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Archival & Special Collections Maps

Specialized and archival maps collections include:

 

Knabenshue (G. A.) Survey Map Collection
An archival collection of building surveys and field notes produced by G. A. Knabenshue & Company. Surveys are from houses and properties throughout Los Angeles County.
 

Caspi (E.) Archival Map Collection
A collection of rare and historical sheet maps of the United States, Latin America, and Europe collected and donated by E. Caspi.
 

Bowen (Isaiah) Archival Map Collection
A collection of maps created by Isaiah Bowman's geographic and mapping work with the post-WWI Versailles treaty.
 

Pamphlet Collection (1926-?)
A collection of rare 20th century pamplets, brochures, booklets, and other travel and tourism-related ephemera. Pamphlets are international in scope but emphasis is on materials related to locations in the United States. Pamphlets are uncataloged and organized by geographic area. Please see Map Collection staff for access to the pamphlet collection.

BOX COUNTRY REGION STATE/PROVINCE CITY DATE TITLE
1 United States Arizona 1938 Travel Office: Woman's Home Companion + Crowell Publishing Company: Companion Motor Tours: The Grand Canyon
1 United States Arizona Jerome 1973 Jerome: A Story of Mines Men and Money
1 United States Arizona 1992 Historic Route 66: Williams to Flagstaff Auto Tour
1 United States Arizona The Great Meteor Crater of Arizona
1 United States California 1925 Clason's California Green Guide with Road and Railway Maps
1 United States California 1939 Motoring to Southern California
1 United States California Los Angeles 1939 Higher-Tip Tours: Los Angeles, Hollywood and Vicinity
1 United States California 1939 Southern California Hotels
1 United States California 1939 Travel Office: Woman's Home Companion + Crowell Publishing Company: Companion Motor Tours: Gardens and Beaches of Southern California
1 United States California 1940 It Costs Less to Vacation in Southern California
1 United States California 1940 Official Vacation Guide to Southern California
1 United States California 1940 How to Plan Your Trip to Southern California
1 United States California 1940 California Mission Trails
1 United States California 1946 Death Valley Sunshine and Scenery
1 United States California San Diego 1947 San Diego Tourist and Greeters Guide
1 United States California Los Angeles 1958 Los Angeles & Vicinity Freeway System
1 United States California 1961 Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks
1 United States California 1961 Thrill to the Magnificent Splendor of Yosemite
1 United States California 1962 Gold Discovery: El Dorado County, California
1 United States California 1963 The Mother Lode of California
1 United States California Santa Barbara 1972 A Centennial History of Stearns Wharf
1 United States California Santa Catalina Island 1979 The Casino Avalon
1 United States California 1998 Wallace Creek Interpretive Trail
1 United States California Paso Robles 2005 Paso Robles Wine Country
1 United States California 2009 BART Fares and Schedules
1 United States California Los Angeles 2015 Ciclavia, A Historical Guide to Pasadena
1 United States California Lake Arrowhead (195-) Lake Arrowhead and Vicinity
1 United States California Lake Arrowhead (196-) Lake Arrowhead and Vicinity
1 United States California Calistoga The Petrified Forest California
1 United States California Los Angeles Busch Gardens
1 United States California Inyo-Mono
1 United States California Mount Wilson Hotel: 6,000 feet High
1 United States Colorado Colorado Springs 1956 The Pikes Peak Region Guide: Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs at the foot of Pike Peak
1 United States Colorado Denver Denver Welcomes You to Colorado
1 United States Florida Key West 1937 Welcome to Key West Florida
1 United States Florida 1939 Travel Office Woman's Home Companion: Two Weeks in Florida
1 United States Florida 1939 Florida State Board of Health Sanitation Section Jacksonville, Florida
1 United States Florida St. Petersburg 1940 1940 Official guide to St. Petersburg and Florida's Gulf Coast
1 United States Florida St. Augustine Visit Marine Studios
