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Kerry Mitchell
Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0236
Title
Harold T. Rib aerial photograph collection 1936-1979
31 boxes of aerial black and white photographs of areas around the world including: the United States, Canada, Algeria, and
Japan. The photographs were taken between the 1930s and 1980s.
There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the George Mason University Geography Department
Map and Photograph Collection must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Custodial History
Harold T. Rib originally created this collection and donated it to the George Mason University Department of Geography and
GeoInformation Science
Preferred Citation
George Mason University Geography Department Map and Photograph Collection, #C0236, Special Collections and Archives, George
Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by the George Mason University Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science in 2013.
Aerial black and white photographs of various cities and towns in the United States as well as some from abroad. Many of the
photographs came from the private collection of Harold T. Rib, a professor and former chief of aerial surveys for the Bureau
of Public Roads and the Federal Highway Administration.
Special Collections and Archives holds other photograph collections that contain aerial photographs, although this collection
is the only one made up entirely of aerial photographs.
Areas photographed include: Hollow Springs and Martha.
Graphic Materials box: 19 folder: 4
USA: Tennessee,
1969-1978
Scope and Content
Geologic map of state. Counties photographed include: Cannon, Cumberland, Hawkins, Madison, and Putnam.
Graphic Materials box: 19 folder: 5
USA: Tennessee,
1969, 1971
Scope and Content
Counties photographed include: Carroll, Stewart, and Robertson.
Graphic Materials box: 20 folder: 1
USA: Tennessee,
1969-1970
Scope and Content
Counties photographed included: Rutherford, Sumner, and Cumberland.
Graphic Materials box: 20 folder: 2
USA: Tennessee,
1949-1973
Scope and Content
Counties photographed include: Maury, Sullivan, Sumner, Campbell, Weakley, and Putnam.
Graphic Materials box: 20 folder: 3
USA: Tennessee,
1965-1973
Scope and Content
Counties photographed include: Stewart, Carter, Crockett, Cumberland, Sumner, and Hawkins.
Graphic Materials box: 20 folder: 4
USA: Tennessee,
1969-1973
Scope and Content
Counties photographed include: Cumberland, Hawkins, Robertson, and Carter.
Graphic Materials box: 20 folder: 5
USA: Tennessee,
1969-1973
Scope and Content
Counties photographed include: Tipton, Carroll, Carter, Robertson, and Sumner.
Graphic Materials box: 20 folder: 6
USA: Tennessee,
1969, 1973
Scope and Content
Counties photographed include: Sumner, Rutherford, and Union.
Graphic Materials box: 21 folder: 1
USA: Tennessee,
1969
Scope and Content
Counties photographed include: Sumner, Robertson, and Rutherford.
Graphic Materials box: 21 folder: 2
USA: Tennessee,
1969
Scope and Content
Robertson County.
Graphic Materials box: 21 folder: 3
USA: Tennessee,
1969, 1971
Scope and Content
Counties photographed include: Rutherford, Cannon, Tipton, Madison, and McNairy.
Graphic Materials box: 21 folder: 4
USA: Tennessee,
1969, 1973
Graphic Materials box: 21 folder: 5
USA: Texas,
1950-1979
Scope and Content
Geologic map of the state. Counties photographed include: Bexar, Brown, and Dallas.
Graphic Materials box: 21 folder: 6
USA: Texas,
1939-1954
Scope and Content
Areas photographed include: Laguna Vista, Dickens County, Dimmit County, Travis County, Potter County, Taylor County, Tarrant
County, Motley County, and Reeves County.
Graphic Materials box: 22 folder: 1
USA: Texas,
1950-1955
Scope and Content
Counties photographed include: McLennan, El Paso, Galveston, Gillespie, and Lynn.
Graphic Materials box: 22 folder: 2
USA: Unknown Location
1953, 1962
Graphic Materials box: 22 folder: 3
USA: Unknown Location,
1938
Graphic Materials box: 22 folder: 4
USA: Unknown Location,
1979
Graphic Materials box: 22 folder: 5
USA: Unknown Location,
1979
Graphic Materials box: 22 folder: 6
USA: Unknown Location
1942
Graphic Materials box: 22 folder: 7
USA: Unknown Location,
1979
Graphic Materials box: 23 folder: 1
USA: Unknown Location,
1979
Graphic Materials box: 23 folder: 2
USA: Unknown Location,
1978-1979
Graphic Materials box: 23 folder: 3
USA: Unknown Location,
1978-1979, 1981
Graphic Materials box: 23 folder: 4
USA: Unknown Location,
1979
Graphic Materials box: 23 folder: 5
USA: Unknown Location,
1978
Graphic Materials box: 23 folder: 6
USA: Utah
1938-1979
Scope and Content
Geologic map of the state. Photographed areas include Zion National Park and the following counties: Duchesne, Salt Lake,
Wayne, Garfield, Box Elder, and Daggatt.
