For Details of Map Collections Outside Cambridge See Information Sheet 2B

Map Department Information Sheet 2A Map Collections in Cambridge

For details of map collections outside Cambridge see Information Sheet 2B.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

Within Cambridge University and its affiliated institutions there are over 100 libraries. A full list can be found in the Libraries Directory at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/libraries_directory/libraries_directory.cgi . Only those libraries with significant map collections are listed below. Remember to contact all libraries in advance of a visit to check on entry restrictions, availability of material, delivery times, etc.

University Library (West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DR)

The Map Department of Cambridge University Library (Tel: 01223 333041 ; email: [email protected]) contains the primary collection of cartographic material within Cambridge University Library. It holds over 1 million maps and several thousand atlases of all parts of the world and for all periods.

However, maps and atlases can also be found in other University Library departments such as: Rare Books; Manuscripts; Oriental Collections, especially the Chinese Collection; University Archives.

Further information about the Library and its departments can be found at: www.lib.cam.ac.uk (click on Collections).

Only a very small proportion of the Library’s cartographic holdings can be identified via Newton the online catalogue (www.lib.cam.ac.uk/newton/ ; click on the University Library … option) or via Janus, the University’s Archive catalogue (http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/ ; click on Participating Institutions and Cambridge University …). Information on the Map Department’s catalogues can be found at www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/maps/finding-maps.

Colleges

Maps and atlases can be found in the library and archive collections of most of the Colleges. Holdings – manuscript and printed – may relate specifically to the history of the College and College lands but may also be more general in scope. Few of the College collections are strong in more modern materials although St John’s College has an extensive collection of older Ordnance Survey maps. Some Colleges have transferred their archive material to the University Archives which are held in Cambridge University Library. Each College should be approached directly to check on access restrictions, etc.

It is possible to identify some, but by no means all, of the University’s cartographic holdings via Newton the online catalogue (www.lib.cam.ac.uk/newton/) and via Janus the University’s Archive catalogue (http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/).

Departmental and Associated Libraries

British Antarctic Survey Tel: 01223 221400; Fax: 01223 362616 Good collection of printed and High Cross, Madingley Road, E-mail: [email protected] manuscript maps of the Antarctic. Cambridge, CB3 OET www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/our_or Also collections of aerial ganisation/eid/magic.php photographs and satellite images. Information Sheet 2A – Cambridge Libraries – Page 1 Cambridge University Tel: 01223 333387 An important collection of nearly Collection of Aerial E-mail: [email protected] 500,000 aerial photographs taken Photographs (CUCAP) www.uflm.cam.ac.uk/ULM_HOME_v1.h since 1945 mostly covering Britain Department of Geography, tm but also including Ireland and some University of Cambridge, European countries. Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN

Alternative sources of photos might be locatable in NAPLIB directory of aerial photographic collections in the United Kingdom, 2nd ed. 1999. [L695.b.1 plus copy at Map Room enquiry desk].

Department of Geography Tel: 01223 339807; Fax: 01223 333392 Holdings include some early and Cartographic Unit & Map E-mail: [email protected] current OS mapping plus some Collection www.geog.cam.ac.uk/facilities/cartogra aerial photographs and foreign Sir William Hardy Building, phy mapping. Large scale OS mapping Downing Site, Downing mostly of Cambridgeshire. Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN

Earth Sciences Tel: 01223 333429; Fax: 01223 333450 Large collection of geological and Downing Site, E-mail: [email protected] related mapping. Also some OS Downing Street, www.esc.cam.ac.uk/library County Series 6” maps. Cambridge, CB2 3EQ

Scott Polar Research Tel: 01223 336552; Fax: 01223 336549 Historical and current topographic Institute (SPRI) E-mail: [email protected] and earth science mapping – Lensfield Road, Cambridge, www.spri.cam.ac.uk/library/ especially glaciological maps and CB2 1ER oceanographic charts – for the polar regions.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Cambridgeshire Collection Tel: 0345 0455225; Fax: 01223 475962 A strong local collection that is easily Cambridge Central Library, Email: accessible. Includes OS mapping Lion Yard, Cambridge, [email protected] and GOAD plans as well as CB2 3QD www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20011 photographs and other /archives_archaeology_and_museums/ Cambridgeshire material. Located 177/archives_and_local_studies/6 on the 3rd floor of the Public Library.

On-line catalogue for the Cambridgeshire Collection is at: https://ibistro.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/uhtbin/webcat (go to Advanced Search and select Location Cambridgeshire Collection and Collection Map or Illustration, etc). Remember that not everything is catalogued!

Cambridgeshire Archives Tel: 01223 699399; Fax: 01223 718823 Holds official/government mapping, and Local Studies E-mail: [email protected] a good range of OS maps plus Shire Hall, Castle Hill, www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20011 manuscript items of Cambridgeshire. Cambridge, CB3 OAP /archives_archaeology_and_museums/ Date range = 17th century to 177/archives_and_local_studies/6 present. Their on-line catalogue is at https://ibistro.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/uhtbin/webcat (go to Advanced Search and select Location Cambridgeshire Archives and Collection Map or Illustration, etc). Remember that not everything is catalogued!

This Information Sheet is available online at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/maps/information-sheets

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