Collection Summary
Wallace Atwood Jr. map collection. 1941-1945
1941-1945
G3201.S7 coll Atwood
Atwood, Wallace Walter, Jr., 1907-1992.
262 map plates
1 storage box
English
Collection material in English
Geography amp; Map Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Wallace served in the Army as director of
the topographic model section of the Army Map Service during World War II. The
collection consists of photographs of terrain models showing locations within the
European, African, and Asian theaters of operation.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC
Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and
by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Atwood, Wallace Walter, Jr., 1907-1992.
Organizations
United States. Army Map Service.
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945--Maps.
Form/Genre
Maps.
Relief models.
Provenance
The materials were a gift to the Division.
Processing History
The collection was arranged and described by Ryan Moore in 2016.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright of the Wallace Atwood Jr. map collection is governed by the
Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The Wallace Atwood Jr. map collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to
contact the Geography & Map Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are
stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research
use.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1907
Born, Chicago, Ill.
1930c
Graduated, University of Chicago.
Graduated, Clark University with doctorate in physiography.
1930
1932
Assistant Chief of the Branch of Research and Education of the National
Park Service
1940c
Professor of Geography at Clark University
1941
1945
Director of the Topographic Model Section of the Army Map Service.
Received Legion of Merit.
1943
1964
Lived in Washington, DC area.
1992
Died, in Kilmarck, Virginia.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Container number, Wallace Atwood Jr. map collection, Geography & Map Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of 262 photpgraphs of terrain models showing Europe, Africa,
and Asia.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is organized into two series
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[ Series I ](ser1) Photographs of
relief models used during World War II by the Army Map Service
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[ Series II ](ser2)Article about
relief models in World War II
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/2016431101]
Container List
Container
Contents
Photographs of relief models used during
World War II by the Army Map Service
1
673 Philippines
2
673-A Philippines
Luzon
3
673-B Philippines
Mindanao
4
640-5 Philippines
4
640-9 Philippines
Manilla
5
1015 Philippines
6
1015-1 Philippines
7
1023-A Philippines
Mindanao
7
1023-B Philippines
Mindanao
8
1023-E Philippines
8
1023-F Philippines
9
1023-G Philippines
Luzon
9
640-2A Philippines
10
1023-H Philippines
10
640-16 Philippines
11
640-17 Philippines
11
640-20A Philippines
12
640-19 Philippines
12
640-18 Philippines
13
640-15 Philippines
15
1049 Taiwan
15
640-7 Philippines
15
640-8 Philippines
16
640-4 Philippines
16
640-6 Philippines
17
1049-5 Taiwan
18
1049-3 Taiwan
18
1049-4 Taiwan
21
328 Sea of Okhotsk
21
371 Sea of Okhotsk
22
328-2A Sea of Okhotsk
22
328-4A Sea of Okhotsk
23
328-3A Sea of Okhotsk
24
372 Sea of Okhotsk
24
375 Sea of Okhotsk
25
373 Sea of Okhotsk
25
374 Sea of Okhotsk
27
408 Caroline Islands
27
422 Wake Island
28
506 Caroline Islands
28
420-A Truk Islands
29
450 Marianas Islands
Guam
29
652 Guam
30
994 Ulithi Islands
31
982-3 Peleliu Island
32
982-2 Angaur Island
32
982-4 Morotai Island
33
439 Papua New Guinea
33
296-3 Papua New Guinea
34
296-1 Papua New Guinea
34
296-2 Papua New Guinea
35
296-5 Papua New Guinea
35
296-6 Papua New Guinea
36
296-2A Papua New Guinea
37
486 Papua New Guinea
37
788 Papua New Guinea
38
497-7 Papua New Guinea
38
497-8 Papua New Guinea
39
497 Papua New Guinea
39
497-1 Papua New Guinea
40
497-6 Papua New Guinea
40
497-9 Papua New Guinea
41
43 Papua New Guinea
41
45 Papua New Guinea
42
46 Papua New Guinea
42
