Melissa,Do you by any chance mean 1894? I don't have immediate access to the book Maps for America (all our copies are in remote storage), but I think it would have been some time before the turn of the 20th century. I think one of the first series was the 15-minute series, at 1 inch to a mile (1:63,360) and later at 1:62,500.KenKen GrabachMaps LibrarianBEST Library, 219DMiami University LibrariesOxford, OH 45056 USAOn Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Hartley, Melissa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Hello. I am new to maps cataloging and to this list, so please pardon my ignorance of the answer to this question.
Does anyone know when federal maps (USGS in particular) began distribution via FDLP depository libraries? My research points to sometime around 1984. Does anyone know if this date is correct?
Thanks,
Melissa Hartley
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