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Map Fonds
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Fonds
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c. 1910s-1990s (Creation)
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Over 3100 physical maps
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The Map Fonds contain over 3100 Topographical and Going Maps with Defence, Engineer, Flooding, and Geological Overprints, ranging from the 1910s to the 1990s. While the majority of the maps focus on Western Europe (France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands) during the Second World War, the collection also includes maps of North America, Italy, and China. The majority of the maps were created under GSGS (Geographical Section, General Staff, also known as MI 4), which operated under the Director of Military Operations and Intelligence in the British War Office during the Second World War. The GSGS collected data on foreign survey networks and provided training, supplied maps, and prepared survey data for the Allied forces.
To download the finding aid for this collection, click on the first item (LMH Map Fonds Finding Aid August 2017)) To download map guides for each G.S.G.S. Map Series, see McMaster University's WWII Topographical map guides (https://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/ww2/ww2_topos_home), or visit http://lmharchive.ca/the-map-fonds/.