{"id":1786549,"date":"2018-11-04T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T16:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786549"},"modified":"2018-11-04T11:42:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T16:42:02","slug":"office-of-strategic-services-maps-at-stanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/11\/office-of-strategic-services-maps-at-stanford\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Strategic Services Maps at Stanford"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. Office of Strategic Services, “Southwest Japan (Ky\u016bsh\u016b, Shikoku, and southwest Honsh\u016b) industrial concentration, 1943.” Map, 30\u00d748 cm. Washington, 1944. Stanford Libraries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stanford University Libraries’ collection of Office of Strategic Services Maps<\/a>: The OSS Map Division, directed by Arthur H. Robinson<\/a>, produced nearly 6,000 maps before the OSS was disbanded in 1945. Stanford has digitized and posted around 700. These maps focus on wartime theatres of operation and deal with subjects like industrial capacity, ports, railroads and other strategic interests. [Open Geography<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Previously: FDR\u2019s Globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stanford University Libraries’ collection of Office of Strategic Services Maps: The OSS Map Division, directed by Arthur H. Robinson, produced nearly 6,000 maps before the OSS was disbanded in 1945. Stanford has digitized and posted… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[48,1296,401,500,1032],"class_list":["post-1786549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-conflicts","tag-libraries","tag-oss-map-division","tag-stanford","tag-world-war-ii","tag-wwii","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1438,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/david-rumsey-map-center-at-stanford-opens-april-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786549,"position":0},"title":"David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Opens April 19","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"In 2009 it was announced that map collector David Rumsey, whose eponymous website\u00a0has been a must-visit for any map aficionado, would be donating his collection of 150,000 maps, plus digital copies, to Stanford University. 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