A Year in Review: Newly Scanned Maps of 2023
Posted by: Julie Stoner
This post highlights some of the maps that were scanned and made available on the Library website in 2023.
Posted in: Geography and Map Division, Series: A Year in Review
Category: Geography and Map Division
Virtual Orientation to the Geography and Map Division
Posted by: Julie Stoner
Please join Geography and Map Division staff for our first virtual orientation of 2023! Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Time: 3:00-4:00 pm (Eastern) Location: Zoom Register for this session here! Reference librarians Amelia Raines and Julie Stoner will present an introduction to the Library of Congress Geography and Map collections. This general orientation session will highlight a …
Posted in: Geography and Map Division
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps – An Orientation and New GIS Tools
Posted by: Julie Stoner
Please join us for the second session in a new series of virtual orientations for the Geography and Map Division, focusing on our collection of fire insurance maps! Date: Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 Time: 3:00-4:00 pm (Eastern) Location: Zoom Register Here Reference librarians Amelia Raines and Julie Stoner will present an introduction to the fire insurance maps housed …
Posted in: 19th century cartography, 20th century cartography, Geography and Map Division
Virtual Orientation to the Geography and Map Division
Posted by: Julie Stoner
Please join us for the first session in a new series of virtual orientations from the Geography and Map Division! Date: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 Time: 3:00-4:00 pm (Eastern) Location: Zoom Register for this session here! Reference librarians Amelia Raines and Julie Stoner will present an introduction to the Library of Congress Geography and Map collections. This general …
Posted in: Geography and Map Division
A Year in Review: Newly Scanned Maps of 2021
Posted by: Julie Stoner
Every month on the Geography and Map home page, we provide a monthly list of maps that have been scanned and added to the online collections of the Geography and Map Division. As has become tradition (see previous Year in Review posts), to celebrate the end of a year and to ring in the new, …
Posted in: Geography and Map Division, Series: A Year in Review
A Year in Review: Newly Scanned Maps of 2019
Posted by: Julie Stoner
Every month on our home page, we provide a monthly list of maps that have been scanned and added to the online collections of the Geography and Map Division. As has become tradition (previous Year in Review posts), to celebrate the end of a year and to ring in the new, I take a look …
Posted in: Geography and Map Division, Series: A Year in Review
A Year in Review: Newly Scanned Maps of 2018
Posted by: Julie Stoner
At this time last year, I shared a blog post reviewing maps that had been newly digitized that year. To celebrate the end of 2018 and to ring in 2019, I decided to continue the tradition and take a look back at the lists of maps that were scanned this past year and choose just …
Posted in: Geography and Map Division, Series: A Year in Review
New Story Maps Published!
Posted by: Julie Stoner
We are excited to announce the launch of two new Library of Congress Story Maps! At the beginning of May, the Library of Congress launched Story Maps, interactive and immersive web applications that tell the incredible stories of the Library’s collections. Created within a Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based software platform created by Esri, Story Maps …
Posted in: Exploration, Geography and Map Division
A Year in Review: Newly Scanned Maps of 2017
Posted by: Julie Stoner
Every month on our home page, we provide a monthly list of maps that have been scanned and added to the online collections of the Geography and Map Division. To celebrate the end of the year and to ring in the new, I took a look back at the lists of maps that have been …
Posted in: Exploring the Early Americas, Geography and Map Division, Series: A Year in Review