THURSDAY 18 January 2024
Location: Zoom, 7:00 PM ET/6:00 PM CT/ 5:00 PM MT/4:00 PM PT
(Arranged with assistance of Rocky Mountain Map Society, sponsored in partnership with California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies). Herman Moll and John Senex: Mapping North America in the Early 18th Century (from the British Point of View)
Tuesday, January 16, 7:30 pm New York (ET) time, Denver, Hybrid:Join with the Rocky Mountain Map Society to hear local trail researcher Larry Obermesik on a journey through a forgotten chapter of Colorado’s past. His presentation, Mapping the Cherokee Trail: Colorado’s Forgotten Highway.
WEDNESDAY 6 December 2023. Location: Zoom, 7:00 PM ET/6:00 PM CT/ 5:00 PM MT/4:00 PM PT.
The Changing Map of the Island of Enchantment: Puerto Rico and the Spanish-American War of 1898. (Arranged with the assistance of the Texas and Rocky Mountain Map Societies; sponsored in partnership with California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies).
Courtney Chartier, director of Columbia Libraries’ Rare Book & Manuscript Library, will lead the NYMS on a tour of the Rare Book Manuscript Library, where she will highlight some key pieces from the collection.
Using GIS to Tease Information from Historic Maps in the Search for Old Roads. Searching for a simple answer to a naive question lead Loberger on a personal and professional journey. The intent to discover a road uncovered a path that will lead researchers to better appreciate and predict where transportation infrastructure once existed. The key lies in improving our understanding of the testimony presented by the cartographic witnesses of any inquiry.
Saturday, October 28, 2:00 – 4:00 pm: current paid members of the New York Map Society are invited to reserve one of up to 15 spots for a visit to the map-filled Manhattan apartment of society members Kathleen & Joseph Porder. “The strengths of our map collection: Ortelius, Mercator/Hondius, early regional Americas, and New York City. Our town views include those by Braun and Hogenberg, Piranesi’s views of Rome, and many other early town views. First emailed to kapochunas@gmail.com, first served.
Thursday, October 26, 3:00 – 4:00 pm, and 7:00 – 8:00 pm New York (ET) time (two meetings), Hybrid: The Philip Lee Phillips Society (PLPS) will have two meetings at the Library of Congress.
The first presentation will be given by Ernesto Capello (Professor, History Department, Macalester College) on the allegorical, commercial, and political uses of Mapping Mountains. The second presentation will feature Edward Brent Lane (Fellow of Global Heritage Economics, Global Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) on John White’s 1585 Map of the North Carolina Outer Banks.
Arranged with the assistance of the Rocky Mountain and Texas Map Societies; sponsored in partnership with California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies. The Role of Maps in Films about Exploration and Discovery: Some Latin American Examples. Speaker: Richard Francaviglia, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Arlington; currently Associated Scholar, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
Courtney Chartier, director of Columbia Libraries’ Rare Book & Manuscript Library, will lead the NYMS on a tour of the Rare Book Manuscript Library, where she will highlight some key pieces from the collection.
Wednesday, June 14, 7:00 pm New York (ET) time on Zoom: “Key West and the Florida Keys: Mapping the History of the Conch Republic”.
Much of that history is represented in maps, charts, and tourist brochures, which are featured in the Tampa Bay History Center’s latest exhibition in the Touchton Map Library – Key West and the Florida Keys: Mapping the History of the Conch Republic.