Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Alfred de Vries Papers
- Dates:
- 1937-1944, bulk 1944
- Creators:
- de Vries, Alfred H.
- 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.
- Extent:
- 1 carton 1.2 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English , Dutch
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Alfred H. de Vries Papers, BANC MSS 73/47 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Background
- Scope and content:
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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
- Biographical / historical:
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De Vries was a lecturer and research associate in Map History from Fall 1942 to Spring 1951 at University of California, Berkeley.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Jae Mauthe in 2011.
- 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.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2011
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: February 2012
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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 Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Alfred H. de Vries Papers, BANC MSS 73/47 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481