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Represented in this part of the holdings are municipal, county, district, provincial and national maps. Of particular interest are the Cummins Rural directory maps for 1918 and 1923/1926 showing ownership, and the Medicine Hat insurance maps for 1955. Also catalogued here are oversized collections such as posters and signs.
RESEARCH REQUESTS
Materials in the Maps/Oversized collections are available for study by researchers in the Archives Reading Room only. Researchers are accommodated BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
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Type a word, phrase, or search expression in one or more of the
search boxes. Letter case is not important.
Example: Typing "election
poster" retrieves that phrase exactly wherever it is used. Typing "poster" retrieves
more results and will include all types of poster.
To do a wildcard search shorten the word with a "*" at the end of a string of letters. Example: " geolog*" will find geology, geological, geologic, etc. Using a shorter string yet, as in "geo*" will return the above terms, PLUS such words as Geographic and geometric.
AND: To narrow
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the search terms. Example: “1902 & Medicine
Hat” -
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OR : To broaden a search, use "/" to stand for “or” between
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terms occurs.
NOT : To search for one term but not another use "!" between
the search terms. Example: "City
! sewer" will find City maps and drawings but filter out those
that are sewer related.
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