Guide to the World War I maps Bernath Mss 3

Finding aid prepared by D. Tambo; latest revision 2013 April 26
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010
Phone: (805) 893-3062
Email: special@library.ucsb.edu; URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections
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Title: World War I maps
Identifier/Call Number: Bernath Mss 3
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.3 linear feet (3 map cabinet folders)
Date (inclusive): circa 1917-1919
Abstract: 43 World War I era Allied maps primarily of Northern France, as well as Belgium and Switzerland.
Physical location: Del Sur, Map Cabinet 20-2
Language of Materials: The collection is in English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], World War I Maps, Bernath Mss 3. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Undetermined; probably multiple sources.

Scope and Content

43 World War I era Allied maps primarily of Northern France, as well as Belgium and Switzerland. Some feature annotations and additional information as it was acquired from opposition maps.

Related Materials in Special Collections

Special Collections has a large number of collections related to World War I, which include photograph albums, stereoviews, diaries, and other documents. Collections that feature maps include:
  1. Great War Collection, ca. 1910-1922 [bulk dates 1914-1918]. Much of the material in the collection relates to British servicemen and units, but Americans, Australians, and some Germans also are represented. Included are diaries, correspondence, documents, maps, photographs, reports, and some printed material. The approximately 2,000 photographs and picture postcards (loose and in albums and scrapbooks) include many images of France, but also other areas such as Egypt, England, German South West Africa, Iraq, and Palestine. (Bernath Mss 20).
  2. Louis deKeyser Belden Papers, ca. 1916-1924. The collection contains correspondence, documents, maps, photographs, and ephemera of Louis deKeyser Belden, a surgeon and captain in the Medical Corps during WWI. (Bernath Mss 25).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Belgium--Maps
France--Maps
Switzerland--Maps
World War, 1914-1918--Belgium
World War, 1914-1918--France
World War, 1914-1918--Maps
World War, 1914-1918--Switzerland

Box-folder 1

Belgium and part of France

Box-folder 1

Ypres

Box-folder 1

Belgium and part of France (2 maps)

Box-folder 1

Belgium

Box-folder 1

France

Box-folder 1

Armentieres

Box-folder 1

Richebourg

Box-folder 1

France (12 maps)

Box-folder 2

2nd American Corps, 4th Army B. E. F.

Box-folder 2

France (fragment)

Box-folder 2

Wiancourt

Box-folder 2

Sequehart

Box-folder 2

Remaucourt

Box-folder 2

Montbrehain

Box-folder 2

Bellicourt West

Box-folder 2

Gricourt West

Box-folder 2

Gricourt East

Box-folder 2

British Front Line at 6 PM 24 September 1918 (sections 1 and 2)

Box-folder 2

Wiancourt

Box-folder 2

Etaves - scheme of attack, copy #20

Box-folder 2

Wiancourt - amended F. A. Barrage map, copy #585

Box-folder 2

Wiancourt - heavy artillery bombardment map

Box-folder 2

Wiancourt - with information from German maps and new work

Box-folder 2

Wiancourt - with information from German maps

Box-folder 2

Combined sheet

Box-folder 3

Switzerland

Box-folder 3

Abbeville

Box-folder 3

Brussels

Box-folder 3

Liége (2 maps)