forwarded email - > *From: *"Beth Harper" <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > *To: *[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > *Sent: *Thursday, November 8, 2012 5:54:39 PM > *Subject: *[Fdlpwi-l] Offer: numerous maps; respond by November 20 > > Apologies for cross-posting... > > The University of Wisconsin-Platteville, a selective depository > library in Wisconsin, is discarding over 20,000 maps. All the maps > have been folded and stored in 8.5 x 11 inch envelopes. The > UW-Platteville historically has had a strong emphasis on mining and > engineering, so many of the maps may relate to those fields. > > I’m not a map librarian, nor is the librarian at UW-Platteville, so > our (brief) descriptions below may leave something to be desired. You > may look at it and say “I don’t think ________ published any maps in > [decade],” and you could be completely right—some items of this list > may be mis-identified! Some of the totals below may include multiple > copies of the same map. We have sheet number and scale ID information > for most of the maps (if that is helpful at all). > > If you're interested in more information about these maps, please > contact John-Leonard Berg, [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> , by Tuesday, November 20. > > Requesting libraries will have to pay for shipping. > > Thanks for your consideration, > > Beth Harper > > Army Map Service maps > 1 from 1936 > 287 from the 1940s > 374 from the 1950s > 1114 from the 1960s > 130 from the 1970s > 97 from the 1980s > 5 from the 1990s > > CIA maps (seems to be a lot of duplication in this list) > 40 from 1967-1969 > 509 from the 1970s > 426 from the 1980s > 341 from the 1990s > 201 from 2000-2006 > > Defense Mapping Agency > 5 from 1953 > 17 from the 1960s > 200 from the 1970s > 155 from the 1980s > 26 from the 1990s > 8 from 2000-2006 > > Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section maps > (we think) > 381 from the 1940s > 55 from the 1950s > 201 from the 1960s > 7 from 1970 & 1971 > 8 from 1983 > > Hydrological maps of some sort, mostly of waters NOT adjacent to North > America > 3 from 1944 & 1945 > 173 from 1970-1978 > > Maps from various state agencies > 7 from 1926-1949 > 7 from 1954-1959 > 47 from the 1960s > 70 from the 1970s > 34 from the 1980s > 13 from the 1990s > 2 from 2001 > > Maps with SuDoc class number C 55.418/7: > 8 from 1993-1997 > 113 from 2000-2006 > > And from the US Geological Survey > 14 from 1926-1929 > 34 from the 1930s > 135 from the 1940s > 466 from the 1950s > 3537 from the 1960s > 5641 from the 1970s > 7169 from the 1980s > 3578 from the 1990s > 630 from 2000-2006 > > -- > Beth Harper > Government Documents Reference Librarian > Memorial Library > University of Wisconsin-Madison > Rm 270, 728 State St > Madison WI 53706 > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > 608/262-9852