General note:
RG9M 73-5134: Item #1 includes a reference key to Allied, German, and Austro-Hungarian divisions. On verso of item #2 is a glossary of symbols for buildings, bridges, docks, trenches, and for natural objects such as sandbanks and trees. Item #2 base map: France 1:20,000. Item #2 is rolled.
RG9M 80103-51: The supplied title, or the statement of responsibility, is handwritten on the verso of some items. Accession lacks items #114 and 660. Acquisition documentation file includes two typewritten listings of the items, chiefly sorted by geographic sector
Copies: NMC15800; NMC16891 -- NMC16892; NMC16894; NMC17655 -- NMC17662; NMC17688 -- NMC17695; NMC19562; NMC19564 -- NMC19566; NMC21460; NMC21462; NMC79629 -- NMC79633; NMC79635 -- NMC79641; NMC98060 -- NMC98063; NMC111085 -- NMC111109; NMC112725 -- NMC112732; NMC112734 -- NMC112743; NMC112745 -- NMC112760; NMC112762 -- NMC112781; NMC115046 -- NMC115059; NMC115061 -- NMC115070; NMC115072 -- NMC115082; NMC115084 -- NMC115094; NMC115096 -- NMC115127; NMC115129 -- NMC115145; NMC115147 -- NMC115164; NMC115167 -- NMC115175; NMC115177 -- NMC115188; NMC115190 -- NMC115202; NMC115204 -- NMC115205; NMC115207 -- NMC115219; NMC115221 -- NMC115228; NMC115230 -- NMC115240; NMC115242 -- NMC115272; NMC115274 -- NMC115295; NMC115297 -- NMC115327; NMC115329 -- NMC115358; NMC115360 -- NMC115365; NMC115367 -- NMC115373; NMC115375 -- NMC115383; NMC115385 -- NMC115392; NMC115394 -- NMC115402; NMC115405 -- NMC115412; NMC115414 -- NMC115422; NMC115425 -- NMC115430; NMC115432; NMC115435 -- NMC115438; NMC115440 -- NMC115458; NMC115659 -- NMC115674; NMC115676 -- NMC115687; NMC115689 -- NMC115704; NMC115706 -- NMC115722; NMC115724 -- NMC115743; NMC115745 -- NMC115757; NMC115759 -- NMC115770; NMC115772 -- NMC115794; NMC115797 -- NMC115799; NMC115801 -- NMC115807; NMC115809 -- NMC115820; NMC115856 -- NMC115859
Physical description note:
RG9M 73-5134: Cartographic material: On verso of item #2 is handwritten: Mount Sorel - 1916. Employment of Canadian formations 1915-1916.
RG9M 80103-51 consists of ca. 640 maps, ca. 229 remote-sensing images, ca. 47 diagrams, 34 technical drawings, and 7 leaves.
Note on the state of conservation:
RG9M 73-5134: Cartographic material: Item #2 has tears along edges and where previously folded, plus dirt and water stains.
Custodial history:
Provenance of RG9M 73-5134 is uncertain. It was transferred in 1973 from the Manuscript Division to the Cartographic and Architectural Records Section. Provenance of RG9M 80103-51 is unclear.
Publisher series note:
RG9M 73-5134: Item #1 is from the [Canada], Geographical Section, General Staff no. 239 series. Items #2 and 4 are from the Great Britain, Geographical Section, General Staff series, respectively, nos. 2742 and 2733.
Cartographic math data:
RG9M 73-5134 and RG9M 80103-51: Cartographic material - scales differ.
RG9M 80103-51: Technical drawing - scales differ.
Formatted contents note:
RG9M 73-5134: 1. The western front situation on September 25th 1918 / [Ottawa] : Dept. of National Defence. Historical Section, 1918 -- 2. France, scale 1:20,000, sheet 44, S.E. / Ordnance Survey. [Southampton] : The Survey, 1917 -- 3. Mount Sorel 1916, Canadian attack 13th June [and] Mount Sorel 1916, German attack 2nd June / [Great Britain] : [C.E.F. Historian], [1916] -- 4. North west Europe, Germany, scale 1:250,000 / prepared and printed at the Ordnance Survey Office. Southampton : The Survey, [1914].
Availability of other formats note:
RG9M 73-5134: All 4 sheets have been microfilmed - item #1 is NMC 25893; item #2 is NMC 51978; item #3 is NMC 45380; item #4 is NMC 25894.
RG9M 80103-51: Most of the accession has been microfilmed. The NMC microfiche number ranges, which are listed in the finding aid, are: 16891-16892, 16894, 17656-17662, 17689-17693, 17695, 19562-19563, 19566, 21461-21462, 98060-98063, 111084-111109, 112724-112781, 115046-115820, and 115856-115859.
Dates of creation note:
RG9M 73-5134: Dates of creation taken from the situation dates on the maps.
Accruals:
No further accruals are expected.