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Finding Aid to the Alfred H. de Vries Papers, 1937-1944 (bulk 1944)
BANC MSS 73/47 cz
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Collection Title: Alfred de Vries Papers
Date (inclusive): 1937-1944
Date (bulk): 1944
Collection Number: BANC MSS 73/47 cz
Creator:
de Vries, Alfred H.
Extent:
1 carton
1.2 linear feet
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: This collection was originally part of the Alfred H. de Vries map collection. The map collection is available through UC Berkeley
and contains 416 volumes in addition 106 individual sheet maps. This collection consists of original manuscript “Maps and
their Makers Through the Centuries: A General Handbook for Map History”, newspaper clippings regarding the exhibit of his
map collection in Amsterdam, 1937, and a copy of “On the Development of Cartography” presented to the Cercle de Bibliophile
in Amsterdam in April, 1936. Also included are photos of the map making process, a lecture given to the San Francisco Museum
of Art on “400 Years of Mapmaking”, 1 miniature map, a sheet of stamps from various counties and personal/business correspondence.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English, Dutch
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Access Information
Collection is open for research.
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Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for
any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
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[Identification of item], Alfred H. de Vries Papers, BANC MSS 73/47 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Alternative Form of Materials Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
deVries, Alfred
University of California, Berkeley - Faculty
University of California, Berkeley, Map History
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Geography
Maps—Geography--Cartography
Processed by Jae Mauthe in 2011.
Biography/Organization History
De Vries was a lecturer and research associate in Map History from Fall 1942 to Spring 1951 at University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of original manuscript “Maps and their Makers Through the Centuries: A General Handbook for Map History”, newspaper
clippings (in Dutch) regarding his 1937 cartographic exhibit in Bijenkorf, and a copy of “On the Development of Cartography”
presented to the Cercle de Bibliophile in Amsterdam in April, 1936. Also included are photos of the mapmaking process, a lecture
given to the San Francisco Museum of Art on “400 Years of Mapmaking” in 1939, 1 miniature World Atlas in Dutch, stamps from
various counties mounted on board and personal/business correspondence. This collection spans a brief period of deVries work
from 1937-1944.
This collection arrived in rough chronological and alphabetical order with the bulk of the collection being his manuscript