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.

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