----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Author: /S=lis-maps-request/O=mailbase/ADMD= /PRMD=UK.AC/C=GB at X.400 Date: 28/06/95 13:37 ** This is being sent to lismaps, MapHist, MapsL. Please excuse the cross-posting ** DR HELEN WALLIS OBE (1924-1995) Subscribers may like to know of three ways in which Helen's life and career are being commemorated. On May 9th, a memorial meeting was held in her honour at the Royal Geographical Society, London. For that occasion an 84-page volume, 'The Globe my World' was produced, containing tributes from 61 former friends and colleagues. On that same occasion extracts were shown from 'Dr Helen Wallis Reminiscing', a 90-minute video of Helen talking in her St John's Wood flat in August 1994 to Sarah Tyacke and Tony Campbell, about the people and incidents of her professional life outside the Library, and particularly about her travels. At the end of the meeting it was announced, on behalf of the British Library's Chief Executive, that an annual 'Helen Wallis Fellowship' was to be established. 'Preference will be given to proposals which relate particularly to the Library's collections, which seek to explore the interdependence of cartographic and other sources in historical investigation, and which have an international dimension'. A separate Helen Wallis fund has now been established and further donations are cordially invited. (Please contact me if you would like information about tax-effective ways of donating, whether in pounds or dollars). In addition, it is possible to obtain copies of the tributes volume (8 pounds postfree in the UK; 10 pounds or 18 dollars airmail outside the UK) and of the video, supplied in the appropriate format for the country concerned (15 pounds post-free in the UK; 18 pounds or 32 dollars airmail outside the UK). Since we have to batch up orders for copies of the video so as to obtain a reasonable price, we must ask for your patience. Cheques (sterling, dollar or Eurocheques) should be made out please to 'THE BRITISH LIBRARY' (where it will be placed in the special account) and sent to me. Any profit on the volume or video will go to the Fellowship Fund. ** The British Library is an exempt registered charity ** Tony Campbell, Map Librarian, The British Library, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, UK Phone: [0] 171 412 7525 Fax: [0] 171 412 7780 [log in to unmask]