----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Here is a conference announcement of interest to your subscribers that you may wish to send out, if not already announced on MAPS-L. *************************************************************************** Miriam L. Sheaves, Librarian (919) 962-0681 Geology Library CB# 3315 Mitchell Hall [log in to unmask] University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 **************************************************************************** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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 Email [log in to unmask]