Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography
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A biennial series of lectures inaugurated in October 1998 at The University of Texas at Arlington. The lectures, intended to foster an appreciation of maps and cartography as important sources in understanding the past, are sponsored by the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections Division, The Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography, and The Friends of UTA Libraries.
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The Shifting Shapes of Early Texas: Some Highlights from UTA Libraries Special Collections
(The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections, 2022) -
Searching for Africa
(The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections, 2021)The guide introduces Dr. Franke's collection, focusing upon the context of the maps' and images' production, with some minimal discussion of the African subject matter. -
Walking the Line: The Diverse History of Organized Labor in Texas
(The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 2017)The task of organized labor is to persuade employers to recognize unions and to share more of their wealth. Also-during much of our state and national history beginning in the 183os-labor called for a reduction in hours ... -
Paths to Highways: Routes of Exploration, Settlement, and Commerce
(The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 2018)One of many important functions of maps can be the depiction of trails, routes, roads, and highways. Trails may appear bold or almost invisible on a map, depending upon whether the cartographer's aim for such depictions ... -
Drawn to Politics The Editorial Art of Etta Hulme
(UTA Libraries Special Collections, 2018) -
Enlightenment Mapmakers and the Southwest Borderlands: Treasures from the Virginia Garrett Cartographic Library
(Special Collections, Central Library, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, 2016) -
Charting Chartered Companies
(Special Collections, Central Library, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, 2010) -
The Third Coast: Mapping the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
(Special Collections, Central Library, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, 2002) -
The Price of Manifest Destiny
(Special Collections, Central Library, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, 2014) -
Mapmaker's Vision, Beholder's Eyes: The Art of Maps
(Special Collections, Central Library, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, 2004) -
Revisualizing Westward Expansion
(Special Collections, Central Library, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, 2008) -
Pearls of the Antilles
(Special Collections, Central Library, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, 2012) -
Mapping the Sacred: Belief and Religion in the History of Cartography
(Special Collections, Central Library, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, 2006)