Misc: British and European printed maps, 1909-1962

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 66
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: Misc: British and European printed maps, 1909-1962
Date(s)	: 1909-1962
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 box or 0.01m3
Name of creator(s)	:
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

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Content

Scope and content/abstract:

A collection of twentieth century maps formerly held by the Map Library of King,s College London. A large number of maps in the collection relate to World War One. These were either produced for military use, as in the case of the British maps published by the Geographical Section, General Staff (GSGS), 1909-1918, or were produced subsequently to illustrate World War One battles and campaigns, such as the set of tracings of the strategic development of the battle of Jutland, 1916, the War Office Historical Section (Military Branch) maps of the campaign in Palestine, 1917-1918, published 1927-1929 and the French and German maps. There are several later Geographical Section, General Staff (GSGS), maps produced 1935-1953, including maps published during World War Two and a map of the area of Cassino, Italy, compiled and reproduced by 12 Polish Field Survey Company, Dec 1945. The final section consists of a number of maps and diagrams produced for use in Staff College entrance and staff/promotion examinations, 1955-1962

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English, French, German, Polish

System of arrangement:

The maps relating to World War One have been divided in accordance with the country in which they were produced, into British, French and German maps and then placed in chronological order. The other maps have been placed in chronological order

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. A majority of the maps are out of copyright but requests to publish maps from the period 1955-1962 should be referred to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives in the first place

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue available on line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and also in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Acquired by the Library of King's College London and transferred to the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, 1997, on the dissolution of the Map Library

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Date of compilation: Jun 1999