Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 391
Iowa Map Collection, 1856-1904


Descriptive summary

creator:  
title: Iowa Map Collection
dates: 1856-1904
extent: 1.66 linear feet (1 oversized box)
collection number: MS 391
repository: Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.
language: English

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: Iowa Map Collection, MS 391, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Abstract

Iowa Map Collection contains maps of Iowa dating from 1856-1904, some of which originally appeared in vintage atlases such as Gray's Atlas and Atlas of the State of Iowa. One map shows the Congressional, Senatorial, Representative, and Judicial Districts of Iowa.

 

Historical note

The Iowa Map Collection contains maps which originally appeared in vintage atlases such as Gray's Atlas and Atlas of the State of Iowa. Maps published as single maps are cataloged separately, and are also available in the Department of Special Collections. The collection was purchased by the Department of Special Collections in 1995.

 

Collection description

The Iowa Map Collection contains maps of Iowa around 1856-1904. Some of the maps were originally in vintage atlases like Gray's Atlas and Atlas of the State of Iowa. Another map illustrates the Congressional, Senatorial, Representative, and Judicial Districts of Iowa.

 

Organization

The files are arranged alphabetically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Map of Iowa

1856

1

2

Map of Iowa. Pages 130-131 of Gray, O.W. Gray's Atlas of the United States. Philadelphia: Stedman, Brown and Lyon.

1874

1

3

Map of Iowa

1882

1

4

Maps showing the Congressional, Senatorial, Representative, and Judicial Districts of Iowa. Pages 22-23 of Heubinger, Melcher, comp. Atlas of the State of Iowa. Davenport, Ia.: Iowa Publishing Co., Inc.

1904