Virginia
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Places
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi, 1721
Item — Drawer MC-3, Folder: Map 24
Identifier: 39.557
Scope and Contents
This map contains depictions of Louisiana territory and the surrounding areas, such as Florida, Carolina and as north as the Great Lakes. This map also depicts areas near Louisiana as inhabited by Indigenous peoples, such as the Apache and the Padoucas tribes. Inscribed in type, "The Landing Place of Fyrnand Soto in 1539" in middle on recto; Inscribed in type, "Explanation: [house] Habitations of the Indians [asterisk] Promiscuous Nations [plus sign] Nations destroyed [snake emblem] Course...
Dates:
1721
A New & Accurate Map of the Provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, &cc., 1752
Item — Drawer MC-3, Folder: Map 35
Identifier: 39.646
Description
A new and accurate map of the provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, etc., drawn from late surveys and regulated from astronomical observations by Emanuel Bowen (map publisher). Scope and Contents This map depicts the provinces located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida. This map also includes the area inhabited by the Cherokee Nation, as well as the Appalachian Mountains, previously known as the...
Dates:
1752
Americae Nova Tabula, 1969
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3927.31
Translated Title
Descriptive Title
Transcript (DCI)
A New Map of America
Descriptive Title
A book of old maps delineating American history
Transcript (DCI)
Septentrionalißimas Americæ partes, Goenlandiam puta Islandiā et adjacentes, quod Americæ tabulæ commodé comprehendi non potuerint, peculiari hac tabella Spectatoribus exhibendas duximus,
Dates:
1969
Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus Dn Walteri Raleigh, 1585
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3975.226
Translated Title
A Region of America, Now Called Virginia, Discovered for the First Time by the English at the Expense of Sir Walter Raleigh Descriptive Title Early map of the colony of Virginia Transcript (DCI) Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta primum ad Anglis inuenta sumtibus Sir Walter Raleigh, equestris ordinis viri Anno dominae MDLXXXV regni vero Sereniss: nostrae reginae Elisabethae XXVII
Hujus vero...
Dates:
1585
An Accurate Map of Louisiana and the Territory in Dispute between the English and French, between 1732 and 1762
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.555
Collection Overview
From the Collection:
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...
Dates:
between 1732 and 1762
Article for immediate release regarding Leigh's Retrospective Painting Exhibition in Maryland, early 20th century
Item — Folder 492: [Barcode: 127.492]
Identifier: 5327.277.1
Description
Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page typed]1953 or 54 [noted in pencil at top of page]Publicity: Helen Shelley
1680 Broadway (5th Floor)
New York 19. CO. 5-2077 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENEWS about
Retrospective Painting Exhibition - 1906-1954
of W. R. LEIGH
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Hagerstown, Md., Feb.28 - March 31, inclusive Never can it be said that William Robinson LEIGH,...
Dates:
early 20th century
Article for immediate release regarding Scroll Award presented to Leigh by the NY City Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc., early 20th century
Item — Folder 492: [Barcode: 127.492]
Identifier: 5327.277.5
Description
Folder 492 Transcript (DCI) [single page typed document]NEWS ABOUT:Scroll Award to W. R. Leigh
by the Fine Arts Dept. of the
N. Y. CITY FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S
CLUBS, INC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mrs. Claire M. Senie, President of the New York City Federation of Women’s Clubs, Inc., announces that William R. Leigh whom Collier’s on November 11th last, called “America’s Sagebrush Rembrandt” has...
Dates:
early 20th century
Carte des États-Unis d’Amérique, 1830
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.554
Translated Title
Map of the United States of America
Dates:
1830
Early map of the colony of Virginia, 1612
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.248
Description
Map of Virginia when discovered in 1606 and described by Captain John Smith. This map was reproduced in 1868.
Dates:
1612
From Helen MacKay to Nancy C. Russell, March 6, 1927
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.1856.1-3
Description
Handwritten, from Helen MacKay, Hot Springs, Virginia, March 6, 1927, talks of vacation in Hot Springs. Transcript [1] Nancy Dear. Here [illegible] and I are for a week or two for rest and vacation. He had scarlet fever in January and now is splendidly well but needs a bit more color in his face. These Alleghany Mountains are very lovely and in a month from now will be filled with blooming [2]...
Dates:
March 6, 1927