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Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 12:22:14 +0100
From: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: First Helen Wallis Fellow
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THE FIRST HELEN WALLIS FELLOWSHIP HAS BEEN AWARDED
AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY
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The first recipient of the fellowship named after the former Map
Librarian of the British Library is to be Professor Henry J. Steward,
Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester,
Massachusetts. The research that Professor Steward will be carrying
out in the British Library during 1999 concerns the parallel careers
of two surveyors, William Mayo (1684-1744) and Francis Louis
Barrallier (1773-1853). Both were military colonels who spent four
years producing notable maps of Barbados, although much of their
careers were spent, respectively, in Virginia and Australia.
The fellowship, honouring Dr Helen Wallis OBE, Map Librarian at the
British Museum and British Library (1967-1986), requires applicants to
demonstrate how they would make 'extended and complementary use of the
British Library's book and cartographic collections'. Applicants were
also asked to look for an international dimension, reflecting the
range of Helen Wallis's own work. Professor Steward amply fulfills
those criteria, in a project which consciously overlaps with Dr
Wallis's own research at several points.
The Wallis Fellowship will be awarded annually, with a closing date of
May 1st. Besides the title, and special facilities at the new British
Library building at St Pancras, the award provides the Fellow with a
300 pound voucher to spend on charged library services, or in the
Library's new bookshop.
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Tony Campbell, Map Librarian
British Library Map Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB {NB Please note *new* address}
Phone: 0171 412 7525 International: +44 171 412 7525
Fax: 0171 412 7780 International: +44 171 412 7780
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Please see, bookmark and PROVIDE LINKS to:-
1. The British Library Map Library homepage
http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps
2. The History of Cartography homepage
http://www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/maps/
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