T H E  N E A T L I N E
		A Newsletter of the Texas Map Society           Vol. IV No 1 Summer 2001

Texas Map Society Fall Meeting
From Longhorns to Lone Star Weather Maps

The Program Committee has planned another great fall meeting for Texas Map Society members. The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries (UTA) will host the meeting scheduled for Friday evening, October 5th, and Saturday, October 6th. The lineup of events and presentations includes an intriguing combination that ranges from a ranch tour to view a Texas collection to a television studio to see how weather maps are created.

The fall meeting will begin on Friday evening with a bus trip to the nearby North Texas ranch of  George and Julie Tobolowsky. Friday evening tours and receptions are usually included as part of the the spring meetings, but this fall members will have a unique opportunity to view the Tobolowky's beautiful log built ranch house situated in the Cross Timbers north of Arlington, enjoy a Texas style  dinner, and view George's map collection. Transportation will be provided.

David Finfrock, NBC-TV

Saturday starts, as usual, with registration and a continental breakfast at the UTA Central Library. Session presenters include John Long of the Newberry Library in Chicago who will speak on county boundary maps and Tim Bressler of The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) talking on the English map maker and atlas publisher, John Ogliby. Gerald Saxon, also of UTA, will present information on UTA Libraries' Cartographic Connections project that is bringing antiquarian maps to the classroom via the internet. Back by popular demand is Kit's  Kartographic Korner hosted by cartographic archivist, Kit Goodwin. The session gives TMS members an opportunity to bring before the group a map or atlas from their collection. The member may comment on the map, and/or ask for the members to share any knowledge they have about the item. The day will end with a short bus trip to the NBC-TV studios in Fort Worth where TV weatherman and TMS member David Finfrock will take us into the studio to see how electronic weather maps are created and broadcast.

The Program Committee is excited over the fall lineup and will send out registration flyers with complete program details the first of September. Knowing also that many TMS members will want to get an early jump on registration for this meeting, they will post program details and a registration form shortly on the the web site at http://libraries.uta.edu/txmapsociety/index.html. Any questions or comments can be directed to secretary-treasurer, Kit Goodwin at 817-272-5329 (voice), 817-272-3360 (fax), or goodwin@uta.edu (email).

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