Maps

Title: Map of Clay County, Missouri
Description: Map of Clay County, Missouri, depicting the county's history. Lists historic events on the map itself, as well as its margins.
Date: 1932
Object Type: Map

Title: The States of Maryland and Delaware, from the Latest Surveys
Description: Reprint of a 1795 map depicting the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, the Potomac River, and the major towns, roads, rivers and streams of Maryland and Delaware. An inset map shows the continuation of the Potomac River from Fort Cumberland.
Date: 1795
Object Type: Map

Title: A Plan of the City of New York from an Actual Survey
Description: Facsimile (circa 1850) of an original 1728 map of the City of New York, showing streets, government offices, markets, churches, docks, and shipyards. Attached descriptive label on the bottom left has title, "The 'Bradford Map' 1728." Handwritten on the back in pencil, "Gift of R. N. Taintor."
Date: 1728
Object Type: Map

Title: Lake of the Ozarks and Environs
Description: Detailed map of Lake of the Ozarks area showing rivers, creeks, resorts, and numerous landmarks, with inset map of Missouri highways leading to the Lake. Locations in Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan, and Miller Counties, Missouri are shown.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Map

Title: Metropolitan Kansas City
Description: Map of the greater Kansas City area depicting highways, 5 mile radius circles, water mains, industrial areas, gas lines, power lines, park areas, etc.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Mouth to Kansas City
Description: Continuation of title, "Revision from Airplane Photographs, July 15, 1924. In 50 sheets. Sheet No. 48."Map shows a stretch of the Missouri River which includes Wayne City Bend, Liberty Bend, Mills Bend, and Jackson's Bend. Shows all principal topographic features for a minimum distance of 2000 feet inland, indicating levees, jetties, and creeks. The towns or stations of Courtney and South Liberty are in evidence, as well as Eton Tower, Atwood Quarry, and Liberty Water Works Pumping Station.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Mouth to Kansas City
Description: Continuation of title, "Revision from Airplane Photographs, July 15, Aug. 21, 1924. In 50 sheets. Sheet No. 50."Map of a stretch of the Missouri River from Quindaro Bend and the Fairfax Drainage District to the East Bottoms Bend. Shows all principal topographic features for a minimum distance of 2000 feet inland, indicating levees, jetties, creeks, and railroad lines. Goose Island, the Kansas River, Kaw Point, Kansas City, Kansas, Harlem, North Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, are in evidence.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City
Description: Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between the Hannibal Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Quindaro Bend. Shows river soundings and principal topographic features between bluffs, and indicates older river bank lines (1890), levee lines, and railroad lines. Goose Island and the Kansas City Waterworks are in evidence. Printed on the map, "Surveyed Dec. 1922, E. A. B., Jun. Engr. In 47 sheets, Sheet No. 1. Made under the direction of Major C. C. Gee, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. Submitted by E. C. Constance, Asst. Engr., U.S. Engineer Office, Kansas City, Mo."
Date: 1922/1923
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Detailed street map of Kansas City, Missouri, that includes wards, railroads, and rivers. Shows businesses, cemeteries, parks, subdivisions, and some property owners.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Map

Title: A New Map of New Hampshire
Description: Engraved map of New Hampshire indicating counties, towns, rivers, streams, and mountains. Published by Bradford and Read in Boston, 1813.
Date: 1791
Object Type: Map

Title: Gunn's New Map of Kansas and the Gold Mines
Description: Map of Kansas and the area to become Colorado, showing the existing counties of Kansas and Indian reservations. Includes inset "Routes from the Missouri River to the Kansas Gold Mines." Compiled from the original field notes by O. B. Gunn.
Date: 1859
Object Type: Map

Title: Western Missouri Land-O-Lakes Association
Description: Map covers areas from southern Kansas City east to Boonville, to the western corner of Barton County east to Springfield. Map depicts completed lakes in this area and lakes approved or under construction. Map also shows wildlife areas, cities, counties and roads. The reverse side includes descriptions about the Kaysinger Bluff, Pomme De Terre and Stockton Dams, as well as listings of points of interests in each of those areas.
Date: 1961/1966
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas Annual Register's New Map of Kansas and the Gold Mines
Description: Map of Kansas and the area to become Colorado, showing the existing countries of Kansas and Indian reservations. Includes inset "Routes from the Missouri River to the Kansas Gold Mines." Compiled from the original field notes by O. B. Gunn.
Date: 1864-01-01
Object Type: Map

Title: Architect's Drawing of Lake Tapawingo, (Beautiful Place) and Surroundings
Description: Architect's drawing of projected Lake Tapawingo, "Beautiful Place," and surroundings. One side of map is a bird's eye view of the area around the lake showing planned features such as club house and bathing beaches. The other side shows platting of lots. The development was "To be built and owned by the Lake Tapawingo Development Company, Inc., 513-515 Pioneer Trust Building, Kansas City, Missouri." Handwritten on top in pencil, "Lake Tapawingo, Mo. 1928." Date otherwise not noted.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the County of Clayton, Iowa
Description: Map of Clayton County, Iowa, that includes flour mills, smelting furnaces, saw mills, steam ferry boats, post offices, and villages. An abstract from the 1856 Clayton County census is included at the bottom of the map. Included are townships Grand Meadow, Monona, Giard, Morasser, Wagner, Farmersburg, Highland, Boardman, Read, Sperry, Cox Creek, Volga, Jefferson, Cass, Lodomillo, Elk, Mallory, Millville, Buena Vista, Mendon, Clayton, and Carnavillo. Written on the inside cover of the map booklet: "from Barter, Maxwell Co. Plainfield, N.J. Oct. 10, 1931-$12.50."
Date: 1857
Object Type: Map

Title: Geographically Correct Map, showing Chicago, Alton & St. Louis and Chicago, Kansas City and Denver Short Lines and Connections...
Description: Map showing the service area for the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis and the Chicago, Kansas City & Denver railroads. The area includes the East Coast of the United States west to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, from Canada south to the Gulf of Mexico. Rail lines and major cities are marked, and the map includes insets for the vicinities of Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia. Timetables and railroad advertisements are included on the reverse side.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Map

Title: Bird's Eye View of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Sepia-toned aerial view from the northeast, showing the Missouri River, Hannibal Bridge, and the city of Kansas City with streets and buildings marked. Points of interest (churches, etc.) numbered; key on back of map. Also on the back is handwritten, "Star, Sept. 30, 1928."
Date: 1869
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Swope Park, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Illustrated map of Swope Park showing various activities and facilities.
Date: 1941

Title: Evacuation Map of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map prepared to communicate evacuation and emergency responder routes to be used in the event of a nuclear attack upon the Kansas City area. A series of concentric circles indicating differing levels of destruction are shown. Instructions describing how the routes should be used as well as the varying levels of expected devastation are provided. The devastation circles originate at 16th and McGee streets, which was where the headquarters of the 205th Medical Battalion of the Missouri National Guard was located.
Date: 1954-11
Object Type: Map

Title: Clay County, Missouri
Description: Land ownership map of Clay County, Missouri, showing U.S. highways, state and county roads, paved, graveled and graded roads, railroads, abandoned railroads, political township boundaries, twp. & range lines, future city limits, schools, churches, rivers and streams. Includes the townships of Kearney, Washington, Platte, Liberty, Gallatin, and Fishing River.
Date: 1955~
Object Type: Map

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