--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 19:37:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Early Washington Maps: A Digial Collection Sender: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]> We are very pleased to announce an new online resource: Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection, a collaboration between Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections at the Washington State University Libraries and the University of Washington Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xmaps.html Spanning three hundred years, Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection includes maps of both sea and land faring explorers-from early nautical charts of the western coast to the exploits of the Jesuit Missionary, Pierre Jean DeSmet. It documents the struggle between Britain and America for the ownership of the region, and the further development of one of the last frontiers on the continent. Some of the digital collection's maps delineate the boundaries under dispute within the years 1818 and 1846, culminating in a peaceful compromise and the decision of the 42nd parallel as the northern border of the United States. The digital collection also shows the efforts of the U.S. government to survey the land, for both federal and private use, under the watchful, trained eye of the General Land Office and the Corps of Topographical Engineers. Finally, this database showcases the hopes placed on the land of not only the country, but of individual citizens as well, with maps platting out new towns, railroad tracks, and roads. This project was made possible though a LSTA grant distributed by the Washington State Library. Trevor James Bond Special Collections Librarian Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections PO Box 645610 Pullman, WA 99164-5610 Phone: 509-335-6693 Fax: 509-335-6721 http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm Jenny Stone Muilenburg GIS Librarian Map Collection & Cartographic INformation Services University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 www.lib.washington.edu/maps --- End Forwarded Message ---