U.S. Congress

Throughout its publication life, there were around 74,495 maps included in the American State Papers (1789-1838) and the U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1980).  Donna Koepp, retired librarian from Harvard University, created a cartobibliography of all the maps in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set and helped develop a digitization project by Readex of the entire Serial Set.  While working with Readex, Ms. Koepp gave a glimpse of some of the stories found in these maps.

Maps in the Serial Set & American State Papers

There were approximately 50,000 maps published in American State Papers and the Serial Set in the years 1789-1969, such as:

• John C. Fremont's 1845 map that guided wagon trains through the West
• the first published maps of the Grand Canyon and the Everglades
• numerous Civil War and Spanish American War maps
• numerous coastal triangulation maps produced throughout the 19th and into the 20th century
• foreign maps of the Amur River in China, fortifications of the City of Paris, Antarctica, and the water system of India

Index & Carto-Bibliography of Maps, 1789-1969 - shelved next to the U.S. Documents microfiche with the CIS U.S. Serial Set Index.

• Carto-Bibliography of Maps - a full identification and description of each map
• Index by Geographic Areas and Subjects
• Index by Titles
• Index by Personal Names
• Index by Corporate Names

Browse Featured Maps at American Memory, Library of Congress

• American State Papers