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  • “God Save Ireland:” An Irish Nationalist Broadside

    Chris. A. Gallagher, “God Save Ireland,” Minneapolis: Emerald Publishing Company, 1895. Osher Map Library Collection, University of Southern Maine. Gina Marie Guadagnino, MFA, MA, is Chief of Staff and Executive Director of Public Affairs in the...

  • A Glimpse into the Social History of mid-Nineteenth Century America through Trade Cards and Advertisements

    Safford Automatic Draw Bar Co. Business Card [front], 1893 Garrett Jones is a senior History major at the University of Southern Maine; he interned at the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education during the spring 2023 semest...

  • Interview with a Vault Manager

    Detail: "Historical-Pictorial Map of Pennsylvania" from "Pennsylvania : Sunoco road map and historical scenic guide," 1948 If you have ever visited us in person, it's likely that you've met Bob Spencer in the Reading Room. He has been with Os...

  • Who Made These Maps? Archival Recovery and a Manuscript Atlas of the World, ca. 1830

    "Sarah R. Allen, Map of North America, from "Manuscript Atlas of the World", ca. 1830. Who Made These Maps? Archival Recovery and a Manuscript Atlas of the World, ca. 1830 Louie Miller is the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic...

  • Mapping and Community in North Haven

    "Summer Resorts of the Coast, Lake and Mountain Regions along the Boston & Maine Railroad and Connections March 1, 1910" Mapping and Community in North Haven Gabrielle (Brie) Robichaud is the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartogra...

  • Portland in 1836: John Cullum’s Pictorial Map

    A Map of the City of Portland with its Latest Improvements, engraved and published by John Cullum, 1836. Portland in 1836: John Cullum’s Pictorial Map Matthew Edney is Professor of Geography and Osher Chair in the History of Cartography at t...

  • On Sleigh’s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland and True Places

    Bernard Sleigh, An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland : Newly Discovered and Set Forth, 1918. On Sleigh’s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland and True Places Katherine Peters teaches world literature and writing as adjunct faculty in the English Department...

  • Thomas O’Dea’s Panorama of the Horrors of Andersonville

    Thomas O'Dea, Andersonville Prison Camp Sumter, Ga. as it appeared August 1st, 1864 when it contained 35,000 prisoners of war drawn from memory by Thomas O'Dea, late Private Co. E 16th Regt. Maine Inf. Vols., 1885. Thomas O’Dea’s Panorama of ...

  • Teaching and Talking about Race with Maps at the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education (Part of a Series)

    Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, A Food Map of the United States showing the part played by each of our states in supplying the nation's larder, 1932. Teaching and Talking about Race with Maps at the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for ...