William T. Snyder Map Collection

MSA SC 2111

Dates

Medium

Original, slides

Restrictions

RESTRICTED: Do not circulate without the permission of the Registrar or State Archivist

Storage

Contact the Department of Special Collections for location.

Description

Series 1 of this collection was formed from a private collection of maps featuring Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Europe, the Far East and Africa dating from the sixteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. A number of detailed Baltimore City maps are included. Maps depicting trade routes through colonial North American are of particular interest.

Includes John Ogilby, Noua Terrae-Mariae tabula 1671; Fielding Lucas, Jr. Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Maryland 1823; Edmond Blunt Entrance to the Chesapeake Bay... 1850; Joseph H. Colton Baltimore 1855; Simon J. Martenet Martenet's Map of Maryland (Atlas Edition) 1865; G.M. Hopkins, City Atlas of Baltimore 1875 [1876]. Portrait, William T. Snyder.

Other series originate with the private papers of the donor, William T. Snyder.

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Maps
Series 2: Library
Series 3: Photographs
Series 4: Miscellaneous Artwork
Series 5: Personal Papers

Microfilm Inventory