Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Clifford-Wysor Collection
Clifford-Wysor family
Clifford, Alan F., 1919-1995
Clifford, Shirley Mittleman, 1923-1997
Ms.2022.008
2.8 Cubic Feet
2 boxes
1852-1958
This collection consists primarily of pocket/folded maps and travel guides from about 1852-1955. In addition, there are personal papers from the Clifford and Wysor families, some of whom are likely responsible for collecting the maps and guides. The personal papers date from 1951-1958.
This collection is primarily in English, though several map books are in French.
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Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Clifford-Wysor Collection, 1852-1958, Ms2022-008, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
This collection was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2000.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Clifford-Wysor Collection was completed in March 2023.
Scope and Content
This collection consists primarily of pocket/folded maps and travel guides from about 1852-1955. In addition, there are personal papers from the Clifford and Wysor families, some of whom are likely responsible for collecting the maps and guides. The personal papers date from 1951-1958.
The maps and map books cover more than a century of dates and contain maps from Europe, the Americas, and Asia, with an emphasis on the former two. These include maps for individual cities, countries, and regions. The travel guides includes guides from several places in Europe and the United States. The personal papers include photographs, postcards, and some ephemera.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series. Series I: Maps and Map Books, 1852-1955, undated; Series II: Travel Guides, 1947-1953; and Series III: Personal Papers from the Clifford-Wysor Family, 1951-1958.
Series I: Maps and Map Books, 1852-1955, undated includes a collection of maps, map books, and pocket maps. These hvae been organized into groups by continent. The majority are of countries and regions in Europe and states and regions in the United States, though there are also maps of Central and South America, as well an atlas and one map of Australia.
Series II: Travel Guides, 1947-1953 contains a small group of published travel guides, mostly of England and the greater United Kingdom, plus several from the United States and one of Italy.
Series III: Personal Papers from the Clifford-Wysor Family, 1951-1958 includes materials in the boxes with the maps from the Clifford and Wysor families, who likely collected the maps and travel guides. This series consists of family photographs, postcards, and notes.
Related Archival Materials
This collection contains materials related to Shirley and Alan F. Clifford. See the
Shirley Mittleman Clifford Papers, Ms2021-021, also at SCUA.
The Cliffords' daughter Abbie Louise Clifford married John Chandler Wysor III. He may be related to the Dr. John Chandler Wysor of the John C. Wysor Letter, Ms2024-056.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Clifford-Wysor Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Europe -- Maps
Maps (documents)
Series I: Maps and Map Books1852-1955, undatedEurope"Dieppe (Feuille XIV-9)," Ministre de l'Interieur. [Dieppe, France].190315"Letts's Road and Railway Map of France," Letts, Son and Co., Ltd. [France].undated15"Nouveau Plan de Paris Divise en 20 Arrondissements," Logerot, [Auguste]. [Paris, France].1889French.15"Nouveau Plan Monumental." [Paris, France].1955French.15"C. Desilver's Maps of the Seat of War," Desilver, Charles. [Europe].185916"Cheffins's Railway-Map 2/6," C. F. Cheffins. [England, UK; Scotland, UK].184816"Map and Tariff Trust Houses," Trust Houses Limited. [England, UK; Scotland, UK].195216"Burrow's Pointer Guide Map of Westminster," Ed. J. Burrow and Co. Ltd. [England, UK].undated16[Map of Cambridge]. [Cambridge, England, UK].undated16"Pictorial Key to the View from the Roof of the Bodleian Library." [England, UK].191717"C. Smith and Son, Large Print Map of London," C. Smith and Son, Map and Globe Publishers. [London, England, UK].undated17"Indicator Map of London and Visitor's Guide," C. Smith and Son. [London, England, UK].188217"Motorists' and Cyclists' Clear Road Map No. 3: Midlands and Wales," Geographia, Ltd. [Midlands and Wales, UK]. undated"Rand, McNally and Co's Greece," Rand, McNally and Co. [Greece].189717"Domodossola." [Italy].undated28Asia"Rand, McNally and Co's India," Rand, McNally and Co. [India].1892"Rand, McNally and Co's Japan," Rand, McNally and Co. [Japan].188714The Americas"Herndon's Valley of the Amazon Maps. Part I.," A. Hoen and Co.; Herndon, William Lewis. [Amazon/South America]. 