The Sixth Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography, Friday, October 3, 2008. The Sixth Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures meets in conjunction with the fall meetings of the Texas Map Society, the Philip Lee Phillips Society and the Council of North American Map Societies on October 3-5, 2008 and the Society for the History of Discoveries on October 5-7, 2008. Exhibitions at the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth and the UT Arlington Virginia Garrett Cartography History Library will be mounted for the lectures. Focused on the theme, "Revisualizing Westward Expansion: A Century of Conflict, 1800-1900," the Virginia Garrett Lectures consists of map presentations by world class scholars, authors, and collectors. Also included in the program are exhibition openings and a reception at the Amon Carter Museum.

The Reeder Children's Theatre Presents...Memories of Fort Worth's Reeder School, Drawing on the extensive Dickson and Flora Reeder Papers and Reeder School Records, the journey begins with the origins of Reeder School and explores the selection, production, and performance of the school's plays as well as the students' immersion into the art, history, music, dance and culture of a play's era. Original hand-painted Reeder School costumes, headpieces, and props colorfully accent original play scripts, musical scores, programs, production notes, photographs, and costume and set design sketches. The exhibit is a collaborative effort between UT Arlington Special Collections manuscript archivist Brenda McClurkin, Information Literacy librarian Evelyn Barker, and Hip Pocket Theater producer and costume designer, Diane Simons.

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