The Washington State Archives' Digital Archives had the reports and plat surveys you need at: https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ Carlos A Diaz AskCarlos.com [log in to unmask] On Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 7:59 AM Madeline Kelly <[log in to unmask] wrote: > I am temporarily filling in as librarian for maps and government > information at my institution, and received a user query a bit beyond my > skill level. Does anyone know where I might find the following > state/territorial surveyor general annual reports and maps: > > > > 1853: Maps for Oregon and Washington > > 1854: Reports and Maps for Oregon and Washington > > 1856: Maps for Oregon and Washington > > 1857: Reports for Oregon and Washington > > 1864: Maps for Oregon and Washington > > 1866-1875: Maps for Oregon and Washington > > > > The user was able to locate some reports/maps through the Washington State > Historical Society, David Rumsey Maps, University of Washington, and > Washington State University, but hasn’t been able to locate the > reports/maps listed above. > > > > If you have any suggestions, I’d be extremely grateful for the help! I’ve > pasted the full user query below, in case there is additional context that > can be helpful. > > > > > > *I'm having trouble locating materials produced by the Surveyor General's > office in the second half of the 19th century. Each year, the Surveyor > General of the US published an annual report which included his overall > assessment of the survey of public lands in the US and its territories > along with reprints of the state and territorial surveyors general annual > reports and maps for their particular locales. * > > > > *I've been able to locate most of the reports and some of maps from > sources like the Washington State Historical Society, David Rumsey Maps, > UW/WSU Historical Maps, etc. I was wondering if we have printed or > microform materials at WWU that contain the annual reports for Oregon and > Washington for the following years:* > > *1853: Maps for Oregon and Washington* > > *1854: Reports and Maps for Oregon and Washington* > > *1856: Maps for Oregon and Washington* > > *1857: Reports for Oregon and Washington* > > *1864: Maps for Oregon and Washington* > > *1866-1875: Maps for Oregon and Washington* > > > > *I'm wondering if some of these might be in items like the Senate Exec > Docs that I attached (the digital version of which does not show the actual > maps, disappointingly). I've also attached the first two pages from the > 1855 Annual Report, which reveal that the year covered and the publication > dates are sometimes different. The dates I refer to above are the year > covered, not the year published.* > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > *Madeline Kelly* > > Director of Collections > > Western Libraries, HH320J > > Western Washington University > > 516 High St. MS 9103 > > Bellingham, WA 98225 > > (360) 650-4320 > > https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-2165 > > pronouns: she/her/hers > > > > >