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Date: Wed, 2 May 101 16:38:13 -0500 (CDT)
From: Christopher Baruth <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Holzheimer AGS Sesquicentennial Symposium
Sender: Christopher Baruth <[log in to unmask]>
MAPS AND AMERICA
The Arthur Holzheimer Lecture Series
Maps and Milestones:
a Sesquicentennial Symposium
on the
American Geographical Society
1851-2001
Friday, May 18, 2001
American Geographical Society Collection
Golda Meir Library
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Program
1:00 Welcome. John Wanat, Provost & Vice Chancellor, UWM, Peter
Watson-Boone, Director, Golda Meir Library, Christopher Baruth,
Curator, AGS Collection
1:15 AGS Exploration: A Century on the Frontiers. Dr. Jerome E. Dobson,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Director of Exploration, AGS
1:45 The AGS Cartographic Collections. Dr. Christopher Baruth, Curator,
AGS Collection
2:15 The History of Cartography at the American Geographical Society.
Miklos Pinther, United Nations (Retired)
3:00 BREAK
3:30 The Archives of the American Geographical Society. James Thomas,
Programs Coordinator, American Geographical Society
4:00 The Inquiry, the Paris Peace Conference and the AGS. Dr. Geoffrey
J. Martin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Southern Connecticut
University
4:45 AGS: Continuity and Change. Mary Lynne Bird, Executive Director,
American Geographical Society
5:00 Reception (Fourth Floor Conference Center)
5:30 Banquet ($35 per person: call (414) 229-6282 or 1-800-558-8993 or
email: [log in to unmask])
6:15 Banquet address: Maps and Their Makers: A Sense of Where We Are.
John Noble Wilford, Senior science correspondent, New York Times & AGS
Councillor
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Sponsored by
Arthur and Janet Holzheimer
Co-Sponsored by
The Friends of the Golda Meir Library
Lectures free and open to the public
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