--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:00:36 -0800 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Soil Maps Sender: [log in to unmask] I am thinking of applying for a grant to preserve our large collection of old county soil maps from the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. We have over 600 of these maps dating from ca. 1900-1940. I would like to know if other libraries have made efforts to preserve these maps, and if others think the preservation of a collection like ours would be worthwhile. If anyone has any interesting stories about how researchers have used these maps, I would also like to hear them--they would be a big help for me in writing my justification. David Allen Map Collection SUNY Stony Brook --- End Forwarded Message ---