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Donald, please let me have your e-mail, I need to contact you;
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Angie Cope's recent post on Chcago's 1893 World Columbian Exposition
spurs this further question - Are you aware of any research on
cartographic presentations at that fair?
Whole books on lots of other topics exist, but...
Three items (extracts below) from the Geography in America Timeline
are all that I am aware of -
1) "Displays at the famous 1893 Columbian World Exposition in
Chicago include some 100 raised-relief models; the model of Yosemite
Valley prepared for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915 measures
3.7m (12') by 1.8m (6') feet with a height of 0.46m (1.5')." (based
on information cited in: Marcus Baker. Relief Maps. Bulletin of the
Philosophical Society of Washington 12 (1892-94): 349-367)
2) "The Conference of American and European Geographers, the first
meeting hosted by American geographers to include geographers from
other countries, is held as part of the Education Congress of the
Columbian World Exposition in Chicago, July 27-28, 1893. The meeting
is organized by the National Geographic Society and includes a dozen
presentations. Geography education is explicitly addressed in
presentations by William B. Powell (1836-1904), superintendent of
schools in the District of Columbia and advocate of progressive
education reform, Francis W. Parker (1837-1902), leader in
progressive education reform and head of Cook County Normal School,
and Thomas C. Chamberlin (1843-1928), professor at the University of
Chicago and chair of the National Education Association's Committee
of Ten Conference on Physical Geography, Meteorology, and Geology,
meeting that same summer. Geographers contribute to other Exposition
meetings-Cleveland Abbe to the International Meteorological
Congress, Cyrus C. Adams to the Congress on Africa, Henry Gannett to
the International Statistical Institute-as well as to its
exhibitions." [Francis W. Parker. The Relations of Geography to
History; William B. Powell. Geographic Instruction in the Public
Schools; and Thomas C. Chamberlin. The Relations of Geology to
Physiography in Our Educational System. Pp. 125-131; 137-153;
154-160. In Proceedings of the International Geographic Conference
in Chicago. National Geographic Magazine 5 (January 1894): 97-256;
Charles T. Conger. Geography at the World's Columbian Exposition.
Geographical Journal 3 (February 1894): 130-134; Cyrus C. Adams.
Tropical Africa as a Factor in Civilization. Our Day 13 (1894):
5-15; Henry Gannett. The Geographical Distribution of the Population
of the United States. Publications [Journal] of the American
Statistical Association 3 (1892-93): 551-553; Marcus Baker. Relief
Maps. Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington 12
(1892-94): 349-367; World's Columbian Exposition. Official Catalogue
of Exhibits: United States Government Building. Chicago: W. B.
Conkey, 1893.]
3) "The first U.S. commemorative postage stamps with a geography
theme are issued in conjunction with the Columbian World Exposition,
held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the voyages of Christopher
Columbus to the Americas. The set of 16 Columbian Exposition stamps
depicts phases of Columbus' career associated with expeditions to
the Americas, with face values ranging from $0.01 to $5.00.
Christopher Columbus' voyages to the Americas are celebrated again a
century later in the set of 4 Voyages of Columbus stamps ($0.29,
1992)."
Donald C. Dahmann, Ph.D.
Geographer
At Hollin Hills 1914 Martha's Road Alexandria, Virginia
22307 (703-765-3584)
At Scientists' Cliffs 2130 Bluebell Road Port Republic,
Maryland 20676
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