Penn State has a copy of the NYC map that is laminated. We could get a clean scan of it. Regards, Heather Ross Manager, Donald W. Hamer Maps Library Penn State University Libraries From: "Katherine Cordes" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 10:07:47 AM Subject: Re: Looking for Citation information to Maps Published in State Guides made by Federal Writer's Project 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. . 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. IMG_3865.JPG IMG_3864.JPG Best -- Kate Cordes | The New York Public Library Public Service Manager Stephen A. Schwarzman Building The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy 476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10018 T: 212.930.9224 | [log in to unmask] 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