SHD MEETING 2008 TO BE HELD IN ARLINGTON TEXAS
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GARRETT LECTURES,
THE MEETING OF THE TEXAS MAP SOCIETY
AND THE MEETING OF THE PHILLIP LEE PHILLIPS SOCIETY

SHD Meeting in Arlington, Texas, in October 2008, in Conjunction with the Virginia Garrett Lectures, Texas Map Society, and Philip Lee Phillips Society

Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography, October 3

Texas Map Society, October 4

Philip Lee Phillips Society, October 4

Society for the History of Discoveries, October 5-7

October 2008 in North Texas will give Society for the History of Discoveries (SHD) members a great opportunity to hear numerous presentations on discoveries, explorations and cartographic history as well as attend exhibit openings, delicious dinners and receptions, and be given a special evening tour of one of the largest personal libraries in the Southwest focusing on explorations and discoveries. From October 3-7, Arlington, Texas, will be “ground zero” for all things pertaining to the history of discoveries and cartographic history. 

The SHD has agreed to have its 49th Annual Meeting in conjunction with the Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography, Texas Map Society (TMS), and Philip Lee Phillips Society (PLPS). The general schedule for the multi-day events and meetings is the Garrett Lectures will be on Friday, October 3, at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) with a special exhibit opening, reception, and keynote address at the Amon Carter Museum of Fort Worth that evening. On Saturday, October 4, the TMS and PLPS will meet together at UTA. And on Sunday-Tuesday, October 5-7, the SHD will hold its meeting at UTA primarily. 

SHD members wanting a taste of local culture and sites will have an opportunity to take a pre-conference tour on Sunday, October 5 (more information to come). An opening reception will be held at the Dallas home of international real estate developer Harlan Crow on the evening of October 5. Transportation will be provided from the meeting hotel to Mr. Crow’s home, where SHD members will have a reception and tour of one of the most phenomenal personal libraries in the Southwest if not the entire country. The SHD paper sessions will begin on Monday, October 6, and will conclude at mid-day on Tuesday, October 7. Transportation to and from the university from the meeting hotel will be provided. 

Please mark your calendar now to attend all of these October events!

Gerald Saxon
Vice President, SHD
Program Chairman

PRELIMINARY COMBINED PROGRAM

SHD members are encouraged to arrive early and attend all of the meetings and activities discussed above and below. Like last year’s meeting in Chicago, there will be much to do, people with different interests to talk with, and engaging presentations to hear. There will be registration fees associated with the various meetings.

Sixth Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures 2008 October 3

The topic of the Sixth Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures will be Revisualizing Westward Expansion: A Century of Conflict, 1800-1900. The presentations will take place on the sixth floor of the UTA Library, except for the evening keynote address by John Logan Allen, which will take place at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth after a reception. There will also be an exhibition mounted at UTA as well as one at the Carter Museum focusing on the lectures topic. The Garrett Lectures speakers and the title of their papers are: 

John Logan Allen (jlallen@uwyo.edu), Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Wyoming, “Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Explorers in the American Northwest: Solving the Riddle of the Great Divide”

Ronald Grim (rgrim@bpl.org), Head of the Map Collection, Boston Public Library, and Paul D. McDermott (MapMcD@comcast.net), Professor of Geography (retired), Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, “Railroads and Roads through Tribal Lands: Mapping the Pacific Northwest’s Changing Landscape during the 1850s”

Samuel Truett (truett@unm.edu), Associate Professor of History, University of New Mexico, “Transnational Cartographies: Corporations, States, and the Remapping of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, 1850-1920” 

John R. Hébert (jheb@loc.gov), Chief, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, “Maps and the U.S. War with Mexico, 1846-48: Governmental and Private Mapping Efforts to Report on the Conflict as it Was Happening and in Response to Official Reports” 

Ben Huseman (huseman@uta.edu), Cartographic Archivist, Special Collections, UT Arlington Library, “Revisualizing Westward Expansion: Reflections on the Exhibits” 

The Texas Map Society and the Philip Lee Phillips Society will be meeting together at UTA on October 4. The societies are currently organizing the sessions and more information will be forthcoming later in 2008. 

Society for the History of Discoveries (tentative program) October 5-7

Sunday, October 5. Cowboys and Culture (more information to come). A Pre-conference optional tour for those who want to experience the culture of Fort Worth and the surrounding area. 

Sunday, October 5. Reception and private tour of the Harlan Crow Library in Dallas. Transportation will be provided from the meeting hotel. Leave hotel at 6:15 p.m.. Return at 9:30 p.m. 

Monday, October 6. SHD Paper Sessions and Annual Business Meeting. 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. UTA Central Library 6th Floor Parlor and Atrium. Transportation will be provided from the meeting hotel. 

Monday, October 6. SHD Annual Dinner/Keynote Speaker. 6:45 p.m.-9:45 p.m. Hilton Hotel. 

Tuesday, October 7. SHD Paper Sessions continue and conclude. 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. UTA Central Library Parlor and Atrium. 


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