Title (generic)
Cartographic Materials
Sub-series contains maps (mounted and unmounted) and bound atlases used by employees of the Essex Company.
Loose maps include various USGS 7.5 minute quadrangels of New England locales, various road and topology maps of the New England states, sets of USGS maps of Virginia/West Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut Vermont, and New York; maps of the town of Lawrence and its surrounding areas.
Mounted and rolled maps are present of New England, Lawrence, and areas surrounding the Merrimack River watershed.
Bound atlases include the following:
Atlas Accompanying the Report on the Geology of New Hampshire (1878)
Official Topographic Atlas of Massachusetts (1871)
Watson's New Commercial County and Railroad Atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada (c.1874/5)
City Atlas of Lawrence, Massachusetts (1875)
Location of the Boston and Maine Railroad on Lawrence and North Andover (1878)
Atlas of Massachusetts of the Topographical Survey Commission, 1884-1890 (1890)
Rand McNally Imperial Atlas of the World (1902)
Rand McNally Enlarged Business Atlas and Shipping Guide (1903) [2 copies]
Atlas of the City of Lawrence, and the towns of Methuen, Andover, and North Andover, Massachusetts (1906)
Rand McNally Enlarged Business Atlas and Shipping Guide (1909)
Atlas of the City of Lawrence, and the towns of Methuen, Andover, and North Andover, Massachusetts (1926) [2 copies]
Atlas of the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts, including also the Town of Methuen (1896) [3 copies]
Rand McNally Enlarged Business Atlas and Shipping Guide (1893)
Collection
Essex Company Collection
Most are leather-bound and oversize, averaging 18 "x 22."