-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Library of Congress to Exhibit Rare Abel Buell Map of the United States from 1784 Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:32:30 -0500 From: To: Shared via a subscriber ... Here is the link to the auction offering at Christie's: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/buell-abel-a-new-and-correct-5382260-details.aspx . That has some reasonably good photos and a nice item description. Angie On 11/19/2013 4:25 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee wrote: > Hi Melissa, > > It says "the exhibit is ongoing, with no closing date" - and I do know > it's currently there now. A colleague of mine is there and sending me > photos. :-) > > Angie > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: Library of Congress to Exhibit Rare Abel Buell Map of > the United States from 1784 > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:08:56 -0500 > From: Jennifer Gullickson <[log in to unmask]> > To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship > <[log in to unmask]> > > > > Is this still going, or was it just for the one day in October? > > Jennifer Gullickson, MLIS > > Assistant Librarian > > Dominican Theological Library > > Dominican House of Studies > > 487 Michigan Ave NE > > Washington, DC 20017 > > (202) 495-3822 > > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > *From:*Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Angie Cope, American > Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee > *Sent:* Monday, November 18, 2013 4:41 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Library of Congress to Exhibit Rare Abel Buell Map of the > United States from 1784 > > > Library of Congress to Exhibit Rare Abel Buell Map of the United > States from 1784 > > > Display Also Features Five 18th-Century Maps of North America > > The Library of Congress on Oct. 14 will open "Mapping a New Nation: > Abel Buell's Map of the United States, 1784," an exhibition featuring > the first map of the newly independent United States that was > compiled, printed and published in America by an American. > > "Mapping a New Nation" will debut at the Library's Columbus Day Open > House on *Monday, Oct. 14*. The exhibition will be located in the > Great Hall North Gallery on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson > Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Free and open to the > public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, the > exhibit is ongoing, with no closing date. > > Rare and historically important, the Abel Buell map also was the first > map to be copyrighted in the United States. Seven copies of the map > are known to exist, and this copy is considered the best preserved > and, therefore, is the most frequently chosen for illustration of > Buell's work. > > Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director > of The Carlyle Group, purchased this map through an auction at > Christie's in Manhattan in December 2010. Rubenstein, a long-time > supporter of the Library of Congress, has generously placed the map at > the Library so it can be publicly displayed and, by digital > technology, made available for research purposes. > > Prior to the sale, the map had been in the custody of the New Jersey > Historical Society since 1862. The remaining six copies are held in > research libraries. > > Also on display will be four early maps of North America by John > Mitchell, Carington Bowles, Thomas Hutchins and William Faden, which > were created from 1755 to 1778. Buell most likely consulted these maps > when he engraved his large wall map. A 1784 map of the United States > by William McMurray, which was published nine months after Buell's > map, will complete the exhibition. > > An interactive program will be part of the exhibition and will help to > bring the map and its creator to life. Highlights include: > > * "A Closer Look," which describes the unique features of the Buell map. > * "Out of Many, One," which compares and contrasts the Buell map to > other maps that existed at that time and examines the parts of the > Buell map that were derived from those maps. > * "Journey Across a New Nation," which traces the travels of George > McCully on his 1783 trip from Pittsburgh to Detroit to inform the > local Indian tribes that the United States had won the war with > Britain. > * "The Interesting Life of Abel Buell," which describes Buell's > creative and restless personal history. Among his many skills, > Buell was an inventor, a goldsmith, a manufacturer and an engraver. > * "The Preservation of the Buell Map for Exhibition," which > illustrates the conservation and preservation efforts that played > a major role in presenting this map to the public. The segment > also describes the map's state-of-the-art display case. This > hermetically sealed, anoxic encasement was designed and > constructed in collaboration with the National Institute of > Standards and Technology (NIST) to allow the Buell map to be > placed on exhibit for an extended period of time. The encasement, > tooled from a single block of aluminum and covered with > hurricane-proof glass, enables tight control of the map's > environment, reducing its potential degradation by oxygen and > moisture. > > *http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-157.html* > > *Angie* > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > -- Joel Kovarsky The Prime Meridian 1839 Clay Dr., Crozet, VA 22932 USA Phone: 434-823-5696 Email:[log in to unmask] Website:http://www.theprimemeridian.com