J.K. Herro sent this message that was downloaded from the EXLIBRIS list. -----------Johnnie ------------------------------- Tue, 22 Jun 93 14:19:21 PDT "J. K. Herro" <[log in to unmask]> EDITING EARLY HISTORICAL ATLASES Sun, 20 Jun 1993 20:24:49 -0400 Rare Books and Special Collections Forum <[log in to unmask]> Germaine Warkentin <[log in to unmask]> Early Hist. Atlases The Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference on Editorial Problems EDITING EARLY HISTORICAL ATLASES University of Toronto, November 5-6, 1993 With the anticipated completion of the publication of the three-volume _Historical Atlas of Canada_ in 1993, it seems an opportune time to look at aspects of the problems editors have had in dealing with atlases from the very earliest times. The conference will include the following papers: WILLIAM G. DEAN, Director of the Historical Atlas of Canada project. Keynote address on the structure of atlases and the way this has influenced editorial decisions. JAMES AKERMAN of the Smith Centre for the History of Cartography, the Newberry Library, on the role of the editor in the creation of the atlas idea. MARY PEDLEY of the William L. Clements Library on problems in atlas editing in Enlightenment France. WALTER GOFFART of the Department of History, University of Toronto, on the breaking of the Ortelian pattern in the editing of historical atlases during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. ANNE GODLEWSKA of the Department of Geography, Queen's University, on Edme Jomard and the development of facsimile atlases for the study of the history of cartography. R. COLE HARRIS, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, editor of Volume I of the _Historical Atlas of Canada_ on the impact of editorial decisions on the atlas as a `text'. Two exhibits: `The Atlas as a Book' (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, and an exhibit on the production of the _Historical Atlas of Canada_ will be on view during the conference. Registration: $65.00. For further information, contact: Joan Winearls, Map Librarian, University of Toronto Library, Toronto Ontario, Canada M5S 1A5. Phone: (416) 978-1958; FAX: (416) 978-7653 Internet: [log in to unmask]