I'd totally be interested in this but won't be in DC in May.
Perhaps some of you would be interested. :)
Cheers
Katie
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From: Kathleen Danielson <kldaniel(a)gwmail.gwu.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Subject: [MappingDC] Fwd: LOC: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C.,
May 18-19
To: mappingdc(a)googlegroups.com
Hey guys--
I'm new to this group, but just based on the group name it sounds like a
few of you might be interested in this.
Cheers,
KD
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From: Marie Price <mprice(a)gwu.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Subject: Fwd: LOC: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19
To: GEOGRAPHY(a)hermes.gwu.edu
For those of you who love maps and Washington DC, this looks like a great
event at the Library of Congress.
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From: Genevieve Parente <genevieve.parente(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:47 PM
Subject: Fwd: LOC: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19
To: mprice(a)gwu.edu
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*Hi Marie! Maybe someone will find this interesting.*
*Best,*
*Genevieve*
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*Library of Congress*
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March 28, 2012****
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*Library of Congress Conference to Address*
*Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19*****
*Presented by the Geography and Map Division and the Philip Lee Phillips
Society* ****
*WHAT: *
"Visualizing the Nation’s Capital: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington,
D.C.,” the first conference devoted to mapping the nation’s
capital, covering the period from Pierre-Charles L’Enfant’s 1791 Plan of
the City of Washington to the present.****
*WHEN:*
*9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 18, *with a reception from 5:45 p.m. to
7:15 p.m., and *9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 19*, with tours of
the Geography and Map Division from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.****
The conference is free and open to the public. Reservations are needed;
contact *specialevents(a)loc.gov* or call 202-707-1616.****
*WHERE: *
Friday’s session from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. will be in the Coolidge
Auditorium followed by a reception in Room 119, both located in the Thomas
Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington.****
Saturday’s session from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. will be in the Mumford Room
and the tours from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. will be in the Geography and Map
Reading Room, both located in the James Madison Building, 101 Independence
Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.****
*WHO: *
Participants include historians, archaeologists, building and landscape
architects, urban planners, cartographers, geographers, land surveyors,
Library of Congress specialists and Anthony Williams, the former mayor of
Washington, D.C.****
The conference is presented by the Library and the Philip Lee Phillips
Society, which was established in 1995 as an association of collectors,
geographers, historians and map enthusiasts, with a shared interest in
supporting and promoting the programs and activities of the Library’s
Geography and Map Division.****
More information on the conference presentations is available at *
www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/*.****
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