----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Just got a news release which might be of interest... MAP CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA OCTOBER 3 & 4, 1997 "The Southeast in Early Maps" is the title of a map conference to be held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on October 3, 4, 1997. Cosponsored by the North Caroliniana Society and the University Library's North Carolina Collection, the conference will memorialize the late William P. Cumming and honor the forthcoming new edition of Cumming's classic volume, The Southeast in Early Maps, as enlarged and revised by Louis DeVorsey, Jr. Confirmed speakers include David Woodward, Editor of The History of Cartography, on that subject; Ralph E. Ehrenberg, Chief of the Library of Congress's Geography and Map Division, on the mapping of North America; Louis DeVorsey, reviser of the new volume, on the Southeast in early maps; and Kenneth Nebenzahl, premier map collector and author, on map collecting and collections. Additional sessions, emphasizing North Carolina in maps, will be accompanied by an exhibit of historic maps in the North Carolina Collection Gallery. For a copy of the program and registration information, contact H. G. Jones or Robert G. Anthony, Jr., North Carolina Collection, UNC Campus Box 3930, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890; Fax 919-962-4452.