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Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: Draftsman's vellum from 1901 - what to call in MARC
Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:07:22 -0800
From:   Sue Haffner <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi,

I have encountered this material, as well, in old
manuscript surveys. I have used a 500 note: "Drawn
on surveyor's cloth" or "Drawn on surveyor's linen"
(when it seemed more linen-like.)

Don't know if this will help you, or not.

Sue Haffner
Cataloger
Maps & Gov't Docs
Henry Madden Library
CSU Fresno

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From: "Angie Cope, AGSL" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, February 24, 2006 7:15 am
Subject: MAPS-L: Draftsman's vellum from 1901 - what to call in MARC
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> Hi All,
>
> If someone could save me the research time ... I have a map from 1901
> that is printed on what we think is 'draftsman's vellum.' Is there a
> correct term for this type of material - a correct term that would
> go in
> the 300 field or in a 500 note of the catalog record?? The
> material is
> sort of like a plastic treated kind of cloth - not paper - or is
> it ...
>
> Muchas gracias!
>
> Angie
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