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Miriam L. Sheaves, Librarian                    (919) 962-0681
Geology Library
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315
 
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Subject: Southeast in Early Maps Conference (fwd)
 
 
The North Carolina Collection of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill Library and the North Caroliniana Society will co-sponsor "The
Southeast in Early Maps," a conference on historical cartography in Chapel
Hill on October 3-4, 1997.  The Conference seeks to promote greater
knowledge and appreciation of the mapmaking efforts of the early European
explorers and colonists of the American Southeast.  It will focus on
maps produced prior to 1776 and will be dedicated to the memory of the late
William P. Cumming, longtime professor of English at Davidson College and
author of the pioneering THE SOUTHEAST IN EARLY MAPS.
 
While all speakers are noted scholars, the Conference is designed for a
general audience and is open to all who have an interest in the history of
cartography.  All sessions, except for a Friday night banquet, are
scheduled for Wilson Library on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.  The banquet
will be held in the nearby Carolina Inn.
 
Registration fee for the full conference (Friday afternoon papers,
Friday night banquet, and Saturday papers) is $50.  Individuals
wishing to attend only the Friday papers OR Saturday papers (but NOT the
banquet) may register for $15.  Registration for Friday AND Saturday
papers only (but NOT banquet) is for $20.
 
Speakers and their topics are:
 
Friday, October 3, 1997
David Woodward, Editor, THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY and Professor of
   Geography, University of Wisconsin, on "Maps and the Humanities"
Ralph E. Ehrenbereg, Chief, Geography and Map Division, Library of
   Congress, on "The Mapping of North America"
Kenneth Nebenzahl, President of Kenneth Nebenzahl, Inc., on "Map
   Collecting and Collections" [will speak during Friday night banquet]
 
Saturday, October 4, 1997
Louis DeVorsey, Jr., Reviser of THE SOUTHEAST IN EARLY MAPS
   (forthcoming from University of North Carolina Press) and Professor
   Emeritus of Geography, University of Georgia, on "The Southeast in
   Early Maps"
H. G. Jones, Curator Emeritus, North Carolina Collection, and Secretary,
   North Caroliniana Society, on "The Many Shapes of North Carolina,
   1524-1775"
Carleton B. Wood, Head Horticulturist, Tryon Palace Historic Site and
   Gardens, on "The Sauthier Plans of Ten Colonial North Carolina Towns"
Stephen J. Walsh, Director, GIS/Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of
   North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on "The Future of Mapping"
 
At the conclusion of the Saturday papers, an exhibition of thirty-five
historically significant maps of North Carolina and the Southeast will be
opened in the North Carolina Colletion Gallery in Wilson Library.  This
exhibition will feature maps selected from the North Carolina Collecton,
plus several on loan from Davidson College, Duke University, and East
Carolina University.  The exhibition will remain on display through
February 2, 1998.
 
For a Conference brochure containing registration and hotel/motel
information, please write
                Robert Anthony, Curator
                North Carolina Collection
                Wilson Library, CB 3930
                University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
                Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514-8890
                Telephone (919) 962-1172
                Fax 919 962 4452
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