Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Although we cannot claim fall has arrived in Texas, September is well
underway and the September 25^, 2009, deadline for the Annual Fall
Meeting of the Texas Map Society is fast approaching. The dates are
October 2-4, 2009, and the place is the Central Library at The
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

The meeting this fall is extraordinary! We are celebrating the life and
work of Alexander von Humboldt with a number of events, including a host
of great speakers beginning with The University of Texas at Arlington’s
own Imre Demhardt, along with Ralph Ehrenberg Chief Emeritus, Geography
and Map Division, Library of Congress; Ben Huseman, Cartographic
Archivist for UT Arlington’s Special Collections and curator of the new
exhibition on Humboldt; and Jan de Graeve, the President of the
International Institution for the History of Surveying and Measurement.
A Gallery Tour of the Humboldt exhibition is also on the agenda as is
the Member’s Map with host David Finfrock. As a special section this
year, TMS is adding a Collector’s Forum on Sunday morning.

A copy of the registration brochure in a downloadable pdf format is
online at the TMS web site http://libraries.uta.edu/txmapsociety/.
Follow the links to /Upcoming Meeting. / For additional information,
please contact: Kit Goodwin, at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>


Katherine R. (Kit) Goodwin
Secretary-Treasurer
Texas Map Society
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