>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 09:45:51 EST
>From: Brent Tarter <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization: The Library of Virginia
>Subject: FW: Virginia In Maps Project
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>
>The Library of Virginia has launched the Virginia in Maps
>project. This project consists of three major interpretive
>components: an illustrated atlas, a major exhibition and a
>two-day scholarly symposium.
>
>The main goal of Virginia in Maps is to increase awareness
>of the rich and diverse geography of the Commonwealth of
>Virginia through its maps and to highlight the Library's
>extraordinary collection of more than 65,000 maps. By
>reaching out to a broad public audience, the story of the
>settlement, expansion and growth of Virginia can be told
>through 400 years of maps.
>
>The first component of the Virginia in Maps project will be
>a symposium on Friday and Saturday, April 23-24, 1999,
>featuring keynote speaker Dr. Louis De Vorsey, Jr.,
>Professor Emeritus of Geography from the University of
>Georgia at Athens. Dr. De Vorsey's address is entitled
>"Slippery Witnesses: Early Maps and the Alexandria
>Waterfront Dispute." A reception and opening of the Mapping
>Virginia exhibition will follow the keynote address.
>
>Saturday's presenters include Marianne M. McKee, Library of
>Virginia; John R. Hebert, Library of Congress; Donald H.
>Cresswell, the Philadelphia Print Shop; Ronald Grim,
>Library of Congress; Richard W. Stephenson, Library of
>Congress (retired); Gary W. North, North Arrow, Ltd., David
>W. Lowe, National Park Service; John Hutchinson, Valley
>Conservation Council; Samuel D. Byrd, Library of Virginia;
>Barbara Vines Little, independent researcher; and William
>D. Shinar, Virginia Geographic Information Network.
>
>The symposium will take participants from the earliest maps
>of discovery through multimedia presentations and informal
>demonstrations. Rare and unique examples of the mapmaker's
>art will be on display. Space for the symposium is limited
>and there is a $35 registration fee. Funding for the
>symposium comes in part through grants from the Virginia
>Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy, the Library of
>Virginia Foundation and a private Richmond foundation.
>
>The second component of the Virginia in Maps project is
>Mapping Virginia, a major free exhibition featuring more
>than 150 maps and books exploring Virginia's cartographic
>history. In five sections and with an interactive computer
>program, the exhibition will provide insight into how maps
>were made, how maps reflect changing concepts of the
>environment, how maps indicate changing society and how
>maps suggest Virginia's role in the colonial empire and the
>American republic. Among the maps on display will be the
>1827 Boye map, the 1755 Mitchell map of British claims in
>North America, the 1807 Madison map of Virginia and the
>1770 John Henry map of Virginia. The exhibition is open
>from April 23 through December 15, Monday through Saturday
>from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM.
>
>The third component in the project will be a definitive
>atlas, Virginia in Maps: Four Centuries of Settlement,
>Growth, and Development, the first fully illustrated
>publication of historical Virginia maps. Co-edited by
>Richard W. Stephenson and Marianne M. McKee and available
>in the fall of 1999, the atlas will fill a significant void
>in the history of Virginia's cartography.
>
>For more information about any of the elements of the
>Virginia in Maps project, please contact Jan Hathcock,
>Public Relations Coordinator at the Library of Virginia,
>804/692-3592.
>
>
Mary Ellin D'Agostino
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