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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:24:32 +0100
From: "Bartlett, Darius" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: One More Cartifact <fwd>
Sender: "Bartlett, Darius" <[log in to unmask]>
Correction accepted. My apologies...
Darius
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From: Francis Herbert [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 28 June 2001 16:53
To: 'Bartlett, Darius'; [log in to unmask]
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Subject: RE: One More Cartifact <fwd>
Darius:
It wasn't "her collection": Margaret Wilkes (retired December 1998) made
ephemera as a collecting aim for NLS Map Library; it is still maintained
(the ephemera - not just the Map Library!).
Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG ; and occasional promotional
wearer of the SHD [see http://www.sochistdisc.org] map necktie)
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> From: Johnnie Sutherland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 June 2001 16:26
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> Subject: Re: One More Cartifact <fwd>
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> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 15:44:40 +0100
> From: "Bartlett, Darius" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: [MAPS-L] One More Cartifact <fwd>
> Sender: "Bartlett, Darius" <[log in to unmask]>
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>
> Nobody who knows me could ever describe me as a typical wearer of
> neck-ties,
> but for years I have been searching tie-shops for one that might have
> cartographic relevance. And then, at the CoastGIS conference in Halifax,
> Nova Scotia last week, a colleague gave me a wonderful neck-tie, which
> displays in full-colour part of the official Admiralty navigation chart of
> the Scilly Isles (off south-west England for those who can't locate them).
> I
> believe the tie was originally produced and given out as promotional
> material by a manufacturer of hydrographic sounding equipment - Kelvin
> Hughes I think.
>
> Also on the subject of Cartifacts, Margaret Wilkes at the National Library
> of Scotland in Edinburgh used to maintain a wonderful collection of such
> items, ranging from umbrellas with maps printed on them to beer mats to
> pens, paper bags, clothing, etc. I believe Margaret has recently retired -
> does anyone know what happened to her collection? Is it still being
> maintained?
>
> Darius
>
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