When Virginia Garrett donated her extensive personal collection of maps, geography textbooks, and atlases to UTA in 1997, a special endowment was established to promote its use by inviting scholars to speak on topics relating to the history of cartography. As a result, every other year since 1998, the UTA Libraries have hosted the Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography along with a special exhibit drawn primarily from Mrs. Garrett's collection.

The 12th Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography will take place September 30 - October 2, 2021. This year's theme is "Coordinating Cartographic Collections." UTA Libraries Special Collections is proud to announce our amazing guest speakers this year. 2021 Speakers 2021 Schedule

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Submissions from 2021

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Personal Challenges at Special Collections, J Baar

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New Life for an Old Map: The Retrieval of Peter Verbist's Unique 1644 Wall Map of Africa and its Place in the Africa Museum’s Map Collection, Wulf Bodenstein

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How Maps Help Me Teach about Africa, Joci Caldwell-Ryan

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Unified Descriptive Standards as a Road to Interoperability: Best Current Practice Concerning Old Maps in Czech GLAM Institutions, Eva Chodejovska, Jiri Dufka, Milos Pacek, and Petr Zabicka

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Reimagining Notions of Exploration: Mapping Colonialism in British and American West Africa, 1751-1847, Daniel Degges

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Slave Voyages Project, Daniel B. Dominigues da Silva

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The Seymour I. Schwartz Collection of North American Maps, 1500-1800, S Max Edelson

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Why African History Matters, Toyin Falola

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My Favorite Map, David Finfrock

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Collecting Maps: Building a Map Collection on a Shoestring, Jack Franke

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Keynote Address: A Grateful Maverick, Jack Franke

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Searching for Africa: The Map Collection of Dr. Jack Franke Exhibit Introduction, Ben Huseman

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Towards a Cumulative, Open, Online Bibliography of the Literature of the History of Cartography, Robert Karrow and Thomas Horst

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Finding our Bearings: Developing a Rare Maps Collection at Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Sierra Laddusaw

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Remixing the Narrative: Mapping the Varying Influences in the African and Caribbean Diasporas, Mya Lewis

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Teaching in the Age of Geographic Unawareness, Leah McCurdy

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Navigating a Map Collection Review as a New Librarian, Janet Reyes

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Collecting Maps: Dealers & Auction Houses, Barry Rudeman, Catherine Williamson, and Frank Holcomb

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Virginia Garrett: A Personal Look at a Map Collector Extraordinaire, Gerald Saxon

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The Atlases of Bodel Nijenhuis, Martijn Storms

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The Woldan Collection: History and Digital Processing, Petra Svatek

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Texas Map Society Business Meeting, Texas Map Society

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Collecting Maps: Holy Land Maps, Martin Van Brauman