Hi Kathy,

We have the map taken from the NYC guide. Street map of Manhattan, City of
New York [cartographic material] / Federal Writers' Project W.P.A. New York
City. <http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19992095~S1>. Our copies of the map
are encased in mylar and near impossible to take a good image of, but I've
included images of the titles from the map itself in case that's of use.

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<https://drive.google.com/a/nypl.org/file/d/0B96bR8IU24yhWXNDNW5OaEszZ1k5UFRoTm5sSmZNdmN0RXZJ/view?usp=drive_web>
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Best

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On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Kathy Stroud <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> All,
>
>
>
> We have several Federal Writer’s Project Guides that we are attempting to
> reunite with the accompanying folding maps.  At some point (probably prior
> to 1992) someone separated the maps from the state guides and put the maps
> in the map collection.
>
>
>
> We were able to identify some of the maps because they have “Federal
> Writers Project, Works Progress Administration” or something similar
> printed on them.  However, we are still missing 3 of the maps.  I’m
> wondering if they are in our collection, but don’t list the Writer’s
> Project/Program on the map.  For example, we have a road map of IOWA that
> is the same style and the correct publication year, but is copyrighted by
> the State Historical Society of Iowa.
>
>
>
> If any of you have the maps associated with the below guides, could you
> provide me with a citation to the map or a photo/scan of the identifying
> information.
>
>
>
> Fed. Writer's Project.
>
>                 Iowa, a guide to the Hawkeye State, New York : |b Viking
> Press, |c 1938,  + 1 folded map formerly in pocket. American guide
> series.   F621.F45
>
>
>
> Fed. Writer's Project (NY, NY)
>
>                 New York City guide: a comprehensive guide to the five
> boroughs ... NY, Random House, 1939, + 1 folded map formerly in pocket.
> American guide series.   F128.5.F376 1939a
>
>
>
> Fed. Writer's Project (Idaho)
>
>                 Idaho, a guide in word and picture ... Caldwell, Id.,
> Caxton Printers, 1937, doesn't specify but written note says "vertical
> file", American guide series.   F746.F45
>
>
>
> I found online digital copies of two of these travel guides, but, alas,
> the scanned map pocket with the map folded in it was not helpful.
>
>
>
> Thanks much!!!
>
>
>
> P.S. – I think I remember hearing something about these guide books at a
> conference, perhaps WAML?
>
>
>
>
>
> Kathy Stroud
>
> David and Nancy Petrone Map/GIS Librarian Knight Library
>
> 1299 University of Oregon
>
> Eugene, OR 97403-1299
>
> 541-346-3051
>
>
>