virginia] (52 maps) 0.1 Cubic Feet 21.5 x 16.5 - 33 x 20 in. (52 maps)

Geological Survey (U.S.)
A collection of topographic maps separated from the J. Ambler Johnston Papers (Ms1974-012). The set is comprised of 52 individually titled maps, arranged in alphabetical order, each map (with the exception of the Christiansburg map, which may not be part of the original set) bearing a penciled-in number that coincides with its sequence in the alphabetical arrangement. The maps represent editions dating between 1891 and 1966, referring to surveys performed between 1883 and 1966. Missing are maps from an area between Floyd and Norfolk, along the North Carolina border. It is possible that other maps are missing as well. The reverse of each map contains information about topographic maps, as well as symbols used in the maps. The map for Norfolk is twice the size of the rest of the maps.

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