Hello All –

 

We are planning a special session to celebrate Mary Murphy’s 100^th birthday.  It will be on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at the Special Libraries Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. 

 

Her two nephews, Alec Murphy and Fred Shelley, will be speaking on her life and career.  Jon Jablonski, a former grad student of Alec Murphy at the University of Oregon and now at UC Santa Barbara, will talk about the changes in map processing from Mary’s time at the Army Map Service in the 1940s and today. 

 

If you have any special memories, photographs, or other information about Mary Murphy, they would appreciate hearing from you. Their e-mails are:

 

Jon Jablonski = [log in to unmask]

 

Alexander (Alec) Murphy = [log in to unmask]

 

Fred Shelley = [log in to unmask]

 

Special Libraries has also asked if we could find any sponsors to help pay for the AV costs.  Do you know any publishers or other  vendors that would be willing to help with this session?  If so, please have them contact:  David McQuillan = [log in to unmask]

 

Thank you  for your thoughts and support for this special session.

 

David  C. McQuillan

Map Cataloger

Thomas Cooper Library

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208

 

(803) 777-4723