Map Exhibit and Symposium at Boston Public Library Wednesday September 21, 2011
SPECIAL NOTICE – MAP EXHIBITION IN BOSTON; SYMPOSIUM WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21 MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW TO COME TO NEW ENGLAND ONE DAY EARLY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE EVENTS.
SHD member Ronald E. Grim, Curator of Maps, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116, alerts all SHD meeting attendees of the following special events being held in Boston, only a two-hour drive from Portland. He encourages those coming to New England for the SHD events to add the following to their trip-planning.
EXHIBITION: May 12, 2011 – December 31, 2011 – Boston
The American Civil War is one of the defining events in American history. To commemorate its 150th anniversary, the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, will present the exhibition, Torn in Two: 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. This multimedia display takes a geographic and cartographic approach to exploring and illuminating the causes of the conflict, the conduct of the war and how the war was remembered in later years. It will showcase 50 historic maps interwoven with 40 photographs, paintings, prints, diaries, political cartoons, music and press of the period, all from the Boston Public Library's special collections. A fully illustrated, 152-page exhibition catalog is available for US $35.00; for information about purchasing a copy, send inquiries to .
MAP SYMPOSIUM - September 21, 2011 – Boston
The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library will host a one-day symposium in conjunction with its current exhibition, Torn in Two: 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. Four authors who contributed essays to the exhibition catalog will be speaking. These include Debra Newman Ham, “‘Thenceforward and Forever Free’; A Brief Overview of the Quest for Emancipation in the United States”; Susan Schulten, “Mapping the Sectional Crisis: Cotton, Slavery, and the Strength of the Rebellion;” Richard F. Miller, “The Battle of Balls Bluff: Would Terrain Maps Have Made a Difference?”; and Ronald Grim, “Remembering the War through Maps: Creating the Gettysburg Post-Battle Maps”. Gallery tours of the exhibition will also be provided. The symposium will be held from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Rabb Auditorium on the Concourse Level of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square. There is no registration fee, but an RSVP indicating intentions of attending should be sent to .
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