What’s New at Schaffer Library

Some of the more interesting maps made available this month include:
• Map showing the distribution of Indian tribes in the Southeastern U.S., circa 1715.

• Military geologic maps showing which soil conditions in France favored the building of trenches and dugouts.

• Maps illustrating the extent of territorial, population and natural resource losses by Hungary following World War I.

• Series of over 70 agricultural maps depicting total acreage of key crops planted, 1919.

• Map depicting city walls built around the ancient Israeli seaport of Ashqelon, from pre-Roman times through the Crusades.

• Map showing routes taken by the Wood-Forbes Mission to the Philippine Islands, 1921.

Of the new documents added to the collection, here are some that stand out. Some have a familiar ring despite their publication over 40 years ago.
• Volume 12439 87th-2nd H.rp.#1419 Ocean freight industry

• 12443 87th-2nd H.rp.#2274 Study of mutual funds

• 12452 87th-2nd S.doc.#159 Report of National Fuels and Energy Study Group on assessment of available information on energy in United States

• 12474 87th-2nd H.doc.#523 Ceremonies and re-enactment of 100th anniversary of 1st inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

• 12640 88th-2nd H.doc.#362 Compilation of works of art in U.S. Capitol

• 12641 88th-2nd H.doc.#185 Statistical abstract of United States, 1964

• 12658 88th-2nd H.doc.#278 Economic report of the President, Jan. 1964

Some of the more interesting maps made available this month include:

• 31 battle and other maps related to World War I, including the Marne and Meuse-Argonne.
• Chronological map of the influenza epidemic of 1918 in the United States·
• Map of the United States showing routes of the principal explorers from 1501 to 1844
• Geological reconnaissance maps of Alaska
• Maps of the National Parks from 1918, including tourist maps.
• Map showing the prehistoric migrations of the Slavs in Bohemia and Moravia.
• Map summarizing American deaths in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920.

Of the new documents added to the collection, here are some that stand out:

• Volume 12173 86th-1st S.doc.#13 Review of U.S. Government operations in Latin America
• 12194 86th-1st H.doc.#211 150th anniversary of birth of Abraham Lincoln 1809-1959
• 12285 86th-2nd H.doc.#433 American Ethnology Bureau bulletin 181; Isleta Paintings (featuring 141 color plates)
• 12331 87th-1st S.rp.#994 Freedom of communications, pt. 1. Speeches, remarks, press conferences, and statements of Senator John F. Kennedy, Aug. 1-Nov. 7, 1960
• 12332 87th-1st S.rp.#994 Freedom of communications, pt. 2. Speeches, remarks, press conferences, and study papers of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Aug. 1-Nov. 7, 1960
• 12333 87th-1st S.rp.#994 Freedom of communications, pt. 3. Joint appearances of Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Presidential campaign of 1960

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