Innovative 19th Century Maps Are Subject of Holzheimer Lecture http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/News/holzheimer11.cfm Susan Schulten, history professor at the University of Denver and New York Times contributor, will present the 2011 Holzheimer “Maps and America”Annual Lecture on Tuesday, April 5 in the American Geographical Society Library. Schulten’s presentation,“Epidemics, Expansion, and Cartographic Innovation in the Civil War Era," will look at mid-19th century cutting-edge thematic maps that documented rainfall, agriculture and disease in America, and their relationship to westward growth. Schulten is the author of The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950; other published work includes a chapter to the exhibition catalog Maps: Finding a Place in Our World and four essays in the forthcoming The History of Cartography. Volume 6: The Twentieth Century. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010 and currently writes a monthly column for the New York Times' "Disunion" series, which commemorates the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. The Holzheimer Lecture series, initiated in 1990, is supported by Arthur and Janet Holzheimer and co-sponsored by the Friends of the Golda Meir Library. In conjunction with the talk, an exhibit of maps relating to the lecture topic will be on display. The lecture will be presented at 6 p.m. with a reception preceding the talk at 5 p.m. The AGS Library is located on the third floor, east wing of the UWM Golda Meir Library building, 2311 E. Hartford Ave. For more information or special needs, please call 414-229-6282. Image: Detail of Washington map of US (1864).