Maps and Blueprints
All types of maps and atlases, as well as architectural, planning and blueprint records
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Cass Gilbert's Palace of Fine Arts Contributed by: St. Louis Art Museum The only remaining display building from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as St. Louis World's Fair, the Palace of Fine Arts now houses the St. Louis Art Museum. This collection of 687 photographs documents the history of the Palace of Fine Arts. |
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Face of the Moon: Galileo to Apollo Contributed by: Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology A collection of moon maps chronologically arranged by their publication date. This is an online version of an exhibition catalog that was originally published in 1989. |
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Lewis & Clark Across Missouri Contributed by: Geographic Resources Center, Department of Geography, University of Missouri; Missouri State Archives Specific campsite maps, photo-realistic images of important river landmarks, animated virtual Missouri River travel, and an interactive map server offering various layers of geographical data on the Expedition's outward and homeward journeys joined with the natural and cultural history of the Missouri River corridor. |
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Lewis & Clark Expedition Contributed by: Missouri State Archives Gateway to websites and curricula concerning the Lewis and Clark Expedition. |
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Maps from the Kansas City Public Library Contributed by: Kansas City Public Library Digital images of maps in the public domain held by the Missouri Valley Room include state, county, and city maps as well as road, railroad, river, and other areas such as trails. |
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Maps of Missouri Contributed by: St. Louis Public Library A collection of Missouri and surrounding state maps covering various topics: cities, towns & counties; conservation & environment; discovery & exploration; cultural landscapes; military, battle & campaign; transportation & communications. |
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Marion County Atlas, 1875 Contributed by: Hannibal Free Public Library 1875 Atlas of Marion County and its township. |
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Missouri County Plat Books Contributed by: Kansas City Public Library; University of Missouri-Columbia Special Collections; State Historical Society of Missouri The Missouri County Plat Books collection is a selection of county atlases and plat books from all over the state published from 1875-1930. |
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Missouri Fire Insurance Maps Contributed by: Kansas City Public Library; University of Missouri-Columbia Special Collections; Washington University; Missouri History Museum Three collections of Missouri fire insurance maps, including collections of Sanborn maps for Kansas City and Missouri as a whole, and Whipple fire insurance maps for St. Louis. |
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Missouri Platbooks, circa 1930 Contributed by: University of Missouri - Columbia In 1930 W.W. Hixson and Co. of Rockford, Illinois published plat books of townships in counties throughout Missouri. These volumes document the ownership and locations of plots of land in Missouri counties, plot sizes, and the owner's name for each plot of land within the townships. |
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MU in Brick and Mortar Contributed by: Space Planning and Management Building and Infrastructure Archives, University of Missouri Scans of building elevations and architectural renderings providing a historical progression of changes that have occurred on University of Missouri campus. |
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Out of This World: The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas Contributed by: Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology Collection of Star Atlases encompasses atlases and maps from 1482 to the 19th century ranging from the rudimentary, to some of the most beautiful and accurate scientific books ever published, finshed with later pictorial atlases for the general public. |
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Plat Books of Jackson County, Missouri Contributed by: Mid-Continent Public Library This collection includes four Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri plat books. The plat books in this collection are held by the Midwest Genealogy Center of the Mid-Continent Public Library. These heavily used plat books have been digitized to prevent further deterioration and to make them available to a wider audience. |
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Registre d'Arpentage Contributed by: Missouri State Archives The Registre d’Arpentage was created between 1798 and 1806 by surveyor Antoine Pierre Soulard (1766-1825). The purpose of the Registre was to certify and locate grants made by the French and Spanish governments. Some well-known settlers in Soulard’s Registre include Daniel Boone, Moses Austin, Jacques Clamorgan, and Auguste and Pierre Chouteau. |
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Steedman Architectural Collection Contributed by: St. Louis Public Library Images selected from architecture-related books in the George Fox Steedman Architectural Collection. |
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Terra Incognita Contributed by: Washington University Libraries Special Collections An exhibit featuring early printed accounts of exploration and cultural encounters between what is known as the Old World or Europe and the New World or the Americas. |
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Trans-Mississippi Theater Virtual Museum Contributed by: Springfield-Greene County Library District; Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Civil War-era artifacts including letters, maps, diaries, weapons, flags, uniforms and photographs. |
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Tri-State Mining Maps Contributed by: Missouri Southern State University and the Jasper and Newton County Environmental Task Force Collection consists of more than 5,000 maps that document lead and zinc mining in Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas, and Northeast Oklahoma. |
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Welcome to 1890s Kirksville Contributed by: Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections/Archives Photographs of Kirksville in 1890s including Adair County's New Court House and other buildings, city map and street guide, 1899 Cyclone and portraits of Kirksville residents. |

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