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Subject: RE: date code for maps reference question from patron
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 19:31:11 +0000
From: MCQUILLAN, DAVID <[log in to unmask]>
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There are several ways to look at this and none is very precise. You
can go by area of publication, up to 1970 in Boston, 1971 - 72 Newton
Upper Falls, mid 1980s Canton, and later Taunton; or by company name --
Polk in the early years, Arrow Map Co. in 1967, Arrow Maps, Inc. and
Pathfinder in 1970, Arrow Publishing Co. in 1989. The codes are only on
a few maps that we hold, so the best you can do is compare with other
publishers' maps with known dates.
David C. McQuillan
Map Cataloger
Thomas Cooper Library
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
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Subject: date code for maps reference question from patron
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Subject: date code for maps reference question from patron
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 14:00:07 -0500
From: Redmond, Edward James <[log in to unmask]>
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All:
I received a question from a patron looking who is "looking for map date
code information for Arrow Maps, R L Polk, or Arrow Publishing and
finding it indecipherable".
( I assume that the patron is cataloging their own collection)
Of course, WAML has some info from David Cobb on its date code page (
http://www.waml.org/datecode.html#arrow ) but can anyone out there in
map land suggest other sources?
"Arrow Map
A number which often appears on the panel or in the margin of a map.
Take the last two digits of the last four numbers and invert them, e.g.,
3680 1209R = 1990. Do not confuse with the stock number, which is also
in the same vicinity. (Source: David Cobb, Harvard Map Collection)"
Ed Redmond
Geography & Map Reference Specialist
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20540 - 4650
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