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1. Maps showing entrenchments in France during World War I at a scale of 1:10,000

   156 maps. 26 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of 156 maps from World War I created by American and French forces that show trenches and related military information in France. Maps are scaled at 1:10,000. Data taken from aerial photography ("tranchées d'après photos ... ") and observation ("Schématique d'apres renseignements"). Some maps are in color and are sized at 100 x 100 cm or smaller. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. In upper left or right margin of some sheets: Groupe des canevas de tir; Canevas de tir; Plan directeur. On some sheets "Secret" is stamped. Some sheets include index to adjoining sheets and boundary diagram. Trenches, entanglements, and other military positions are illustrated in red, blue or both. An index map is stored with the collection.

2. Maps showing entrenchments in France during World War I at a scale of 1:20,000

   477 maps. 94 folders . -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of 477 maps from World War I created by American and French forces that show trenches and related military information in France and Belgium. Maps are scaled at 1:20,000. Data taken from aerial photography ("tranchées d'après photos ... ") and observation ("Schématique d'apres renseignements"). Some maps are in color and are sized at 100 x 100 cm or smaller. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. In upper left or right margin of some sheets: Groupe des canevas de tir; Canevas de tir; Plan directeur. On some sheets "Secret" is stamped. Some sheets include index to adjoining sheets and boundary diagram. Trenches and other military positions are illustrated in red, blue or both. An index map is stored with the collection.

3. Guinea map collection, 1880-1969

   2 drawers. 51 folders. 51 maps. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of 51 maps of Guinea -- primarily in French -- concerning administrative and tribal boundaries, city plans, locations of wildlife preserves and natural resources, transportation lines, and other related subjects. These maps make up a small part of the Geography and Map Division's holdings of maps that were acquired before the advent of digital cataloging in the 1970s. The materials date between 1880 and 1969. The maps in this collection came to the Library through a variety of means, including government transfer, purchase, donation, and government agency deposits.