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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. Adam Hérold Collection of Materials Relating to the Sino-French War in Tonkin

   40 maps, 2 journals and miscellany; .5 linear feet. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Adam Hérold collection consists of manuscript maps, plans, and charts of Northern Vietnam, as well as reports, a post journal, and various personal papers related to the Sino-French War in Tonkin.

3. Joseph P. Mastrangelo Washington Post map collection

   206 items. 203 maps. 2 manuscript maps. 1 text . 9 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of 203 newspaper maps clipped from the Washington Post between 1967 and 1979, two manuscript maps, and one publication from 1967 containing maps of the subway system in Washington, D.C. All of the maps in the collection were drawn by Joseph P. Mastrangelo, a cartographer for the Washington Post.