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]> wrote: > 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 > > > > John D. Crissinger > > Reference & Special Collections Librarian > > Ohio Native Heritage Archive > > John L. & Christine Warner Library > > Ohio State – Newark/COTC > > 1179 University Dr. > > Newark, OH 43055 > > > > Geography 2100 Instructor > > > > 740-366-9306 > > [log in to unmask] > > [image: CSLogos] > > > > > > > > > > *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 > > > > Hello map community, > > > > 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. > > > > 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! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > -Greg > > > > Gregory H. March > > Map & Government Information Librarian > > Associate Professor > > University of Tennessee > > Hodges Library > > Knoxville, TN 37996 > > 865-974-3878 > > Research Guides – Anthropology > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/libguides.utk.edu/anthropology__;!!KGKeukY!gPAc2ZYmRNZvj71oTJkcqsCPWJfhKcV-do5keCHQhLFmR5fXhHTPbqkHcP6f9J-g9dg$>, > Earth & Planetary Sciences > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/libguides.utk.edu/subject/eps__;!!KGKeukY!gPAc2ZYmRNZvj71oTJkcqsCPWJfhKcV-do5keCHQhLFmR5fXhHTPbqkHcP6fNOfNQJs$>, > Geography > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/libguides.utk.edu/geography__;!!KGKeukY!gPAc2ZYmRNZvj71oTJkcqsCPWJfhKcV-do5keCHQhLFmR5fXhHTPbqkHcP6fWgyRT9I$>, > Maps > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/libguides.utk.edu/map__;!!KGKeukY!gPAc2ZYmRNZvj71oTJkcqsCPWJfhKcV-do5keCHQhLFmR5fXhHTPbqkHcP6fNhfD7Y8$>, > Government > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/libguides.utk.edu/sb.php?subject_id=39793__;!!KGKeukY!gPAc2ZYmRNZvj71oTJkcqsCPWJfhKcV-do5keCHQhLFmR5fXhHTPbqkHcP6ftAU1UDg$> > Tennessee Committee on Geographic Names > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/libguides.utk.edu/TNCOGN__;!!KGKeukY!gPAc2ZYmRNZvj71oTJkcqsCPWJfhKcV-do5keCHQhLFmR5fXhHTPbqkHcP6fhW4rYEo$> > > > -- Katie Lewis Cataloging & Government Documents Librarian Gould Library, Carleton College 507-222-5552 she/her/hers