1 United States Florida St. Augustine World's Largest St. Augustine Ostrich and Alligator Farm
1 United States Florida St. Augustine St. Augustine: The Oldest House under four flags in the oldest city in the United States
1 United States Florida Tarpon Springs Tarpon Springs Florida: on the beautiful Anclote River and the Gulf of Mexico 
1 United States Florida St. Augustine Real Enchantment in Old Saint Augustine is found in the Old Spanish Treasury and its Quaint Garden
1 United States Florida St. Augustine While in St. Augustine the oldest city in the United States visit the Villa Zorayda
1 United States Florida Jacksonville The Lantana
1 United States Idaho 1954 Take the Idaho Route to Yellowstone
1 United States Idaho The Place to Go is Idaho
1 United States Idaho Pioneer Country in Southeast Idaho
1 United States Idaho The Wineries and Vineyards of Idaho 
2 United States Illinois Chicago 1997 Chicago Architecture Tours
2 United States Louisiana New Orleans 1987 Louisiana Superdome: A Guide to New Orleans
2 United States Maine 1937 York County Maine
2 United States Maine 1938 A Motor Tour of the Coast of Maine
2 United States Maine 1988 Natural Sites: A Guide to Maine's Natural Phenomena
2 United States Maine 1992 Historic Sites: A Guide to Maine's Museums, Period Homes and Forts
2 United States Maine The Most Beautiful County in Maine: Hancock County, Maine
2 United States Maine Motoring Thru Maine
2 United States Massachusetts 1962 Massachusetts Tourist Route System Map
2 United States Massachusetts South Egremont Jug End in the Berkshires
2 United States Massachusetts Boston Welcome to the Freedom Trail in Boston
2 United States Massachusetts Plymouth Plymouth Driveaway Route Map
2 United States Massachusetts Plymouth Plimoth Plantation
2 United States Mississippi Natchez 1939 Come to Natchez "Where the Old South Still Lives"
2 United States Mississippi Vicksburg Visit Vicksburg Mississippi
2 United States Missouri Springfield 1987 Fantastic Caverns
2 United States Missouri Sedalia Sedalia, Missouri
3 United States Nevada 1940 Boulder Dam and Lake Mead
3 United States Nevada Rhyolite 1953 Rhyolite: Death Valley's Ghost City of Golden Dreams
3 United States Nevada 1987 Wheeler Peak
3 United States Nevada Las Vegas, Laughlin 1994 Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada
3 United States New Hampshire 1939 New Hampshire Troubadour World's Fair Edition
3 United States New Jersey Morristown 1932 Historic Morristown
3 United States New Mexico Santa Fe 1940 Handbook of Old Santa Fe
3 United States New York New York 1939 Sightseeing Steamer around New York: Tourist Sailing Under World Famous Bridges All Around Manhattan Island
3 United States New York 1951 Adirondack Canoe Routes
3 United States New York Lake Placid 1952 Lake Placid Trails
3 United States New York Marcy 1952 The Trails to Marcy
3 United States New York New York (195-) Seeing New York: The Gray Line
3 United States North Carolina Washington 1937 Washington North Carolina: Historic, Friendly, Progressive
3 United States North Carolina Asheville 1959 Asheville Land of the Sky
3 United States North Carolina Asheville 1996 Biltmore Estate: House, Gardens, Winery
3 United States Oklahoma Oklahoma! All Fun Trails Lead to America's Newest Vacationland
3 United States Oregon 1956 The Dalles and Wasco County Oregon
3 United States Oregon Portland 2000 Powell's Books Walking Map of Downtown Portland with Historic Walking Tour
3 United States Oregon Oregon: Geologic and Wild Flower Wonderland
3 United States Oregon Newport Newport Oregon
4 United States South Carolina 1979 South Carolina State Parks
4 United States South Dakota 1925 Clason's South Dakota Green Guide with Road and Railway Maps
4 United States Utah Utah the Unique
4 United States Vermont Unspoiled Vermont
4 United States Virginia 1939 New Castle Pennsville Ferry
4 United States Virginia Visit Historic Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Surry via Rolfe Highway and Jamestown Ferry
4 United States Virginia Colonial Virginia direct Ferry Routes
4 United States Washington 1964 The Olympic Peninsula: Americas Last Great Frontier Invites You!
4 United States Washington Everett 1985 Boeing Tour Center
