Without the help and inspiration of many people, this project would not have reached fruition, much less even begun. First and foremost, I would like to thank Arlyn Sherwood Booth, map librarian of the Illinois State Library, for first suggesting this project, then shepherding me through the process, including long hours of editing and shaping the document. I'd like to thank Professor Linda Smith of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Graduate School of Library and Information Science for serving as my faculty supervisor, as this project was part of a practicum I did in order to fulfill the requirements needed for an MLS from said institution. I would also like to thank Dr. Ronald Grim of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress for providing the original inspiration for this project. It was Dr. Grim who first published a guide of this kind in From Sea Charts to Satellite Images: Interpreting North American History through Maps (1990). Dr. Grim's basic work was impeccable; I could only hope to update and expand his information.
Finally I would like to thank the staff of the Illinois State Library for accommodating me through the time it took to put this project together, hence putting additional burdens on their already weighty duties, and the professors, staff, and students of the UIUC/GSLIS LEEP3 program, who have been dedicated teachers and supportive colleagues for the past two years. I never would have reached this point without you gang!
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