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Subject: Re: OSS maps
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:13:21 -0500
From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Chieko!
Nope, the United States Office of Strategic Services (or OSS for
short) maps differ from the captured Nazi Germany maps considerably
and were published/produced here in the U.S. before and during WWII.
Most all of these can be identified by one or more of the following
bits of information appearing on all or nearly all of these maps:
1. compiled by or reproduced by either the OSS R&A Branch or
sometimes Branch of Research and Analysis (see ARN# 2406091 for the
heading in the name authority files)
2. a military style date such as "1 July 1943"
3. a unique ID number, most usually near or with the date and in the
lower left corner of the sheet (but not always, sometimes found in
the lower center or lower right of sheet)
4. scale is pretty similar across the board, if I recall usually
something like ca. 1:100,000??
5. Often the word "FREE" somewhere on the sheet
6. always b&w
Like the CIA maps, once you've seen a few of these you will recognize
them instantly by cartographic style as well as information given.
The captured Nazi maps, such as the many we have in our collection
here at Penn State are very different, great difference in scales
because they can be of a single city, a region, or a country(portions
of countries) and their two unique identifiers are the stamped-on
phrase "Captured Map" (not published with the map, added to it after
capture) and the stamped-on Nazi eagle with wings out, standing on a
circle of I believe oak leaves with the Nazi swastika in the middle.
Naturally, these Nazi Germany maps were published by one or more of
the military agencies during WWII, and the main entry for bib.
records of these most usually start "Germany. Heer." and then the
specific producing agency.
In addition, I recall that Alice Hudson wrote a fantastic and
interesting article on the OSS, its predecessor agency, and the
people who were members of it (if memory serves correctly Walter
Ristow was one???).
Hope this helps!
Paige
At 02:38 PM 11/9/2009, you wrote:
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Re: OSS maps
>Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:29:51 -0600
>From: Chieko Maene <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>
>
>Hi Mark and Scott,
>
>Are OSS maps the same as Nazi Germany maps (and related booklets), or
>any maps confiscated by OSS from Axis nations after WWII?? I think Scott
>did a presentation on the Nazi Germany map collection at NAICS, so I am
>guessing those (Nazi maps) are the ones you are talking about. Or not?
>
>Could you tell me what defines OSS maps..?
>
>I was interested in digitizing Nazi Germany maps and related items we
>have here at the Northwestern University Library, but I gave up after
>reading a discussion on copyright issues in MAPS-L archive.. (I think it
>was started by Penn State or British library, which also own similar
>Nazi map collections.)
>
>Sincerely,
>Chieko
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>Maps & State Documents Librarian
>Government and Geographic Information and Data Services
>University Library
>Northwestern University
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>Maps-L Moderator wrote:
>>-------- Original Message --------
>>Subject: RE: OSS maps
>>Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:14:11 -0600
>>From: McEathron, Scott R <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>References: A<[log in to unmask]>
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>>Mark, I made a start of it here at KU. But have only completed a
>>couple of countries so far. Also, there may be maps that we do not have
>>here. To keep track, I made a spreadsheet based off WorldCat data that
>>lists them all (I think).
>>Best wishes,
>>Scott R. McEathron
>>KU Libraries
>>
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>>Behalf Of Maps-L Moderator
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>>Subject: OSS maps
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>>-------- Original Message --------
>>Subject: OSS maps
>>Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:07:59 -0500
>>From: Mark A. Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
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>>to: Maps-L
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>>Does anyone know of any project to systematically digitize an place
>>online large numbers of the WWII-era OSS maps? Anything comparable to
>>what UT-Austin PCL library has done with the AMS topo series. (Also,
>>the AMS maps could more easily be registered, since they're real
>>projected maps .... anyone know of a project where that's been done?)
>>
>>thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
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