Innovative 19th Century Maps Are Subject of Holzheimer Lecture

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Susan Schulten, history professor at the University of Denver and New
York Times contributor, will present the 2011 Holzheimer “Maps and
America”Annual Lecture on Tuesday, April 5 in the American Geographical
Society Library.

Schulten’s presentation,“Epidemics, Expansion, and Cartographic
Innovation in the Civil War Era," will look at mid-19th century
cutting-edge thematic maps that documented rainfall, agriculture and
disease in America, and their relationship to westward growth.

Schulten is the author of The Geographical Imagination in America,
1880-1950; other published work includes a chapter to the exhibition
catalog Maps: Finding a Place in Our World and four essays in the
forthcoming The History of Cartography. Volume 6: The Twentieth Century.

She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010 and currently writes a
monthly column for the New York Times' "Disunion" series, which
commemorates the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.

The Holzheimer Lecture series, initiated in 1990, is supported by Arthur
and Janet Holzheimer and co-sponsored by the Friends of the Golda Meir
Library. In conjunction with the talk, an exhibit of maps relating to
the lecture topic will be on display.

The lecture will be presented at 6 p.m. with a reception preceding the
talk at 5 p.m.  The AGS Library is located on the third floor, east wing
of the UWM Golda Meir Library building, 2311 E. Hartford Ave.

For more information or special needs, please call 414-229-6282.

Image: Detail of Washington map of US (1864).