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Subject: Re: Library of Congress to Exhibit Rare Abel Buell Map of the
United States from 1784
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:32:30 -0500
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Here is the link to the auction offering at Christie's:
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/buell-abel-a-new-and-correct-5382260-details.aspx
. That has some reasonably good photos and a nice item description.
Angie
On 11/19/2013 4:25 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society
Library, UW Milwaukee wrote:
> Hi Melissa,
>
> It says "the exhibit is ongoing, with no closing date" - and I do know
> it's currently there now. A colleague of mine is there and sending me
> photos. :-)
>
> Angie
>
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> Subject: RE: Library of Congress to Exhibit Rare Abel Buell Map of
> the United States from 1784
> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:08:56 -0500
> From: Jennifer Gullickson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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> Is this still going, or was it just for the one day in October?
>
> Jennifer Gullickson, MLIS
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> *From:*Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Angie Cope, American
> Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
> *Sent:* Monday, November 18, 2013 4:41 PM
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> *Subject:* Library of Congress to Exhibit Rare Abel Buell Map of the
> United States from 1784
>
>
> Library of Congress to Exhibit Rare Abel Buell Map of the United
> States from 1784
>
>
> Display Also Features Five 18th-Century Maps of North America
>
> The Library of Congress on Oct. 14 will open "Mapping a New Nation:
> Abel Buell's Map of the United States, 1784," an exhibition featuring
> the first map of the newly independent United States that was
> compiled, printed and published in America by an American.
>
> "Mapping a New Nation" will debut at the Library's Columbus Day Open
> House on *Monday, Oct. 14*. The exhibition will be located in the
> Great Hall North Gallery on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson
> Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Free and open to the
> public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, the
> exhibit is ongoing, with no closing date.
>
> Rare and historically important, the Abel Buell map also was the first
> map to be copyrighted in the United States. Seven copies of the map
> are known to exist, and this copy is considered the best preserved
> and, therefore, is the most frequently chosen for illustration of
> Buell's work.
>
> Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director
> of The Carlyle Group, purchased this map through an auction at
> Christie's in Manhattan in December 2010. Rubenstein, a long-time
> supporter of the Library of Congress, has generously placed the map at
> the Library so it can be publicly displayed and, by digital
> technology, made available for research purposes.
>
> Prior to the sale, the map had been in the custody of the New Jersey
> Historical Society since 1862. The remaining six copies are held in
> research libraries.
>
> Also on display will be four early maps of North America by John
> Mitchell, Carington Bowles, Thomas Hutchins and William Faden, which
> were created from 1755 to 1778. Buell most likely consulted these maps
> when he engraved his large wall map. A 1784 map of the United States
> by William McMurray, which was published nine months after Buell's
> map, will complete the exhibition.
>
> An interactive program will be part of the exhibition and will help to
> bring the map and its creator to life. Highlights include:
>
> * "A Closer Look," which describes the unique features of the Buell map.
> * "Out of Many, One," which compares and contrasts the Buell map to
> other maps that existed at that time and examines the parts of the
> Buell map that were derived from those maps.
> * "Journey Across a New Nation," which traces the travels of George
> McCully on his 1783 trip from Pittsburgh to Detroit to inform the
> local Indian tribes that the United States had won the war with
> Britain.
> * "The Interesting Life of Abel Buell," which describes Buell's
> creative and restless personal history. Among his many skills,
> Buell was an inventor, a goldsmith, a manufacturer and an engraver.
> * "The Preservation of the Buell Map for Exhibition," which
> illustrates the conservation and preservation efforts that played
> a major role in presenting this map to the public. The segment
> also describes the map's state-of-the-art display case. This
> hermetically sealed, anoxic encasement was designed and
> constructed in collaboration with the National Institute of
> Standards and Technology (NIST) to allow the Buell map to be
> placed on exhibit for an extended period of time. The encasement,
> tooled from a single block of aluminum and covered with
> hurricane-proof glass, enables tight control of the map's
> environment, reducing its potential degradation by oxygen and
> moisture.
>
> *http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-157.html*
>
> *Angie*
>
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