Hi, Jon
Thanks for this funeral alert.
As with your first posting (which I forwarded to the whole of the British ‘Lis-maps’ discussion list), I have forwarded your notice below to Mrs Ann Sutherland (British Cartographic Society’s Map Curators’ Group Convenor) and to Tinho Da Cruz (BCS MCG’s Cartographiti newsletter chief editor): they, at my instigation, are preparing a notice for the forthcoming issue of Cartographiti (an ‘irregular’ publication!)
To your forwarded posting I added “PS: Not only Anne (Taylor), but you both (and other MCG members), will recall that Mary was also a contributor to the ‘Map Curators’ Group Special Issue 2005’ of the Cartogr Jl 42(3), 231-7.” [as was I]. Mary was international in her influence . . .
[I don’t expect this response (like my earlier one) will ever get through the ‘MAPS-L’ server rigmarole . . .]
Sincerely,
Francis Herbert Hon. FRGS FBCartS (former Curator of Maps, Royal Geographical Society-IBG; and long-time singer - including opera)
From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Jablonski
Sent: 31 July 2017 21:24
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Subject: Mary Larsgaard memorial
Greetings friends of Mary.
I received the following from Andrea Thompson, Mary’s niece:
We are hosting an informal memorial in honor of Mary to take place on her birthday, Friday, August 4th, at her home in Santa Barbara. Please join us for a friendly gathering on the roof deck at Villa Santa Barbara, 227 E. Anapamu, any time from 6 to 8pm.
All are welcome; feel free to extend the invitation to others who knew Mary and might like to attend. Please let us know if you expect to attend, to help us plan refreshments. In addition, if you have photographs to share, please send them to Andrea Thompson at [log in to unmask] to include them in a scrapbook.
Note that Santa Barbara’s Fiesta Days will be holding events at the nearby Courthouse, so parking will be scarce. There are city parking lots accessible from Anacapa and Chapala streets, and multiple city bus lines have service to the Anacapa & Anapamu bus stop.
In response to questions about memorials, Andrea believes “Mary may have suggested that people can make donations to the Metropolitan Opera if they wish.” I do know that one of Mary’s regular vacations for many years was going to New York for the Opera with one of you map librarians out there.
What her family is more interested in is any particularly memorable anecdotes or fond memories you would like to share about Mary. I have agreed to compile these (and indeed, I have been saving all of your messages). If you get those to me by lunchtime Pacific time Thursday, I can have them printed and bound for her sister and niece.
Jon Jablonski
Director, Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory
Spatial Data Librarian, Map & Imagery Lab
UCSB Library
805-893-4049