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How
to Find Maps
Mapmaking
in Maryland has a long and honored history. The H. Furlong
Baldwin Library has both individual maps and atlases (bound, published
collections of maps).
Introduction
to Maryland Maps
Mapping
Maryland Online Exhibit
Finding
Maps
Individual
maps are part of Special Collections and may be requested in the
McIlvain Special Collections Reading Room. You may identify
maps by doing all of the following:
1.
Checking the Combined Map Inventory.
2.
Checking the list of maps which can be found in the Library's rare
book collection. The list is available in the McIlvain Special
Collections Reading Room, where you may request the books.
3.
Checking the subject index to maps, a card index which includes
many maps not listed in the Combined Map Inventory. This index
can be found in the card cabinet in the Microfilm Reading Room.
The index is labeled "Maps A-Z."
4.
Checking the plat card index, if you are looking for a plat of a
specific land tract. The plat index can be found in the card
cabinet in the Microfilm Reading Room and is labeled "Plats
A-Z."
Finding
Atlases
Atlases
are part of the collection of the Rhodes Local and Family History
Reading Room. The easiest way to find atlases is to do a keyword
search in the online catalog
for atlas. If you have a call number for an atlas listed in
our catalog, but you cannot find it, please request it at the reference
desk in the Rhodes Reading Room.
In
addition to numerous county atlases, here are some of the major
atlases which the Library owns:
Statewide
Hammond-Harwood
Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland (REF MG1270.P3 1982)
Martenet's
Map of Maryland: Atlas Edition (MG1270.M39M37)
State
of Maryland Historical Atlas (REF MG1271.S1R3)
Sanborn
Fire Insurance Maps, 1885-1950, 1950-1970 (Microfilm 1252-1265)
Subject
The
American Revolution, 1775-1783 (G3701.S3G8 )
Atlas
of Early American History (REF E209.S3C2)
Atlas
to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
(E464.U62)
Campaigns
of the American Revolution (G1201.S3P4)
Historical
Atlas of Religion in America (REF G1201.E4G3)
Map
Guide to the US Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (REF HA195.E25
T498)
Township
Atlas of the United States (REF G1200.A57)
West
Point Atlas of American Wars (G1201.S1U5)
Baltimore
City
Atlas
of Baltimore and Its Environs, 1876, aka the Hopkins atlas,
is exceptionally useful for Baltimore City north of North Avenue.
Sanborn maps (see below) did not cover this area until the 1930s.
Atlas
of the City of Baltimore, 1885, 1896, 1906 aka the Bromley
atlases, have much more detailed building information for the city
than the earlier Hopkins atlas but less information about surrounding
areas. The numbers on the buildings indicate their height,
and colors represent building materials.
Sanborn Fire Insurance maps and atlases are the best to use
for finding information about buildings. In addition to the
microfilm noted above, the Library also owns originals of the following
print editions for Baltimore City:
1879
edition. 2 vols. These are in the cabinet under the
balcony at the back (east) wall of the Rhodes Reading Room.
1902
edition, corrected through 1914. 4 vols. These are in
the cabinet under the balcony at the back (east) wall of the Rhodes
Reading Room.
1914
edition, corrected through 1937. 9 vols. These are in
a staff-only area and should be requested at the reference desk.
Please use the microfilm before requesting the print version; it
may provide the information you need.
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