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Subject:        RE: 1943 aerial maps of the USA done by the Army
Date:   Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:04:40 -0500
From:   Curtis, Gwen <[log in to unmask]>
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National Archives' Special List No. 25 "Aerial Photographs in the National Archives," published in 1973, lists by state, county and year their holdings of air photos from various government agencies.  The coverage for South Dakota dates from 1937-1941.  I can check the list for a particular county, or fax the pages covering South Dakota to you, if your library doesn't have a copy of the list.  -- Gwen


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Gwen Curtis
University of Kentucky Libraries
Science Library Map Collection
410C King Library Addition
Lexington, KY 40506-0039

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Subject:        FW: 1943 aerial maps of the USA done by the Army
Date:   Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:13:10 -0600
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I'd do anything for your help with that.  Thanks!

Steve

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Subject: Re: 1943 aerial maps of the USA done by the Army

With your permission I can post this inquiry to a discussion list for
map librarians (which I moderate).

Angie

Johnson, Stephen wrote:
> Hi Everyone, I am working with the head of our criminal justice
program at the University of South Dakota who does a lot of work for the
cold case unit in our state attorney general's office.  That unit is
working to bring closure to a disappearance [likely murder] of a person
from a farm in South Dakota circa. 1941 or 1942.  This was a case that
was never solved.
>
> What we've been told is that the United States Army used to fly
missions in which aerial photographs were taken of the entire United
States in a grid map format [as I'm reconstructing my notes from a phone
conversation with him this morning].  My faculty member is of the
understanding that these aerial photography flights ended in 1943.  We
need to get ahold of those aerial photographs from that year for grid
numbers 475 and 452 here in South Dakota.  Do any of you in govdoc-l
land know where or who to begin to go to for getting ahold of these
photographs?   Is this something that the National Archives would have?
Somebody also told me that it might be available through the National
Air and Space Museum.
>
> More than anything, thank you very much for your time and
consideration of this.
>
> Stephen Johnson
> Business and Distance Education Librarian
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