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Roy V. Boswell Collection for the History of Cartography
SC.14
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Title: Roy V. Boswell Collection for the History of Cartography
Dates: 1285 A.D. - 2012
Collection Number: SC.14
Creator/Collector:
Boswell, Roy V.
CSU, Fullerton University Archives & Special Collections
Extent: The full collection contains 3089 volumes; 1526 maps in 120 map drawers; 46 document boxes.
Repository:
California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
Fullerton, California 92834-4150
Abstract: The Collection for the History of Cartography was founded in 1971 by Roy V. Boswell and Ernest W. Toy, Jr., to provide a resource
for scholarship and education in the history of cartography.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the California State University, Fullerton University Archives and Special Collections. No part
of an audio tape or manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the University Archives and
Special Collections, California State University, Fullerton.
Requests for permission to quote from these materials should be addressed to:
California State University, Fullerton
University Archives and Special Collections
800 N. State College, PLS-352 | Fullerton, CA 92834-3599
(657) 278-3444
Permission requests for photograph use can be made by the completion of an Application for use-images form.
Roy V. Boswell Collection for the History of Cartography. California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and
Special Collections
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains 1532 maps and 3089 volumes of books, pamphlets and periodicals. The maps range in date from 1285 to
1900. The books, pamphlets and periodicals form a reference collection for the study of cartography, geography, exploration
and navigation from ancient times to 1900. The books, pamphlets, and periodicals are 20th and 21st century imprints.
Maps
Early Maps
Cartography - History