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GENERAL INFORMATION: 
              CITATION - TITLE: A Map of the Acting Superintendency of Michigan
             BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A manuscript map of Michigan in 1837 noting locations of Native American 
                                  reservations and their estimated populations.
                  DATA VINTAGE: 1837
               LAST FILE EDIT DATE: 3/16/2012
       GEOGRAPHIC AREA NAME(S): Michigan
TECHNICAL INFORMATION - GENERAL: 
        SPATIAL REFERENCE TYPE: Bitmap/Raster Image
       DATA FILE/COVER NAME(S): [Insert url of map viewing page]
           DATA FILE(S) FORMAT: Scanned map/JPEG
TECHNICAL INFORMATION - SPATIAL: 
            REGISTERED TO BASE: Not Applicable
             COORDINATE SYSTEM: Latitude/Longitude
     PLANAR DISTANCE/MAP UNITS: Unknown
           HORIZONTAL ACCURACY: Not Applicable
TECHNICAL INFORMATION - ATTRIBUTE/NON-SPATIAL: 
       ATTRIBUTE DATA OVERVIEW: Map of Michigan counties while still a territory circa 1831.
SOURCE and PROCESSING INFORMATION: 
            SOURCE(S) OVERVIEW: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
        PROCESSING STEPS/NOTES: Image scanned at 500 ppi from a paper reproduction of the original manuscript 
                                 map obtained from the National Archives.  The paper reproduction had been made 
                                 by photographing the original through plexiglass.  The viewing jpg image was 
                                 created in Adobe Photoshop at  300 dpi.
AVAILABILITY and STATUS INFORMATION: 
       AVAILABILITY NOTES/FEES: Available to public at no cost.    
                                 Tiff files at 500 ppi are available through the map  library, but not online. 
                                 Please email.
    ARCHIVE/TRANSFER FILE NAME: 
    ARCHIVE/TRANSFER FILE TYPE: Not a Compressed File.
CONTACT INFORMATION: 
           CONTACT INFORMATION: 
                      CONTACT TYPE: All Inquiries
                  PERSON and TITLE: Kathleen Weessies, Map Librarian
                      ORGANIZATION: Michigan State University Map Library
           MAILING STREET/366 W. Circle Drive W308  
                              CITY: East Lansing
                             STATE: Michigan
                          ZIP CODE: 48824
                             PHONE: 517.884.0849
                    E-MAIL ADDRESS: weessie2@msu.edu
              CONTACT INSTRUCTIONS: Email