--- Begin Forwarded Message --- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsored by Arthur and Janet Holzheimer Co-Sponsored by The Friends of the Golda Meir Library Lectures free and open to the public --- End Forwarded Message ---