2 copies.185211"Maps Illustrating the Isthmus of Tehuantepec," D. Appleton and Company. [Isthmus of Tehuantepec/Central America].185211"Classification Territories, Certain Freight Association Territories, and Certain Common Points," Rand, McNally and Co. [North America].undated"Rand McNally New Official Railroad Map," Rand, McNally and Co. [United States of America/Southern Canada].undated18"Map of Electric Light and Power Companies," Emanuel and Co. [United States of America].193118"From the Crescent City to the Golden Gate via the Sunset Route of the Southern Pacific Company," Passenger Department Southern Pacific Company. [Southern United States].189018"The Erie Area," Erie Railroad. [IL, IN, OH, PA, NJ, NY, U.S.A.].undated18"Colton's Map of Vermont and New Hampshire," G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co. [VT, NH, United States of America]. Does not contain a map.undated18"Map Showing the Territory Originally Assigned to the Cherokee 'Nation of' Indians West of the Mississippi. Also the Boundaries of the Territory Now Occupied or Owned by them," Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology. [KS, MO, AR, OK, U.S.A.].1884"Watson's New Township and Railroad Map of New England," Watson, Gaylord. [New England/United States of America].1874215"National Map Company's Map of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia," National Map Company. [VA, MD, DE, Washington, D.C., United States of America].undated215"Map of Montreal," Johnson, J., C.E. [Montreal, Canada].187218"Map of Public Surveys in California to accompany Report of Surveyor Genl.," Surveyor General's Office, San Francisco, CA. [California, United States of America].1857"Map of Public Surveys in California to accompany Report of Surveyor Genl.," Surveyor General's Office, San Francisco, CA. [California, United States of America].1860215"Nell's Map of Colorado," The Kendrick Book and Stationary Co. [Colorado, United States of America].190619"Hayden's Colorado. Economic Geology," Department of the Interior U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. [Colorado, United States of America].undated19[Map of Connecticut]. [Connecticut, United States of America]. Cover labeled "Asher and Adams New Commercial and Topographical Rail Road Map and Guide of Michigan." undated"Tilden's New Map of Connecticut," S. D. Tilden. [Connecticut, United States of America]. 188619"Colton's Road Map of Litchfield and Fairfield Counties of Western Connecticut," G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co. [Litchfield and Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America].1890213"Map and Profiles of the Iowa Railroads," Board of Railroad Commissioners. [Iowa, United States of America].1881110"Picture Map of Boston," Bookshop for Boys and Girls; Women's Educational and Industrial Union. [Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America].1917110"New Map of Boston," A. Williams and Co. [Massachusetts, United States of America].1872110"Atlas Plate No. 21: Page 186-187," Geo. H. Walker and Co. [Massachusetts, United States of America].1891110"Atlas Plate No. 24: Page 214-215," Geo. H. Walker and Co. [Massachusetts, United States of America.]1891110"Damrell and Upham's Map of Country Around Boston," A. Williams and Co. [Massachusetts, United States of America].1886"A. Williams and Co.'s Map of Country Around Boston," A. Williams and Co. [Massachusetts, United States of America].undated110"Map of Massachusetts with the Latest Census," A. Williams and Co. [Massachusetts, United States of America].1878214"Township Map of the State of Maine," G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co. [Maine, United States of America].1889215"Rand McNally Standard Map of Maine," Rand, McNally and Co. [Maine, United States of America].undated215"Colton's New Sectional Map of the State of Missouri," [G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co.]. [Missouri, United States of America].1877215"New Sectional Map of Missouri," Geo. F. Cram., Western Map Department. [Missouri, United States of America].1884111"New Township Map of New Hampshire," Guernsey, D. L. [New Hampshire, United States of America].undated"Map of the State of New Hampshire," J. A. Cline and Co. [New Hampshire, United States of America].1879"Colton's Road Map of Bergen County, New Jersey," G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co. [Bergen County, New Jersey, United States of America].1894111"Map of New Jersey," Smith and Stroup. [New Jersey, United States of America].undated"Map of the City of Newark," Adam, Ernest, City Surveyor. [Newark, New Jersey, United States of America].1893111"Map of the Adirondacks," Stoddard, S. R. [Adirondack Mountains, New York, United States of America].1889214"Dripp's Map of Brooklyn as Consolidated," M. Dripps. [Brooklyn, New York, United States of America].1855111"Map of Brooklyn," Lain and Co. [Brooklyn, New York, United States of America].1889"Map Showing the Line of Brooklyn Water Works." [Brooklyn, New York, United States of America].1858"Van Loan's Road Map of the Catskills and Vicinity," Van Loan, Walton. [Catskill Mountains, New York, United States of America]1892111"Green-Wood." [Greenwood Cemetery, New York City, New York, United States of America].1885112"Green-Wood," Boyle, Edward, C. E. [Greenwood Cemetery, New York City, New York, United States of America].1850112"Augustus D. Shepard, Little Moose Landing, Old Forge, Herkimer County, New York," Mountain Lodge Adirondack League Club. [Herkimer County, New York, United