296-4 Papua New Guinea
43
14-2 Guadacanal
43
14-3 Guadacanal
44
14-1B Guadacanal
45
313 Papua New Guinea
Bougainville
45
387 Papua New Guinea
Bougainville
46
434 Admiralty Islands
46
434-A Admiralty Islands
47
694 Indonesia
47
718 Indonesia
48
694-1 Indonesia
48
718-1 Indonesia
49
718-2 Indonesia
50
694-2 Indonesia
51
694-3 Philippines
52
694-10 Indonesia
Pulau Morotai
52
694-11 Philippines
52
694-13 Philippines
53
767 Guam
53
767-2 Guam
54
767-1 Guam
54
767-3 Guam
55
15 Aleutian Islands
Kiska Island
55
15-1A Aleutian Islands
Kiska Island
56
14 Aleutian Islands
Kiska Island
56
18 Aleutian Islands
Kiska Island
57
15-2A Aleutian Islands
57
15-3A Aleutian Islands
58
10 Aleutian Islands
59
13 Aleutian Islands
59
16 Aleutian Islands
60
8 Aleutian Islands
60
13-A Aleutian Islands
61
508 France
62
939 France
63
931 France
64
283-1 England
Strait of Dover
64
283-2 England
Strait of Dover
65
278-2 England
Strait of Dover
65
278-3 England
Strait of Dover
66
648 Normandy
66
278-1 England
Strait of Dover
67
666 France
Cherbourg
67
759 France
Cherbourg
68
759-A France
Cherbourg
69
759-B France
Cherbourg
69
787-A Northern France
70
644 France
Cherbourg
70
278-5 France
Cherbourg
71
667 France
Cherbourg
71
278-7 France
Cherbourg
72
278-4 Normandy
72
278-6 Normandy
73
773 Southern France
73
769-2 Southern France
74
925 Southern France
74
925-A Southern France
75
769-1 Southern France
75
925-B Southern France
76
769-3 Southern France
77
918 Western France
78
908-1 Western France
78
908-2 Western France
79
908-3 Western France
79
908-4 Western France
79
908-5 Western France
80
962 Northern France
81
924 Northern France
81
924-A Northern France
81
924-B Northern France
81
924-F Northern France
83
924-C Northern France
83
924-E Northern France
84
923-3 Northern France
84
924-D Northern France
85
931-2 Northern France
85
939-1 Northern France
86
939-2 Northern France
87
939-3 Northern France
87
962-4 Northern France
88
278-8 Belgium
88
962-2 Northern France
89
985 Northwestern Europe
89
986 Northwestern Europe
91
1047 ?
93
969 Denmark
94
969-2 Denmark
95
969-1 Denmark
96
969-3 Denmark
96
969-4 Denmark
97
969-5 Denmark
99
253 Italy
adjacent areas
100
253-A Italy
101
253-B Italy
102
244-1 Italy
103
7-B3 Italy
Naples
104
7-B5 Italy
Taranto
105
7-B2 Italy
106
7-B4 Italy
107
655-A Italy
Rome
108
655 Italy
Rome
109
593 Italy
Rome
109
642 Italy
Rome
110
244-1B Italy
Rome
110
244-2 Italy
111
284-3 Italy
111
284-5B Italy
112
224-3 Italy
112
244-4 Italy
113
284-2A Italy
113
284-2 Italy
114
571 Italy
Rome
114
244-3B Italy
115
295-1B(1s) Italy
Naples
116
295-2B(1s) Italy
Rome
116
664 Italy
Rome
117
729-2A Italy
118
729 Italy
118
729-3 Italy
119
729-3A Italy
120
302-A Italy
Genoa
120
302-D Italy
Genoa
121
302-2A Italy
Genoa
122
729-1 Italy
122
729-2 Italy
123
284-4 Italy
Venice
123
729-4 Italy
124
440 Italy
Venice
124
440-A Italy
Venice
125
31 Italy
Sardinia
126
30 Italy
Sardinia
127
21 Italy
Sardinia
128
22 Italy
Sardinia
128
24 Italy
Sardinia
129
28 Italy
129
7-B Italy
130
28-B Italy
Sicily
130
4 Italy
Sicily
131
3 Italy
Sicily
132
11 Italy
132
12 Italy
133
32 Italy
133
4-A Italy
Sicily
134
7-B1 Italy
Sicily
135
3-A Italy
Sicily
135
7 Italy
Sicily
136
6 Italy
Sicily
136
2 Italy
Sicily
137
17 Tunisia
138
19 Tunisia
138
5-1 Spain
Mallorca
139
695 Bosnia-Herzegovina
140
nA na
141
400 Thailand
142
400-A Singapore
Rangoon
142
400-C Thailand
142
400-D Thailand
142
400-B Thailand
143
336 India
Calcutta
144
336-A India
144
336-B India
144
336-C India
144
336-D India
145
37-38 Thailand
146
37 Thailand
146
38 Thailand
147
491 Burma
148
336-D1 India
149
491-B Burma
150
491-A Burma
151
336-A1 Singapore
151
336-B1 Singapore
152
701 Singapore
Mandalay
153
531 Malaysia
154
514-B Malaysia
155
514-C Malaysia
155
514-D Malaysia
157
34 Thailand
157
36 Thailand
158
41 Thailand
159
34-A China
159
39 China
160
40 China
Hainan
161
548 Greece
162
9-1 Greece
162
9-2 Greece
163
347-F Greece
163
347-G Greece
164
347-E Greece
164
530-A Greece
165
347-B Greece
165
347-C Greece
166
530-B Greece
166
530-C Greece
167
347-A Greece
168
347-D Greece
169
25 Greece
Crete
Article about relief models in World War
II
A
"Allied Miltary Model Making during World War
II"
by Alastair W. Pearson