AUTHOR: Amelia Raines

M. Amelia Raines is a reference librarian in the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. She holds a bachelor’s in linguistics and a master of science in information from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the Library of Congress in 2021, she was the federal documents librarian at the State of Arizona Research Library. Amelia is from Michigan originally and enjoys nature, tea and, of course, maps.

Most Recent Posts

• Every Bridge and Meadow: The Austro-Hungarian Empire in 19th Century Maps April 11th, 2025
• Virtual Orientation to the Geography and Map Division: Tuesday 4/8 April 1st, 2025
• Virtual Orientation: GIS and Geospatial Resources January 30th, 2025
• Adding Color to the World: How Maps Got Toned January 10th, 2025
• Ohio for Scale December 27th, 2024
• A Patchwork of Plantations in Puerto Rico November 1st, 2024
• Virtual Orientation to the Geography and Map Division: Tuesday 10/8 October 7th, 2024
• “The Grand Facts of Stratigraphy”: Ives’s Strata Map September 6th, 2024
• Reflections on the West African Collections July 25th, 2024