-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: OSS maps
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:43:02 -0600
From: Chieko Maene <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark, John, Scott and Paige,
Thank you so much for your reply. I don't recall seeing the black and
white OSS maps but probably I just didn't know what they are! Thank you
again and I look forward to John's book and to learning more about OSS
maps -
Sincerely,
Chieko
Maps-L Moderator wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: OSS maps
> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:13:21 -0500
> From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> References: <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> 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]
>> References: <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> --
>> Chieko Maene
>> Maps & State Documents Librarian
>> Government and Geographic Information and Data Services
>> University Library
>> Northwestern University
>> 1970 Campus Drive
>> Evanston, IL 60208-2300
>> Phone: (847) 467-3679
>> Fax: (847) 491-7603
>> [log in to unmask]
>> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/map/
>> http://libguides.northwestern.edu/geography
>>
>> 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]>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Maps, Air Photo & GIS Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of Maps-L Moderator
>>> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 7:58 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: OSS maps
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: OSS maps
>>> Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:07:59 -0500
>>> From: Mark A. Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> to: Maps-L
>>>
>>> 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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>>> Mark A. Thomas, Map, GIS, & Federal Documents Librarian
>>> Subject Librarian for Economics, Geology and Geography
>>> 226 Perkins Library / 919-660-5853 / [log in to unmask]
--
Chieko Maene, MS, MLIS
Maps & State Documents Librarian
Government and Geographic Information and Data Services
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2300
Phone: (847) 467-3679
Fax: (847) 491-7603
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