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Histers, After the exchange of the last few days I am slightly hesitant to announce another Library of Congress Conference....but here goes. On May 20th 2011, the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division in conjunction with the Philip Lee Phillips Society will hold a conference entitled: "Re-Imagining the U.S. Civil War: Reconnaissance, Surveying and Cartography" The conference will consist of a day long series of lectures that take a new look at the history of mapmaking and the technologies of cartography during the Civil War. Scholars from the fields of history, surveying, conservation, and cartography will look closely at the effects that new cartographic technologies, such as the photographic reproduction of maps in the field, had on mapmaking, and the impact that these technologies had on both civilian and military geography. Papers will be presented in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Thomas Jefferson Building from 9:30AM-3:30PM. The conference is of course free, but registration will be required. As is usual the Geography and Map Division will hold an open house the morning after the conference, Saturday May 21st, from 9:30-Noon, where we will display some of our rare Civil War holdings. I will post more information and a more detailed program when we finalize the arrangements. John Hessler Senior Cartographic Librarian Geography and Map Division Library of Congress _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
