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Subject: RE: New Johnson U.S. Map Project Website
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:26:04 -0500
From: Curtis, Gwen <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>
I just cataloged a Johnson and Ward map yesterday and had to guess at
the date. So, I tried your web site and found that I was correct. Only
wish I had known about it sooner. It is now in my cataloging tools
favorites list. Thanks so much!
Gwen Curtis
Map Collection
410C Science Library
University of Kentucky Libraries
Lexington, KY 40506-0039
(859) 257-1853
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From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:54 PM
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Subject: New Johnson U.S. Map Project Website
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Subject: New Johnson U.S. Map Project Website
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:48:22 -0500
From: Ira Lourie <[log in to unmask]>
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I am pleased to announce the initiation of my Johnson U.S. Map Project
website at www.JohnsonMapProject.org
<http://www.johnsonmapproject.org/>, a non-commercial site use of which
is offered free to the public.
Through this project, I have created a data set of the changes the U.S.
and state maps in Alvin J. Johnson's /Family Atlas/ which will allow the
user of this website to definitively date the publication of any loose
U.S. map from these atlases, which published between the years 1860-87.
I also present historical essays on the life of Johnson and his atlases
and his relationship with other 19th Century American Atlas publishers,
J.H. Colton and Augustus Mitchell.
In creating the database for the Johnson U.S. Map Project, I have
studied over 85 Johnson Family Atlases from 9 libraries, 4 private
collections, and several pre-auction exhibitions. Numerous loose atlas
maps have also been studied including a large collection at the Library
of Congress. In this study, I discovered 67 different U.S. maps utilized
in Johnson atlases. Most all of these maps have had a number of
states/variations ranging from 1 to 19, with an average of 9. This
project refers to the changes as states/variations because in strict
historical map study some of the variations noted might not qualify as
"true" map states. However, for the purpose of dating loose maps and
tracking the history of the Johnson atlases, these variations are
important keys. In all there are 631 different states/variations of the
67 maps.
For more questions about the Project and its website, feel free to
contact me at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
Ira S. Lourie, M.D., Director
Johnson U.S. Map Project,
Hagerstown, MD
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