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I am looking for information on the Benjamin Winslow, Robert Brooke and James Thomas maps of the Potomac River 1736-7. I am also looking for a scholar to write a book about their work and would like suggestions. Thank you, Graham Arader > From: [email protected] > Subject: Maphist Digest, Vol 61, Issue 22 > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:00:03 +0200 > > Send Maphist mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Maphist digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CFP: Staten Island 350 Academic Conference/Education > Symposium- New York 2011 (Angie Cope) > 2. Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography, > Texas Map Society, ICA Commission on History of Cartography (Johnson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:28:48 -0500 > From: Angie Cope <[email protected]> > Subject: [MapHist] CFP: Staten Island 350 Academic > Conference/Education Symposium- New York 2011 > To: Maps-L <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Phillip Papas [[email protected]] > Date sent: 20 Aug 2010 > > To Whom This May Concern, > > The year 2011 marks the 350th anniversary of the first permanent settlement > on Staten Island, New York. To celebrate this milestone anniversary, SI 350, > an umbrella organization of educational, civic, cultural, and historical > institutions on Staten Island, is planning various events, exhibits, panels, > lectures, and twelve themed history trails. One of the featured events of the > SI 350 celebration will be an academic conference/education symposium > scheduled for March 19-20, 2011 at the College of Staten Island (CUNY). The > SI 350 Academic Conference/Education Symposium asks your help in posting the > call for papers for this conference/education symposium on the H-HistGeog > listserv. > > On behalf of the members of the SI 350 Academic Conference/Education > Symposium, I want to thank you in advance for your attention and help with > this matter. > > Sincerely, > Dr. Phillip Papas > Associate Professor of History > Union County College > Co-Chair, SI 350 Academic Conference/Education Symposium Committee > > > Call for Papers: > Staten Island, New York in American History and 21st Century Education > College of Staten Island, of the City University of New York March 19-20, > 2011 Co-sponsored with Wagner College, St. John's University and SI350, Inc. > With major support from the Staten Island Foundation > > An understanding of the role of place and the attachment to community in > America has never been more critical than in our rapidly changing global > environment. This conference seeks to explore major turning points and issues > in American history as experienced by the residents of Staten Island past and > present. Located at the entrance to New York harbor, Staten Island is one of > the five boroughs that comprise New York City. Since 1661, Staten Island has > been the home of settlers and migrants from around the globe. Staten Island's > cultural diversity and its regional and global interconnections are reflected > in its institutions, cuisine, art and architecture, businesses, social > movements, recreational tourism, transportation heritage, and in the service > of its military veterans. Our goal is to rethink the significance of Staten > Island and its important historic sites, as part of New York City, the > region, the nation, and the world through the interdisciplinary lenses of > history > and Place-based Education. > > In celebration of Staten Island's 350th Anniversary in 2011, we invite > innovative proposals from scholars, curators, teachers and public historians > related to community history and education. Proposals must be relevant to and > illustrate the conference theme, including but not limited to the following > topics: > *History of ethnicity and immigration > *History of race, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities *Staten Island > in the transatlantic world, e.g. Huguenot refugees, the Loyalist Diaspora, > the Free Trade Zone *Staten Island in the history of New York City, e.g. > Civil War Draft Riots, Consolidation, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire *History > of the arts, architecture, health, business, military, sports, > transportation, religion, food and drink, education, childhood, or of the > environment *Geography, politics, and economics in the study of local history > *The historical interconnectedness of Staten Island to the New York/New > Jersey region *The role of the museum in public history and preservation > *Pedagogy, including Place-based Education, civic engagement and > community-based research *Memory and oral history Proposals for complete > panels and/or individual papers for this peer-reviewed conference are > welcome. Proposals for panels must include the following: 1) a cover sheet > with the panel title, paper titles, and the > name, address, affiliation, and email addresses of the chair/commentator and > of the panelists; 2) a 350-word abstract of the panel as a whole; and 3) a > 350-word abstract for each paper included on the panel. Individual paper > proposals for twenty-minute papers should include the following: 1) a cover > sheet with the paper's title, and the name, address, affiliation, and email > address of the participant and 2) a 350-word abstract of the paper. > All materials should be emailed to Dr. Phillip Papas, Associate Professor of > History and co-chair of the SI 350 Academic Conference/Education Symposium > [email protected]. Proposals for panels and/or individual papers must be > received no later than October 15, 2010. Successful applicants will be > required to send a completed paper no later than February 7, 2011. Please > email Dr. Margaret Berci, Associate Professor of Education and co-chair of > the SI 350 Academic Conference/Education Symposium [email protected] > if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing from you. > For more information and resources please refer to our website > atwww.si350.org. > > si350.org. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/pipermail/maphist/attachments/20100921/c40e53af/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:07:16 -0400 > From: Johnson <[email protected]> > Subject: [MapHist] Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of > Cartography, Texas Map Society, ICA Commission on History of > Cartography > To: Discussion group for map history <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part > -------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3148 - Release Date: 09/20/10 > 13:04:00 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Maphist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist > > End of Maphist Digest, Vol 61, Issue 22 > ***************************************
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