States of America].undated112"Map of the Hudson River," New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road. [Hudson River, New York, United States of America].undated23"Map of Long Island: Library Edition," Hyde and Company. [Long Island, New York, United States of America].189612"Colton's Map of Long Island," G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co. [Long Island, New York, United States of America].1880112"Hammond's Standard Map of the City of New York," C. S. Hammond and Co. [New York City, New York, United States of America].190213"City of New York Map of the Borough of the Bronx," Topographical Bureau of the Commissioner of Street Improvements. [New York City, New York, United States of America].1897113"Dripps Map of New-York City and County," M. Dripps. [New York City, New York, United States of America].1874213"District Map of the Arch-Deaconry of New York," Boynton, John H. [New York City, New York, United States of America].1888112"The Transval of New York." [New York City, New York, United States of America].undated113"Bulkhead and Pier Lines Brooklyn and New York," M. Dripps. [New York City, New York, United States of America].1855214"Driving Road Chart of the Country Surrounding New York City," Hyde and Company. [New York City, New York, United States of America]. 2 copies.188721"Citizens' and Travelers' Guide Map In,to and From the City of New York and Adjacent Places," D. A. Edsall and Co. [New York City, New York, United States of America].1877"Colton's Railroad Map of New-York," G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co. [New York, United States of America].undated213"Map of the State of New York Accompanying the Legislative Manual," Quayle, Olive A. [New York, United States of America].190322"Map and Profiles of the N.Y. State Canals," Richmond, Van Rensselaer. [New York, United States of America].1858[County and Township Map of New York], National Map Company. [New York, United States of America].191522"Indexed Railroad and County Map of New York," Geo. F. Cram. [New York, United States of America].undated214"Map of New York South." [New York, United States of America].undated213"Map of the Adirondack Lands," The Fishers, Game, and Forest Commission. [Adirondack Mountains, New York, United States of America].undated22"Lloyd's Topographical Map of the Hudson River," Lloyd, J. T. [New York, United States of America].undated212"Colton's Map of the Country Thirty Three Miles Around the City of New York," G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co. [New York, United States of America].1870"Map of the State of New York Accompanying the Legislative Manual," Weed, Parsons and Co.; G. W. and C.B. Colton and Co. [New York, United States of America].1897213"Map of the State of New York Accompanying the Legislative Manual," Weed, Parsons and Co. [New York, United States of America].188723"Map of the State of New York Accompanying the Legislative Manual," Weed, Parsons and Co. [New York, United States of America].1867"Greater New York with Maps," The Evening Post. [New York, United States of America].185823"Colton's Road Map of Ulster County New York," G. W. and C.B. Colton and Co. [Ulster County, New York, United States of America].189223"Colton's Road Map of Westchester County, New York," G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co. [Westchester, New York, United States of America].1892"Colton's Township Map of Pennsylvania and the Southern Counties of New York," G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co. [PA, NY, United States of America].1869215"Tanner's Map of Pennsylvania," Tanner, H. S. [Pennsylvania, United States of America].184524"Colton's New Township Map of the Eastern Counties of Pennsylvania," G. W. and C. B. Colton and Co. [Pennsylvania, United States of America].1880215"Rand, McNally and Co.'s Railroad, County, and Township Map of Pennsylvania," Rand, McNally and Co. [Pennsylvania, United States of America].189324"Gopsill's Pocket Map of Philadelphia," For Gopsill's Directory, by O. W. Gray and Son. [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America].1882"1607 Jamestown Exposition," Jamestown Exposition Company. [Jamestown, Virginia, United States of America].190724[Virginia], National Map Company. [Virginia, United States of America].undated24"Rand, McNally and Co.'s Indexed Map of Virginia and West Virginia," Rand, McNally and Co. [VA, WV, United States of America].187824"Rand, McNally and Co.'s Sectional Map of Washington," Rand McNally and Co. [Washington, United States of America].189025"The Seattle Telegraph's Sectional Map of Washington," Telegraph Publishing Company. [Washington, United States of America].189125"Dr. Butler's Atlas of Ancient Geography," Butler, Samuel, D. D. 185114"Map of Australia," Stanford, Edward. [Australia].187914Series II: Travel Guides1947-1953England/United Kingdom I1947-195326England/United Kingdom II1949-195327Italy, Scotland (United Kingdom), United States of America1952-195328Series III: Personal Papers from the Clifford-Wysor Family1951-1958Ephemera1951-195829Postcards1951-1953210Photographs1951-1953211