Hi Greg and Julia,

I am so glad you sent out this question! We have *a lot* of captured German
maps at Carleton, a relatively small number of captured Japanese maps, and
only a little bit of history about how they got here. I am very
interested in talking with you both more. I would also really appreciate
the full list of AMS Depository Plan on tactical maps. Things are a bit
upended for work right now, but I hope that we can talk more in the future!

Thanks,
Katie



On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 12:52 PM Crissinger, John <[log in to unmask]>
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> Greetings Greg. I second and third some of the comments you have received
> about the captured maps. LC’s map program decades ago was a wonderful
> source for map librarians to build their collections. I participated in it
> I believe it was 1983 – got a ton of great maps for Virginia Tech, met a
> lot of other map librarians from all over the country and really gained a
> much broader appreciation of the map world. Your description sounds very
> much like that program as your source. I know many maps were stamped with
> LC on them, but don’t recall if all would have been. If no one has written
> about the program and its impact on map libraries, I sure hope someone does
> soon. I have a feeling there are few of us left that actually had hands-on
> participation in the program – and my participation was in my “former” life
> ….John
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> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> *On Behalf
> Of *March, Greg
> *Sent:* Monday, March 16, 2020 9:30 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* WWII Captured Maps
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> Hello map community,
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>
> I hope everyone is well considering what we’re all going through with this
> virus.  The University of Tennessee (UT) Libraries has donated its entire
> collection of WWII captured maps (Japanese and German) to Stanford
> University, who’ll be adding these maps to its existing captured map
> collection, and digitizing and making these maps available online to the
> public.  I’m writing an article with Julie Sweetkind-Singer and Shizuka
> Nakasaki from Stanford about the captured maps, and we’re trying to find
> out more information regarding the history, production, and distribution of
> these maps.  We have documentation provided to Stanford University from
> University of Washington that includes correspondence (dating back to 1946)
> between Oregon State College and the Army Map Service (AMS).  From our
> understanding, Oregon State College donated it’s collection of Japanese
> captured maps to University of Washington – who then donated them to
> Stanford University Libraries.
>
>
>
> Included in this documentation is a list of libraries in the United States
> that participated in the AMS Depository Plan to receive tactical maps.
> This list is about 10 pages, so if anyone wants it, I’ll be happy to send
> it to you.  There is also a letter (attached - AMS_1 and AMS_2) dated
> January 23rd, 1946 from Charles Steele, Chief, AMS Library.  The letter
> mentions the 1946 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago and centers around the
> broad AMS Depository Plan – those libraries participating in receiving AMS
> tactical maps.  The letter also mentions WWII captured maps, and how these
> maps would be distributed to a *limited* number of libraries (not to be
> confused with the larger distribution list), that were chosen by an
> appointed committee at the ALA Midwinter conference.  This committee would
> be in direct contact with Library of Congress and the AMS.
>
>
>
> One of the questions I’ve tried to find out more about is -  How did UT
> receive a majority of the WWII captured maps it had in its collection?  I
> haven’t been able to find any documentation at UT about the captured maps
> or the AMS tactical maps.  UT wasn’t on any AMS depository plan – not
> included on the large distribution list to receive tactical maps.  Some of
> the captured maps in UT’s collection had Library of Congress stamps, but
> the majority didn’t.  A majority of the maps were stamped by AMS.  This
> makes me wonder if the University of Tennessee was one of the
> geographically located libraries selected by the 1946 ALA Midwinter
> committee.
>
>
>
> Does anyone have any information regarding the history, productions, and
> distribution of these maps to these geographically selected U.S.
> Libraries?  For our literature review, all we’ve been able to find so far
> is Lee Hadden’s work (WAML article – *Heringen Collection*, and the Earth
> Sciences History article - *The Heringen Collection of the US Geological
> Survey Library, Reston, Virginia*), and Mark Monmonier’s article in
> Coordinates – *Mapping Under the Third Reich: Nazi Restrictions on Map
> Content and Distribution*.  I’ve contacted the Library of Congress and
> the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency to try and find out more
> information and am awaiting a reply.
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>
> Does anyone have similar circumstances where you have a collection of
> captured maps in your library but don’t know how your library received
> them?  Any information that anyone can provide is greatly appreciated!
> Stay safe!
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>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> -Greg
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