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Bibliography of cartography by Philip Lee Phillips

 Collection
Call Number: MS D197

Overview

"Bibliography of cartography or A descriptive list of books and magazine articles relating to maps, map-makers and views," by Philip Lee Phillips, F.R.G.S., Chief, Division of Maps, Library of Congress. The volumes appear to be a 1920 version of Phillips' typescript, heavily annotated in various hands with additional information and editing marks. They include references to "Supplement" and have at least one manuscript addition with the date 1928.

Dates

  • Creation: 1920, 1928

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

19 Volumes : Bound in black library buckram. Typescript with annotations. Binding titles read PHILLIPS [letters of alphabet] 1920. ; Each volume is 28 cm tall.

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

Volumes 2-19 have title-pages reading: A descriptive list of books and magazine articles relating to maps, map-makers and views by Philip Lee Phillips, Chief, Division of Maps, Library of Congress.

Each letter of the alphabet is paged separately. The collection inventory provided in this finding aid shows preliminary leaves and first and last numbered leaf only; extra inserted leaves not recorded except in vol. 19.

Physical Location

MS D197

Custodial History

Acquired from the Library of Congress in 1956 in connection with the participation of a University of Kansas Geography graduate student, Larry Sharp, in the Library of Congress Surplus Map Distribution program.

Related Materials

See also the introductory matter of The Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, The Bibliography of Cartography, Boston: G.K. Hall, 1973, the greatly expanded published version of Phillips' bibliography. Available at KU Libraries at Z6028.U49 1973.

Title
Guide to the Philip Lee Phillips Manuscript Collection
Subtitle
Bibliography of cartography by Philip Lee Phillips
Author
Finding aid prepared by am, November 24, 1991. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2005.
Date
2005
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7303754309
Preferred citation
Bibliography of cartography by Philip Lee Phillips, Department of Special Collections, MS D197, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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