Texas Map Society Spring Meeting – 2023
Save the date – May 19-20, Houston, TX / Rice University
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This year, our meeting features the following:
- Tour of Minute Maid Park (Optional)
- Tour of the Julia Ideson Building and Houston Metropolitan Research Center Map Collection (Optional)
- Reception and Tour of the Antiquarium (Optional)
- Tours of the Fondren Library Special Collections at Rice University
- Tours of the Frank and Carol Holcomb Map Collection
- Presentations by:
- Ron Tyler – Lithography and 19th Century Texas Mapping
- Jeff Dunn – A Chronology of the Earliest Texas Automobile Road Maps and Highway Guides, 1909-1930
- Norie Guthrie, Rice University – Visualizing The Red Book of Houston
- Gary Pinkerton – Map Wars! : Methodological Demons and Substantial Disagreements Over the Path Followed
- Russell Martin, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University – All Aboard for Texas: Railroads and the Promotion of the Lone Star State
- And much more!
Please email james.harkins@glo.texas.gov for additional information or to inquire about pre-registration.
Sponsors |


Silver Level Sponsors:

The DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
William Allison Books ABAA/ILAB
