The Osher Collection comprises many thousands of sheet maps, atlases, globes, surveying instruments, and books, dating from the fifteenth through the twentieth century. The primary emphasis is on Maine, New England, and North America, but the collect...
The Smith Collection comprises 458 sheet maps, 685 atlases and books, and 62 terrestrial and celestial globes from the 16th through the 20th century. The globes are all on display in the specially built cases in the OML reading room. The Smiths' refe...
A collection of over forty color lithograph posters advertising war bonds from the First World War....
This extensive collection of twentieth-century U.S. road maps and books was donated in 2002. Douglas A. Yorke, Jr., is an architectural historian especially interested in the history of the gas station in the USA. Some of the best surviving images...
This collection includes books and maps pertaining to Portland, Maine between 1836 and 1981. Most items have been cataloged and are available in WorldCat and URSUS....
A small collection of early maps of the state of Maine, donated by Fleet Bank, of Portland....
Various maps and atlases acquired through the good graces of the Friends of the Osher Map Library, and donated to OML....
A varied collection of miscellaneous materials formed since 1994 either from small gifts or by direct acquisition by OML. ...
The nearly 3,000 items in this collection offer a comprehensive overview of the development of the oceangoing passenger ship from the 1870s until its demise about a century later. The collection includes ships’ plans, brochures, pamphlets, postcard...
This substantial collection features twentieth-century U.S. road maps and books. Robert E. French was professor of geography at University of Southern Maine, retiring in 1995. He built up his collection in part to assist his teaching. He served as ...
