Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Aaron Schoen World War I map collection |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1917-1918 |
| Call No. | G5701 coll .S65 Schoen |
| Creator | Schoen, Aaron. |
| Extent | 8 maps : some colored ; various sizes |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| Language | Collection material in English, French and German |
| Location | Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/eadgmd.gm016005 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2016586589 |
| Summary | Aaron Schoen was a Second Lieutenant in the American 3rd Division, 18th Field Artillery during World War I. He was attached to a French unit to study their methods of ballon and airplane observation. He marched into Germany with the French, and the maps document their advance across Europe. The maps contain his annotations and included among them is a captured German map. |