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Map. Maps and Travel

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Identifier: Map
This topic covers map collections and collectors, map publishers, and map publishing. It also includes documents of travel, including travel diaries, scrapbooks, timetables, correspondence, and postcards.

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Addie V. Hibbard Gregory travel diaries and family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hibbard
Abstract

Travel diaries (Europe, Albania) of Addie V. Hibbard Gregory of Chicago, 1875-1931, together with travel photographs of Europe, Estes Park, Colorado, and Santa Barbara, California. Also numerous 19th and early 20th century family photographs (carte de visite, cabinet, Kodak, etc.) of the Hibbard, Gregory, Buckingham, Casselberry, and Durham families of Chicago and St. Paul, and a few stereograph images of Chicago, including Lyon & Healy.

Dates: approximately 1871-1938

Emma Lee Walton travel journal

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-103
Abstract

Travel journal in two volumes kept by Emma Lee Walton (1874-1951) of Chicago on a trip to Europe in 1922-1923. Also includes her 1922 passport.

Dates: 1922

Enos S. Vail journal of a trip from New York to Michigan

 Item
Identifier: Midwest-MS-196
Abstract

Handmade pocket diary in which Enos S. Vail recorded his trip from his uncle John Randall’s home near Akron, New York, to Michigan, 23 September-14 October 1839.

Dates: 1839

Harold L. Stuart travel scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stuart
Abstract

Scrapbooks compiled by Chicago investment banker Harold L. Stuart documenting his travels in Europe from 1912 to 1939. Contains travel ephemera and written narratives of each trip.

Dates: 1912-1939

H.M. Gousha collection

 Collection
Identifier: Maps-Gousha
Abstract

Over 25,000 United States road maps published 1927-1996, mostly issued for oil company clients. Primarily highway maps of U.S. states and street maps of major cities.

Dates: 1927-1996

James and Josie Tomes travel collection

 Collection
Identifier: Maps-Tomes
Abstract

Collection of maps and travel ephemera related to the travels of James and Josie Tomes. Material covers Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, with most material on Europe and North America. Also includes material related to James Tomes’ genealogy research, much of which required travel in the United States and Europe.

Dates: 1928-2008; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

Jesse A. Duck topographical papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Duck
Abstract

Letters, documents, pamphlets, photographs, scrapbook, and field notes of Jesse A. Duck, topographer with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from 1908 to 1941.

Dates: 1880s-1941

John I. Monroe collection of artist signed postcards

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Monroe-Artist
Abstract

Artistic postcards from late 19th century to the early 20th century. Common themes include women, whimsical and romantic scenes, and buildings.

Dates: 1900-1960

LaGrutta family travel journals and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-LaGrutta
Abstract

Four loose-leaf travel journals and four photograph albums documenting automobile trips through the western United States taken by Virginia Estelle LaGrutta (1914-1998) and Joseph R. LaGrutta (1912-2004). Journals include daily notes of routes, costs, and activities. Some of the journals correspond with the photograph albums, and most notes and photographs were created by Virginia LaGrutta.

Dates: 1977-1990

LeRoy Blommaert Collection of Railroad Timetables and Advertising Materials

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blommaert 2
Abstract

Railroad timetables, guides, advertising material, and other railroad ephemera collected by LeRoy Blommaert. Materials document over a century of railroad travel and tourism throughout the United States, with some items from Canada, Mexico, England, and Switzerland.

Dates: 1850-1982; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1970

Michael Ehrmann postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Ehrmann
Abstract

Postcards from different geographical areas collected over time.

Dates: 2000-2021

Michelin map collection

 Collection
Identifier: Maps-Michelin
Abstract

Road maps issued by the French tire manufacturer Pneu Michelin, better known as Michelin (4,990 maps, published 1905-ongoing). Geographic coverage most complete for Benelux, British Isles, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland; less complete for Eastern Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia. Accompanied by a small collection of printed ephemera, secondary sources, souvenirs, and collectibles (approximately 350 items, 1911-2016).

Dates: 1905-ongoing

Official State & Provincial Road Map Collection of the United States & Canada

 Collection
Identifier: Maps-Official-State & Provincial
Abstract

Road maps issued by official state and provincial government agencies in the United States and Canada (over 2,500 maps, published 1924-ongoing).

Dates: 1924-2020; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2015

[Photograph album of automobile trips in the Midwest, Canada, and the West]

 Item
Identifier: Midwest-MS-197
Abstract

Black-and-white photographs mounted in album with handwritten captions documenting a series of automobile trips taken by an unidentified couple. Featured areas include Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Canada.

Dates: 1933-1937

Road maps and travel ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Maps-Travel-Ephemera
Abstract

Growing collection of printed road maps and travel ephemera issued to promote local tourism. Scattered worldwide geographic coverage, but most extensive for the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Dates: 1876-2018; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990

Stephen Desroches papers

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Desroches
Abstract

Travel diaries, passports, photographs, and other material from Desroches's travels around the world. Includes bronzed boots from a 2001 world trip.

Dates: 1991-2001

William O. Field postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-FieldWO
Abstract A personal collection of Dr. William O. Field and his father, it consists of approximately 7,000 postcards documenting Europe and America from around 1895 to the 1950s. Strengths include steamships, railroads, travel related images, pre-World War I European politics, and views of European cities in the early twentieth century. One of the five original postcard albums in the collection was copied and the copies were made into a volume; it documents the European "Grand Tour" of Dr. Field's...
Dates: approximately 1895-1950s