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State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3331
David Y Allen
Library-Reference
516 632-7110
22-Jul-1996 10:47am EDT
FROM: DYALLEN
TO: Remote Addressee ( [log in to unmask] )
Subject: Re.: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries is a project of the Center
for Family and Community History of the Newberry Library and supported by a
grant from the NEH. In spite of the strong credentials of this series, I think
it is a questionable purchase for map libraries. Since it is being published
on a state by state basis, it is no bargain, although it might make sense to
buy the volume for your own state. An alternative is William Thorndale and
William Dollarhide, _Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses_, which covers the
entire country. Although the maps are more detailed in the Newberry series
(and cover a wider range of time), they are not necessarily more accurate. In
fact, I found an error in the Newberry volume for New York which is avoided in
the Thorndale and Dollarhide volume. For those who need to know which side of
a county boundary a particular street was on, there is still no substitute for
locally produced sheet maps.
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