Graphic Materials box: 23 folder: 7
USA: Utah
1938
Scope and Content
Photographed areas include: Acord Lakes, Marsh Park, and San Rafael.
Graphic Materials box: 24 folder: 1
USA: Vermont,
1939-1954
Scope and Content
Areas photographed include the following counties: Addison, Chittenden, Rockingham, Rutland, and Washington.
Graphic Materials box: 24 folder: 2
USA: Virginia,
1937, 1979-1980
Scope and Content
Highway maps of Virginia. Photographs of Fairfax.
Graphic Materials box: 24 folder: 3
USA: Virginia,
1968-1979
Scope and Content
Photographed areas include: Beach, Washington County, and Richmond area.
Graphic Materials box: 24 folder: 4
USA: Virginia,
1968
Scope and Content
Dutch Gap.
Graphic Materials box: 24 folder: 5
USA: Virginia,
1953
Scope and Content
Fairfax.
Graphic Materials box: 24 folder: 6
USA: Virginia,
1953-1954
Scope and Content
Fairfax.
Graphic Materials box: 24 folder: 7
USA: Virginia,
1976
Scope and Content
Fairfax County (FFCo).
Graphic Materials box: 25 folder: 1
USA: Virginia,
1976
Scope and Content
Fairfax County (FFCo).
Graphic Materials box: 25 folder: 2
USA: Virginia,
1976
Scope and Content
Fairfax County (FFCo).
Graphic Materials box: 25 folder: 3
USA: Virginia,
1976
Scope and Content
Fairfax County (FFCo).
Graphic Materials box: 25 folder: 4
USA: Virginia,
1976
Scope and Content
Fairfax County (FFCo).
Graphic Materials box: 25 folder: 5
USA: Virginia,
1976
Scope and Content
Fairfax County (FFCo).
Graphic Materials box: 25 folder: 6
USA: Virginia,
1976
Scope and Content
Fairfax County (FFCo).
Graphic Materials box: 25 folder: 7
USA: Virginia,
1954
Scope and Content
Fairfax.
Graphic Materials box: 26 folder: 1
USA: Virginia,
1951-1977
Scope and Content
Some photographs are of unknown areas. Other areas photographed include: Augusta County, Alexandria (Fairfax County), and
Fairfax County.
Graphic Materials box: 26 folder: 2
USA: Virginia,
1954
Scope and Content
Fairfax.
Graphic Materials box: 26 folder: 3
USA: Virginia,
1954
Scope and Content
Fairfax.
Graphic Materials box: 26 folder: 4
USA: Virginia,
1953-1954
Scope and Content
Fairfax.
Graphic Materials box: 26 folder: 5
USA: Virginia,
1954, 1968
Scope and Content
Areas photographed include: Fairfax, Lexington, and Prince George.
Graphic Materials box: 26 folder: 6
USA: Virginia,
undated
Scope and Content
Vienna.
Graphic Materials box: 27 folder: 1
USA: Virginia,
1978, undated
Scope and Content
Vienna. Some of the photographs are undated.
Graphic Materials box: 27 folder: 2
USA: Washington,
1949-1978
Scope and Content
Geologic map of the state. Counties photographed include: Benton, Dalles, Lincoln, and Douglas.
Graphic Materials box: 27 folder: 3
USA: Washington
1940-1955
Scope and Content
Counties photographed include: Douglas, Franklin, Grays Harbor, and Klickitat.
Geologic map of the state. Counties photographed include: Berkeley, Gilmer, Grant, Jackson, Lewis, Kanawha, Mineral, Mingo,
Pike, Tucker, and Arnoldsburg.
Graphic Materials box: 31 folder: 1
USA: Wisconsin,
1940-1978
Scope and Content
Geologic Map of the state. Areas photographed include: Fond du Lack County, Sheboygon County, Grant County, Jefferson County,
Walworth County, Neenah, and Baraboro.
Graphic Materials box: 31 folder: 2
USA: Wyoming,
1937-1979
Scope and Content
Geologic Map of Wyoming. Counties photographed include: Albany, Campbell, Carbon, Fremont, Johnson, Laramie, Park, Sheridan,
Sweetwater, and Grohnin.