4 United States Washington, D.C. Highlights the Nation's Capital
5 United States Midwest Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Wisconsin 1968 Lake Superior: Circle Route Official Guide
5 United States Midwest Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming Gold West: Discover Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming on the Old West Trail
5 United States Midwest Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas Ozark Frontier Trail
5 United States Northeast  Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut New England's Heritage Trail
5 United States Northeast  Pennsylvania, New York 1948 Road Maps: Pittsburgh, PA. to New York, N. Y.
5 United States Northeast  Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York 1953 Pittsburgh, Penna. and Wheeling, W. VA. to New York, N. Y.
5 United States Southeast Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Travel Office Woman's Home Companion: New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
5 United States Southeast Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky The Dixieland Trail
5 United States West California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah 1950 Shell Finger-Tip Tours U.S. 40-50 California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado
5 United States West California, Oregon, Washington 1961 Pacific Coast Highways
5 United States West Colorado, New Mexico 1939 Travel Office: Woman's Home Companion + Crowell Publishing Company: Companion Motor Tours: The Rockies to Santa Fe
5 United States West Oregon, Washington 1957 Portland, Oregon to Spokane Washington
5 United States Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico,  Travel Route 54
5 United States 1931 National Old Trails Road: from New York City to Los Angeles
5 United States 1939 Motorists' Handbook: Federal Highway Silent-Nite Homes
5 United States 1940 Discriminating Tourists Prefer Motels: Finest Tourist Homes, De-luxe Cottage Courts, Excellent Restaurants; Motel Guide and Trip Diary
5 United States 1951 American Youth Hostels Handbook
5 United States 1978 Volcanoes of the United States
5 United States Official Guest House Directory
6 Algeria Alger 1961 Plan Guide d' Alger
6 Algeria Oran 1961 Plan Guide d' Oran
6 Australia Victoria Flinders Touring the Flinders Ranges
6 Australia Adelaide Adelaide Visitors Guide
6 Belgium 1988 Photos Aeriennes Catalogue: Institut Geographique National
6 Bolivia Tourist's Guide to Bolivia
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mostar 1989 Mostar and its surroundings: 55 colour photographs
6 Canada Québec Montreal; Westmount; Outremont; Verdun; Montreal West; Montreal East; Hampstead; Mount Royal 1924 Montreal Street Guide: including cities of Westmount, Outremont, & Verdun and towns of Montreal West, Montreal East, Hampstead & Mount Royal
6 Croatia Dubrovnik 1989 Dubrovnik and its surroundings: 102 colour photographs
6 France Lyon 1964 Plan Guide de Lyon et Sa Banlieue
6 France Paris Sas City Portrait: Paris
6 French Polynesia 1979 Cartographic Handbook of French Polynesia
6 India Maharashtra 1965 India: Ajanta-Ellora
6 India Odisha Bhubaneswar; Konarak; Puri 1968 India: Bhubaneswar, Konarak, Puri
6 India Rajasthan Jodhpur Jodhpur Railway
6 India Tamil Nadu Chennai 1965 India: A Week in Madras
6 India India
6 Indonesia Jakarta 1990 Petunjuk Peta Jakarta Guide Book
6 Iraq 1953 Iraq Today
6 Israel Touring Map of Israel
6 Kenya Kisumu 1960 Municipality of Kisumu Guide
6 Kenya Nairobi 1979 Nairobi Handbook
6 Morocco 1968 Morocco
6 Morocco Marrakesh 1973 Marrakech et Sa Region
6 Morocco Rabat 1973 Rabat Plan Guide
6 Morocco Casablanca 1974 Casablanca Plan Guide
6 New Zealand 2004 100% Pure New Zealand
6 Norway Nordfjord Loen 1950 Around Loen
6 Pakistan Pakistan Tourist Guide
6 Senegal Dakar; Gorée island 1964 Guide Pratique de Dakar et Gorée
6 Soviet Union 1963 Visiting the USSR
6 Soviet Union The Great Caucasian Circuit
6 United Kingdom Great Britain 1963 Great Britain
6 East Africa 1962 East African Railways & Harbours Time Table
6 East and Southeast Asia 1961 Geological Map of Asia and the Far East Explanatory Brochure
6 Western America 1960 Western Airlines: Follow Your Flight
6 Global Handbook