The Library of Virginia (LVA) in Richmond was established as the state library in 1823. Maps were a part of the library's early collections. A glimpse into the library's early map collecting efforts and the collection itself highlights innovations in conserving, cataloging, and promoting the library's maps. An exploration of the challenges that arose in this early map collection reveals the accomplishments of librarians and archivists who worked closely with LVA's map collection. Earl Gregg Swem compiled the seminal Virginia cartobibliography, referred to as “Swem.” Wilmer L. Hall applied a map classification system for LVA's maps. And Marianne McKee spearheaded the online cataloging of LVA's map collection, collaborated with philanthropist Alan Voorhees to digitize United States Civil War maps with the Library of Congress and the Virginia Historical Society, and promoted scholarship using the map collection in publications, symposia, exhibitions, and lectures. Hence, Swem, Hall, and McKee, through their resourcefulness at LVA, contributed to the larger field of map librarianship. Their ingenuity provided the foundation for evolutions in LVA's map collection, especially related to growing, cataloging, and promoting the collection that has made it a valuable resource for those interested in Virginia maps and Virginia's place in the geographic imagination. This article first reviews this foundation and then addresses later developments in map cataloging that pertain to organizing and promoting LVA's map collection.

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从游泳开始：弗吉尼亚图书馆地图收藏中的一百年创新

里士满的弗吉尼亚图书馆（LVA）于1823年作为州立图书馆成立。地图是该图书馆早期收藏的一部分。图书馆的早期地图收集工作一目了然，馆藏本身突显了在保存，分类和宣传图书馆地图方面的创新。对早期地图集中出现的挑战的探索揭示了与LVA地图集密切合作的图书馆员和档案管理员的成就。伯爵格雷格·斯威姆（Earl Gregg Swem）整理了开创性的弗吉尼亚制图学，称为“斯威姆”。Wilmer L. Hall为LVA的地图应用了地图分类系统。玛丽安·麦基（Marianne McKee）率先对LVA的地图集进行在线分类，与慈善家艾伦·沃海斯（Alan Voorhees）合作，与国会图书馆和弗吉尼亚历史学会对美国内战地图进行了数字化，并在出版物，专题讨论会，展览和演讲中使用该地图集来推广奖学金。因此，Swem，Hall和McKee通过在LVA的足智多谋，为更大的地图图书馆事业做出了贡献。他们的独创性为LVA地图集的演进提供了基础，尤其是与成长，编目和推广集锦有关，这使其成为对弗吉尼亚地图和弗吉尼亚在地理想象中的位置感兴趣的人们的宝贵资源。本文首先回顾了这一基础，然后介绍了与组织和推广LVA地图集有关的地图编目的后续发展。