--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:07:53 -0400 From: Barbara Farrell <[log in to unmask]> Subject: ACMLA Honours Award Sender: Barbara Farrell <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps-L <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Barbara Farrell <[log in to unmask]> Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> The Awards Committee of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives is pleased to announce that the recipient of the Association's 1998 Honours Award is Edward H. Dahl. The Award was conferred at the recent annual meeting of the Association at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. The text of the citation follows. HONOURS AWARD 1998 - EDWARD H. DAHL Edward H. Dahl has been unanimously selected as the 1998 recipient of the ACMLA Honours Award by the ACMLA Awards Committee in recognition of his many contributions to the field of map librarianship as well as to ACMLA. The ACMLA Board unanimously approved the recommendation that he be given this award. Ed graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. in History and English in 1967 and an Honours equivalent in Canadian History in 1968, and from Carleton University with an M.A. in Canadian History in 1969. In 1970, he joined the Public Archives of Canada as Head of the Reference Unit in the National Map Collection. After serving in that capacity for four years, he became Head of the Canadian Section, where he served for two years prior to becoming Chief of the Early Canadian Cartography Section upon reorganization of the NMC. In 1987 there was another reorganization during which he was named the Early Cartography Specialist in the Cartographic and Architectural Archives Division. He retired at the end of March from this position, with the division now being named the Visual and Sound Archives Division. For most of his 28 years with the National Archives, Ed has been active in our Association. He has chaired sessions, served on committees (especially the Historical Maps Committee), presented papers, contributed regularly to our Bulletin, and edited several of the Annual Conference Proceedings, which preceded the Bulletin. From 1975 to 1985 he was a member of the Historical Maps Committee and from 1985 to 1991, he was the compiler, editor, publisher and distributor for the ACMLA Map Facsimile Series. He also served as the Association Archivist from 1985 to 1993. Memorable sessions that he organized included one on professional ethics which considered questions such as "Is it a conflict of interest when a map librarian is married to a member of the geography faculty at the same institution?"???!!!! This one struck home for me! His other professional activities were of significance, as well. He was deeply involved, and still is, with the Canadian Cartographic Association. He served as the Secretary of the History of Cartography Interest Group from 1976 to 1978 and as Chair from 1979 to 1981. As Associate Editor of Cartographica, the quarterly journal published by the University of Toronto Press and endorsed by the Canadian Cartographic Association, from 1981 to1994, he contributed greatly to the scholarly literature in the cartographic field, especially of a historical nature. For Cartographica also, he was the Reviews Editor from 1980 to 1994 and has been a member of their editorial board since 1994. He was a co-founder and Co-chair of the Ottawa Map Society from 1980 to 1987. He has several publications to his credit, such as Winnipeg in Maps, 1816-1972 with Alan F. J. Artibese (Ottawa : Public Archives of Canada, 1975) and Treasures of the National Map Collection ... Exhibition of 100 Original Maps, Atlases, Globes and Architectural Plans, 1490-1982 (Ottawa : Public Archives of Canada, 1982), as well as numerous articles on early cartographic items or map librarianship related topics. He has also served on the editorial boards of The Map Collector, Meridian, and Archivaria. Another contribution of significance was founding, chairing and co-editing the newsletter for the International Society of Curators of Early Maps from 1983 to 1995. Other societies contributed to include the International Cartographic Association, International Map Collectors' Society, Society for the History of Discoveries, International Conference on the History of Cartography, Congress of Cartographic Information Specialists Associations, and Pan-American Institute of Geography and History. Throughout Ed's career in the National Archives he showed an unswerving devotion to the study of early maps; he furthered the knowledge of early Canadian maps both by his own research and by his encouragement of the work of others and has always encouraged high standards of research. Even in retirement this activity will continue with editing projects galore already lined up, as well as participating in the History of Cartography Project and professional society activities. The Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives is fortunate to be able to count Ed as one of our most distinguished members, as well as, in the words of Louis Cardinal "the brilliant, dynamic, funny, dedicated and friendly person we all know." The presentation of the certificate was on May 29, 1998. Prepared by Alberta Auringer Wood and Barbara Farrell for the Awards Committtee (Barbara Farrell, Chair, Shirley Harmer, Richard Pinnell, Joan Winearls, Alberta Auringer Wood). --- End Forwarded Message ---