forwarded from another list ... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Universitiy of Louisville digital map project "before and after" Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:04:17 -0500 From: <[log in to unmask]> To: maps-l "Before and after" comparison Google maps of Kentucky now available online. News release from University of Louisville library pasted below. Chris Turner, Jeffersonville, Ind. Dec. 11, 2007 Janene Zaccone, 502-852-6171 [log in to unmask] **** **** **_University Libraries' map collection_** **_lets users compare present to past_** LOUISVILLE, Ky. -A new online feature at the University of Louisville Libraries' makes it easy for Louisvillians to see what their neighborhoods looked like 100 years ago and compare them to present day. Kentucky Maps, which features atlases from 1876, 1884 and 1913, is one of two collections recently added to University Libraries' digital collections. The maps show intercity and commuter rail lines, waterway crossings and private and public properties. Use of the Google Maps tool allows users to access the historic maps through a current map, providing dramatic visual testimony to the changes over time. The Libraries plans to add other maps from its holdings in the future. Past residents of and scenes from Pewee Valley are the predominant subjects in the Kate Matthews Collection of photographs. The collection celebrates Matthews, who was a pioneering woman photographer from Pewee Valley. Matthews' works were published nationally, but she relied almost exclusively on her own community and acquaintances as subjects. Her photographs represent her interests in costume studies, literary allegory and scenes of everyday life in the early 20^th century. Matthews is best known for photographs that depict characters in the "Little Colonel" series of children's books written by her friend and neighbor, Annie Fellows Johnston. The launch of this digital collection coincides with a three-month celebration of Johnston by the Oldham County Historical Society, Pewee Valley Historical Society, Samuel Culbertson Mansion Bed and Breakfast, Western Kentucky University and the University of Louisville. Matthews' photographs and Johnston's books will be on exhibit in the special collections galleries on the lower level of Ekstrom Library through Feb. 16, 2008. These two new collections bring the total number of digital collections to six as University of Louisville Libraries continues to highlight its unique and rare materials through free online access. All collections are accessible at http://digital.library.louisville.edu/. For more information, call Rachel Howard at 502-852-4476 or e-mail [log in to unmask]