There are also a selected group of other kinds of maps in the Visual Resources Department. Researchers should also consult the Harvard Map Collection in Pusey Library where the majority of maps at the University are located. The collection of soil surveys is arranged geographically in stack range 38. The library's holdings on microfilm include some older U.S. periodicals, the Historic American Buildings Survey, the RIBA measured drawings collection, the H.H. Richardson photograph albums and the Martin Wagner collection. Microfiche holdings include monograph reprints, census reports and some NTIS publications.
Users are welcome to bring their own microfilms.
Harvard University is a registered depository for all U.S. government documents. Published documents in topics relating to the design fields including housing, land use, conservation, environmental issues and building technology are received by the library. Most often they are shelved uncataloged in stack range 38 and are arranged by the Gov Doc prefix. Documents in the government documents area which date from 1953 to the present are retained by the library for approximately 5 years and then discarded. Pre-1953 materials are retained permanentaly and are, for the most part, cataloged in the stacks.