Books and articles

Conzen, Michael P. "The County Landownership Map in America: Its Commercial Development and Social Transformation, 1814-1939." Imago Mundi, vol. 36 (1984), pp. 9-31.
Conzen, Michael P. "North American County Maps and Atlases." In From Sea Charts to Satellite Images: Interpreting North American History through Maps. Ed. David Buisseret. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Pp. 186-211.
Conzen, Michael P. "The All-American County Atlas: Styles of Commercial Landownership Mapping and American Culture." In Images of the World: The Atlas through History. Ed. John A. Wolter and Ronald E. Grim. Washington: Library of Congress, 1997. Pp. 331-65.
Conzen, Michael P., James R. Akerman, and David T. Thackery. Illinois County Landownership Map and Atlas Bibliography and Union List. Springfield: The Illinois Cooperative Collection Management Coordinating Committee, The Illinois Board of Higher Education, 1991.
Thrower, Norman J. W. "The County Atlas in the United States." Surveying and Mapping, vol. 21, no. 3 (1961), pp. 365-73.
Woodward, David, ed. Five Centuries of Map Printing. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.

Supplemental Images

Maps

• Sectional Map of Menard County, Illinois. "Sectional Map of Menard County, Illinois." In Illustrated Atlas Map of Menard County, Illinois, (Edwardsville, Ill: W.R. Brink & Co., 1874). Newberry Library call number +F896565.
• Township 18 North Range 6 West. "Township 18 North Range 6 West." In Illustrated Atlas Map of Menard County, Illinois, (Edwardsville, Ill: W.R. Brink & Co., 1874). Newberry Library call number +F896565.

maps showing historical growth of Illinois by counties

• Illinois in 1822. Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Illinois. Carey and Lea, 1822. Newberry Library call number: Fitzgerald map 4F G4100 1822 .C3.
• Illinois in 1838. Illinois. [Boston]: T. G. Bradford, 1838. Newberry Library call number: map 2F G4100 1838 .B7 state 1.
• Illinois in 1866. United States General Land Office. Map of the State of Illinois. Philadelphia: Bowen and Company, 1866. Newberry Library call number: Fitzgerald map 4F G4101 1866 .U5.

Supplemental Texts

• Biography of Jonathan Miller. From the Illustrated Atlas Map of Menard County, Illinois, (Edwardsville, Ill: W.R. Brink & Co., 1874). Newberry Library call number +F896565.
• Sketch of Athens. From the Illustrated Atlas Map of Menard County, Illinois, (Edwardsville, Ill: W.R. Brink & Co., 1874). Newberry Library call number +F896565.
• Township/Range Business Profiles (Township 19, Range 6; Township 17, Range 7; Township 18, Range 6). Selections from the Illustrated Atlas Map of Menard County, Illinois, (Edwardsville, Ill: W.R. Brink & Co., 1874). Newberry Library call number +F896565.

Grades K-2

• Directions for Creating the 3-D Map
• Sketch of the Miller Farm
• Hartman, Gail and Harvey Stevenson, As the Crow Flies. Simon & Schuster 1993.

Grades 3-5

• Rural or Urban?
• Where Was the Mouse?
• Aesop, City Mouse, Country Mouse. Scholastic, Inc., 1987.

Grades 6-8

• Biography of Jonathan Miller
• Map Packet Question Sheet
• Sectional Map of Menard Country, Illinois
• Why Athens, Illinois, Mr. Miller?
• current Illinois county map
• historic maps showing growth of Illinois by county (see Supplemental Images)
• Bouchard, David. "If You're Not from the Prairie ..." New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1995.
• Bunting, Eve. Dandelions. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995.
• MacLachlan, Patricia. Three Names. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.
• MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall. New York: HarperCollins, 1987.
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Prairie Day. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1935.

Grades 9-12

• Mr. Miller's Expanding Community
• Sectional Map of Menard County Illinois
• Sketch of Athens
• Township 18 North Range 6 West
• Township/Range Business Profiles (Township 19, Range 6; Township 17, Range 7; Township 18, Range 6)