Could you be thinking of Jeremy Crampton's article on Arthur Robinson's work at the OSS <https://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2011/Oral%20Presentations%20PDF/B4-Maps,%20GIS,%20security%20and%20planning/CO-174.pdf> ? Julie, you've probably already been there, but if not, there's useful material from a Google search of Arthur Robinson OSS. PJ Mode ______________________ On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 11:55 AM, Paige G. Andrew <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Julie, > > I am remembering that Alice Hudson wrote an article on someone (Walter > Ristow?) in which she covered aspects of when they worked on OSS maps. > Published in SLA G&M Bulletin? or maybe Meridian? John Anderson at LSU > would be an excellent resource as he has done a lot of research on OSS maps > in his collection. > > Paige > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Julie Sweetkind-Singer" <[log in to unmask]> > *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent: *Friday, May 25, 2018 2:59:00 PM > *Subject: *OSS maps question > > Hi, all, > > > > I’m researching the history of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) maps > in order to learn more about our collections. I’ve been searching for > papers on this collection specifically and have yet to find a good article > about the map production themselves – why, how the topics were chosen, > etc. Anyone know of work in this area? I’ll keep searching, too, but > thought I’d ask the collective mind. Thanks! > > > > Best, > > > > Julie > > > > # # # > > > > Julie Sweetkind-Singer > > Assistant Director of Geospatial and Cartographic Services > > Head, Branner Earth Sciences Map Library & Map Collections > > 397 Panama Mall, 2nd floor > <https://maps.google.com/?q=397+Panama+Mall,+2nd+floor&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Stanford University > > Stanford, CA 94305 > > 650-725-1102 > > > >