3 messages.-----------------------Johnnie
 
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
>Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:26:03 -0400 (EDT)
>From: [log in to unmask] (Paige Andrew)
>Subject: Re: dating H.M. Gousha maps
 
Laura,
 
Yes! There is an entire list of codes available (I have a copy if you want
me to fax to you). The "YL" in the code indicates a publication date of
1984. Contact me directly if you would like the entire code list. There are
also others for Rand McNally and General Drafting Company.
 
Paige
 
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Map catalogers,
>
>Does anyone know if there is a way to infer a date of publication from the
>publisher's code printed at the bottom of H.M. Gousha maps?  I have a
>Gousha/Chek-Chart map of Fresno bearing the code "4-YL-705-S."  The panel
>title is Fresno street map and Southern Sierra Recreational Area.
>
>Thanks for your help,
>Laura
>
>Laura Ann Guelle                        Bryn Mawr College
>Special Projects Librarian              101 N. Merion Ave.
>Canaday Library                         Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010
>(610)526-5269                           [log in to unmask]
>
Mr. Paige G. Andrew
Maps/Nonbook Cataloger
E506 Pattee Library
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
[log in to unmask]
phone: 814-865-1755
fax: 814-863-7293
 
 
----------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
>From: "Ken Rockwell" <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization:  U of U Marriott Library Staff Net
>Date:          Fri, 14 Mar 1997 15:43:01 MDT
>Subject:       Re: dating H.M. Gousha maps
 
 
Only way I know of is to keep a list once one sees a code on a dated
map.  I have a list for all the codes from 1979 through 1996 -- would
people be interested in a posting of these?
    YL corresponds to the year 1984.
                                        --- Ken Rockwell
                                            University of Utah
 
 
 
------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
>Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 10:05:07 -0500
>From: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: dating H.M. Gousha maps
 
 
     An article in the Travel Section of The New York Times of Jan. 14,
     1990 has an explanation of the Gousha date coding (which I am having
     trouble understanding at this time on Saturday morning).  It says that
     YL represents 1984.  The article is by Betsy Wade, in the "Practical
     Traveler" column (p. ?), and is called "Maps that try to hide their
     age."  There is also some info on Gousha date coding in the Western
     Association of Map Libraries Bulletin of June 1982, p. 341.  If you
     have trouble tracking down the NYT article, let me know, and I'll give
     more details or send you a photocopy.
 
     Nancy Kandoian
     Map Div., New York Public Library
     [log in to unmask]
     (212) 930-0586