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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 15:57:30 -0400
From: "Mark A. Thomas" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: ACCESS TO HISTORICAL MAPS DENIED AT ARCHIVES <fwd>
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> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:00:05 -0400
> From: David Cobb <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: ACCESS TO HISTORICAL MAPS DENIED AT ARCHIVES <fwd>

> Interesting indeed? Most of the maps that are being denied
> from federal collections are most likely readily available
> from most responsible academic and public libraries.

Although maybe the original message was a little fuzzy on scales were
denied, my guess is that the researcher had been using the 1:50,000
AMS/DMA maps of foreign areas, which, I believe, were never officially
available to civilians.  The indexes take up about 20 huge sheets to
cover the world.  Do you know of many or any libraries that have these
(or at least that didn't get them through some under-the-table
connection)?  Although there are a few countries now available at this
scale, most areas are still supposed to be DOD use only, as far as I
know.

Out of curiosity, what's the status of the restrictions placed on
1:250,000 JOG's distributed to depository libraries in the 1980s-1990s?
Any listing of which sheets, if any, are still restricted?  I don't
think I heard a definitive statement on this ever. Maybe this is
something else NARA decided not to show the researcher, even though they
are definitely available for perusal all over the place.

--Mark Thomas
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Mark Thomas / [log in to unmask] / 919-660-5853, fax:919-684-2855
Public Documents and Maps Department, Map and GIS Librarian
Resource Specialist for Economics, Geology, Geography
025 Perkins Library / Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0177
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