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Catalogue of Plaster Relief Maps in Science Hall
1. Stereogram of Henry Mountains, Utah, “showing the form the
country would have if the eroded portion to the top of the
cretaceous were restored,” Modeled by C.K. Gilbert, Issued by
Ward & Howell, Rochester, NY. Horizontal and vertical scale: 1.5
inches = 1 mile, Date Made: unknown Location: cartography lab
storage
2. Relief Map of Illinois, “showing glacial ecology, compiled by
Lawrence Martin and F.T. Thwaites from surveys by Frank
Leverett and from publications of the U.S. geological survey and
Illinois state geological survey,” By C.W. Rolfe & U.S.G.S.
Horizontal scale: 1 inch = 5 miles Vertical scale: 1 inch = 1320
feet Date Made: 1915 Location: cartography lab storage
3. Henry Mountains & Vicinity, “Department of the Interior U.S.
geographical and geological survey of the rocky mountain region.
J.W. Powell in charge,” modeled by C.K. Gilbert, issued by Ward
and Howell, Rochester, NY. Horizontal and vertical scale: ½ inch
= 1 mile Date Made: unknown Location: cartography lab storage
4. Relief Map of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Environs, “according to
the latest data of the U.S. geological survey, war department, and
railroad and street railway maps,” Made by, E.H.J Lorenz,
Madison, WI. Horizontal scale: 1 inch = 5280 feet Vertical scale:
1 inch = 528 feet Date Made: unknown Location: cartography lab
storage
5. Glacier National Park, by Great Northern Railway Co. Vertical
scale: 1 inch = 2640 feet. Horizontal scale: 1 inch = 5280 feet Date
Made: 1911 Location: stairway landing between the 2nd and 3rd
floor. *currently being repaired
6. Geological Model of California, “from U.S. geological survey
maps of 1932,” Modeled by C. King, Prepared by Fred Wilhelm.
Horizontal scale: 1 inch = 10 miles. Vertical scale: 1 inch = 2 miles
Date Made: 1939 Location: stairway landing between the 1st and
2nd floor. *currently being repaired
7. High Plateaus of Utah, “Department of the Interior U.S.
geographical and geological survey of the rocky mountain region.
J.W. Powell in charge,” modeled by Capt. C.E. Dutton. Vertical
and horizontal scale: ½ inch = 1 mile Date Made: unknown
Location: stairway landing between the 1st and 2nd floor.
8. Relief Map of the Chattanooga District, “U.S. geological survey,
J.W. Powell, director, geology by C. Willard Hayes, modeled by
Edwin E. Howell, Washington, D.C. Horizontal scale: ½ inch = 1
mile Vertical scale: 1 inch = 1 mile Date Made: 1894 Location:
stairway between the 2nd and 3rd floors. *already restored
9. Relief Map of Eurasia, modeled by Edwin E. Howell, Washington
D.C. Horizontal scale: 1 inch = 120 miles Vertical scale: 1:500,000
copyright, The Macmillan Company Date Made: 1899 Location:
stairway between the 2nd and 3rd floors. *already restored
10. The Malaspina Glacier with Mt. St. Elias and Yakutat Bay, “based
on maps and photographs by I.C. Russell, the Boundary
Commission, and others, with some personal fieldwork, by
Lawrence Martin, department of Geology, University of
Wisconsin,” modeled by E.H.J. Lorenz. Vertical and horizontal
scale: 1 inch = 1 ¼ miles Date Made: 1909 Location: stairway
between the 2nd and 3rd floors.
11. Geological Model of the Uinta and Wasatch mountains, modeled
by Edwin E. Howell. Horizontal scale: 1 inch = 4 miles Vertical
scale: 1 inch = 2 miles Date Made: unknown Location: stairway
between the 2nd and 3rd floors.
12. Relief Map of North America, modeled by Edwin E. Howell,
copyright, The Macmillan Company. Horizontal scale: 1 inch =
120 miles Vertical scale: 1:500,000 Date Made: 1899 Location:
stairway between the 2nd and 3rd floors.
13. Relief Map of Africa, modeled by Edwin E. Howell, copyright, The
Macmillan Company. Horizontal scale: 1 inch = 120 miles Vertical
scale: 1:500,000 Date Made: 1899 Location: 2nd floor *already
restored
14. Glacial Geology of the Baraboo District-Wisconsin, “topography
from the U.S. geological survey, geology from the U.S. geological
survey, professional paper 106 by WM. C. Alden, 1918, and from
unpublished surveys,” modeled at the department of geology at the
University of Wisconsin. Prepared by Fred Wilhelm, 1937 from
data furnished by F.T. Thwaites. Horizontal scale: 1 inch = 2640
feet Vertical scale: 1 inch = 1320 feet Date Made: 1906-37
Location: 2nd floor
15. Geological Model of Yosemite Valley, California, “showing glacial
and post glacial deposits, from topographic and geological maps by
F.E. Matthes, U.S. geological survey, 1930. Prepared by Fred
Wilhelm. Horizontal and vertical scale: 1 inch = 1000 feet. Date
Made: 1939 Location: 2nd floor
16. Grand Canyon of the Colorado and the Cliffs of Southern Utah,
“modeled by Edwin E. Howell from maps of the United States,
geological and geographical survey by J.W. Powell, revised by
F.T. Thwaites and Fred Wilhelm in 1931 from a geological map of
Arizona, 1924 and Utah, 1918,” Horizontal scale: 1 inch = 2 miles
Vertical scale: 1 inch = 5,000 feet Date Made: 1931 Location: 2nd
floor
17. Henry Mountains, Utah, “Department of the Interior U.S.
geographical and geological survey of the rocky mountain region.
J.W. Powell in charge,” modeled by C.K. Gilbert, issued by Ward
and Howell, Rochester, NY. Horizontal and vertical scale: 1.5
inches = 1 mile Date Made: unknown Location: 2nd floor
18. Relief Map of South America, modeled by Edwin E. Howell,
copyright, The Macmillan Company. Horizontal scale: 1 inch =
120 miles Vertical scale: 1:500,000 Date Made: 1899 Location: 4th
floor *already restored