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.
Saturday, May 13, 2:00 pm New York (ET) time, In-Person: Jonah Rosenberg, head of rare books for Arader Gallery at 1016 Madison Ave., will host a private tour, for Members-Only, of the New York Map Society. Jonah looks forward to welcoming members of the New York Map Society for a tour of Arader’s beaux-arts townhouse. The public is not ordinarily permitted above the third floor, but this tour will include the whole of the house, from the fifth floor (with maps by Ruysch, Cimerlinus, Valk, Gastaldi, Hubbard and Price inter alia) down.
Up to 20 New York Map Society 2023 members, only, will meet at 10:45 am in Fordham University’s Walsh Family Library lobby, 441 E Fordham Rd, The Bronx, NY 10458. We will review maps in a conference room with Special Collections Librarian Gabi/Gabriella DiMeglio, and then quietly and individually view New Amsterdam maps on display in the Reading Room. Per University requirements, all visitors will have to show photo IDs and proof of Covid vaccination to show guards at the campus gates.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Behold the Mapmaker: Cartographic Self-Portraits. The lives of early modern cartographers are poorly documented compared with those of contemporary writers and painters, yet a source for insights into the lives of cartographers—the self-portraits that they sometimes include in their maps—is largely unexplored. These self-portraits are an important part of the social history of cartography, of how cartographers chose to present themselves; they also function as visual signatures, guarantees of quality, and expressions of pride.