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Map Guides
& Atlases
Selected
Guides to Maps
More books may be found by consulting the on-line catalog, Barton.
Bibliographic
Guide to Maps and Atlases. 5 vols. Boston: G.K.
Hall, 1981-1985. (Ref. ZGA105.3.B5)
Cobb,
David. Guide to U.S. Map Resources.
2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Assoc., 1990. (Ref. GA193.U5.C62
1990)
Feild,
Lance, ed. Map User's Sourcebook. NY:
Oceana Pubns, 1982. (Ref. GA105.3.F44)
Hoehn,
R. Philip. Union List of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Held by Institutions in the United States and Canada.
2 vols. Santa Cruz: Western Assoc. of Map Libraries, 1976. (Ref.
ZHG9771.H63)
Library
of Congress Geography and Map Division. Fire Insurance
Maps in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.:
Library of Congress, 1981. (Ref. ZHG9771.L32 1981)
The
Map Catalog ed. by Joel Makower. 3rd ed. NY: Vintage
Books, 1992. (Ref. GA105.3.M23 1992)
Map
Collections in the United States and Canada ed by
David K. Carrington and Richard W. Stephenson. NY: Special Libraries
Assoc., 1985. (Ref. GA193.U5.S741 1985)
World
Directory of Map Collections ed. by John A. Wolter
& David K. Carrington. NY: K.G. Saur, 1986. (Ref. GA192.W67
1986)
The
World Map Directory, a Practical Guide to U.S. and International
Maps. Annual. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Maplink, Inc.
(Latest on Ref. GA300.W67)
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Comparative
Maps
Adams,
John S. A Comparative Atlas of America's Great
Cities: Twenty Metropolitan Regions. Minneapolis:
University of Minn. Press, 1976. (G1201.A1.A3 1976)
Passonneau,
Joseph R. Urban Atlas: 20 American Cities, a Communication
Study Notating Selected Urban Data At a Scale of 1:48,000.
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1966. (Ref. Atlas G1201.E7.P289)
Wurman,
Richard S. Cities: Comparisons of Form and Scale;
Models of 50 Significant Towns and Cities to the Scale of 1:43,200
or 1"=3,000. Philadelphia: Joshua Press, 1974. (NA9050.W87
1974)
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Historic
Maps
Rotch
Library has a full set of maps by Historic Urban Plans, Inc.
-- U.S. and foreign maps of various time periods. Search Barton
by subject using city name and country:
Stockholm
Sweden or San Francisco Calif.
The
maps are in file cases on Level 1 of the old building. See a Reference
Librarian for access.
Useful
Guides to Historic Maps
Braun,
Georg. Braun & Hogenberg's The City Maps of Europe:
a Selection of 16th century Town Plans & Views.
London: Studio Editions, 1991. (G140.B725 1991)
Campbell,
Tony. Early Maps. NY: Abbeville Press,
1981. (Ref. Atlas GA201.C35)
Gutkind,
E.A. International History of City Development.
8 vols. NY: Free Press, 1964-1972. (HT111.G984)
Historic
Towns: Maps and Plans of Towns and Cities in the British Isles,
With Historical Commentaries, From Earliest Times to 1800.
Oxford: Lovell Johns Ltd, 1969. (Ref. Atlas G1814.A1.H673 v.1)
Otness,
Harold M. Index to early twentieth century city plans
appearing in guidebooks: Baedeker, Muirhead-Blue Guides, Murray,
I.J. G.R., etc., plus selected other works to provide worldwide
coverage of over 2,000 plans to over 1,2000 communities, found
in 74 guidebooks. Santa Cruz, Calif: Western Assoc.
of Map Libraries, 1978. (Ref. ZG1028.O84)
Reps,
John W. The Making of Urban America: a History of
City Planning in the U.S. (NA9105.R425)
U.S.
Library of Congress. Land Ownership Maps, a Checklist
of Nineteenth Century U.S. County Maps in the Library of Congress.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (ZG3692.G4.U585)
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