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1. Neil Sheehan map collection

   73 maps . 6 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of 72 maps, and the most unique among them is an annotated map of the Battle of Tan Canh that occurred during the U.S. drawdown from the war in 1972. The other items include a disbound atlas of South Vietnam; various maps of North and South Vietnam; and U.S. military maps of South Vietnam and Cambodia. The materials appear to have been used by Sheehan in preparation of his 1988 book, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.

2. Dayton Accords map collection, 1995

   83 maps. 8 boxes. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Dayton Accords map collection contains 83 maps that were made to accompany and inform peace negotiations between representatives of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. The maps generally consist of 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 topographical maps, mounted on foam-core board and overlaid with plastic film to allow for annotations to be made during the rounds of negotiation. The maps were used by the negotiating parties to establish boundaries; some maps bear original annotations tracing proposed borders and document the history of the development of the current borders. The collection contains two index maps of the individual foam-core board mounted topographic maps.