Nineteenth Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography, Chicago
Maps, Their Collecting and Study: A Fifty Year Retrospective
All sessions are at the Newberry Library
Thursday 27 October
| 4:30 – 7:15 pm | Commemoration of the 50th of the Nebenzahl Lectures |
Keynote lecture by Matthew Edney (University of Southern Maine and the History of Cartography Project): Of Maps, Libraries, and Lectures
Reception
Friday, 28 October
| 10:30 – 11:45 am | Peter Barber (The British Library, retired): George III as a Map Collector |
| 11:45 AM – 1:30 pm | Lunch on you own |
| 1:30 – 2:45 pm | Susan Schulten (University of Denver): How Did Old Maps Become Valuable? |
| 2:45 – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 – 4:15 pm | Richard Pegg (MacLean Collection): Collecting and Studying East Asian Maps in the United States and Europe |
| 4:15 pm | Reception in Honor of the 50th Anniversary Lectures hosted by the Chicago Map Society |
Saturday, October 29
| 9:15 – 10:30 am | James Akerman (The Newberry Library): Maps, Marginalia, and Ephemera |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 am – Noon | Peter Nekola (The Newberry Library): The Atlas as Collection |
Important Web Addresses
The Newberry Library (http://www.newberry.org/)
International Map Collectors Society (https://imcos.popcorndev.co.uk/)
Chicago International Map Fair (http://www.chicagomapfair.com/)
Chicago Map Society (http://www.chicagomapsociety.org/)
American Geographical Society Library (https://uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/)
Choose Chicago (Chicago Convention and Visitors Bureau (http://www.choosechicago.com/)
The Talbott Hotel (http://www.jdvhotels.com/hotels/illinois/chicago-hotels/the-talbott-hotel/)