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Subject: antiquarian maps program at Fordham University Friday Oct. 24
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:36:51 -0400
From: "ahudson" <[log in to unmask]>


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Dear mapsters,

On Friday, October 24, 2003, from 2:30 to 4:30, there will be an
exhbition
opening at Fordham University's campus in the Bronx, NYC.

A free shuttle bus will take interested persons from the Lincoln
Center/Manhattan campus to the Bronx Rose Hill campus.

Please call 212-636-6575 for details and reservations.


"Antiquarian Maps: Dutch New York and Early New England"

Slide lecture by Joep M. de Koning, Wine and cheese reception follows.



William D. Walsh Family Library/Flom Auditorium

The exhibition was made possible by a generous gift from B. W. M.
Twaalfhoven, CBA 1952


Hope metro New York area mapsters will be able to attend. Do rsvp!!!


If you would like a copy of the invitational post card, with the 1671
map
of New Netherland on the cover, please send me your snailmail. To me,
not
to the lists!!  [log in to unmask]


Alice C. Hudson
Chief, Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117
New York, NY 10018-2788

[log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027

http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html

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