UPCOMING MEETINGS
Fall 2019 – Sept. 20-21 – Sul Ross State University & Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, TX
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE 2019 FALL MEETING
Additional Information:
Registration Information:
- General Registration: $100
- Registration for Sul Ross Faculty & Staff: $50
- Registration for Sul Ross Students: FREE
Hotel Information:
Holland Hotel (http://thehollandhoteltexas.com), 209 West Holland Avenue, Alpine, Texas 79830, Phone: (432) 837-2800
MUST CALL FOR DISCOUNTED RATE
- Historic boutique hotel.
- Block dates: September 19-22, 2019
- Room rates range between $114.75-$157.25.
- Reservations must be booked by: August 1, 2019
- Penalty for early check-out: Departing the hotel prior to the scheduled date of departure will be charged one- night room and tax in addition to any charges accrued during the stay.
Holiday Inn Express
MUST CALL FOR DISCOUNTED RATE
2004 East Highway 90, Alpine, Texas 79830, Phone: (432) 837-9697
- Block dates: September 19-22, 2019
- Standard King; $129.99 per night + 13% tax
- Standard Double Queen: $129.99 per night + 13% tax
- 10 rooms are available in each category
- Complimentary breakfast, high-speed and wireless Internet access, pool/spa, fitness and business centers
- Reservations must be booked by: August 19, 2019, 6 p.m.
- CANCELLATION POLICY: To avoid penalty of the first night’s room and tax, WRITTEN notice must be received by August 19, 2019.
Event Schedule
Thursday, September 19:
6:30 PM – Dinner, Spicewood Restaurant, Highway 90, Alpine (Dutch treat)
Friday, September 20, 2019
- 9:00 AM – Depart Holland Hotel for Fort Davis
- 9:30 AM – Tour Fort Davis (admission free with National Park Service pass)
- 11:30 AM – Depart Fort Davis
- 12:00 PM – Lunch, Hotel Limpia, Fort Davis (Dutch treat)
- 2:00 PM – Return to Alpine
- Afternoon – Explore Alpine shops and galleries
- 5:00-7:00 PM – Evening reception for Five Centuries of Mexican Maps exhibit, Museum of the Big Bend (included in registration fee)
Saturday, September 21, 2019
- 8:30 AM – Registration, Espino Center, Sul Ross State University
- 9:15 AM – Welcome
- 9:30 AM -Marty Davis, private collector, Five Centuries of Mexican Maps
- 10:30 AM – Break
- 11:00 AM – Alex Hidalgo, PhD, Texas Christian University, When Indigenous Maps Ruled Mexico
- 12:00 PM – Lunch
- 1:30 PM – Wes Brown – José Antonio de Alzate y Ramirez
- 2:30 PM – Break
- 3:00 PM – Matt Walter, Curator of Collections and the Yana and Marty Davis Map Collection, Museum of the Big Bend, topic TBD
- 4:00 PM – Depart
- 5:00 PM – Cocktails, Holland Hotel (no-host bar)
- 5:30 PM – Dinner, Holland Hotel (Dutch treat)
- 7:15 PM – Leave for Star Party, McDonald Observatory (private car)
- 8:30 PM – Star Party, McDonald Observatory ($12 per person)
- 11:00 PM – Return to hotel
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Sul Ross State University is a tobacco-free campus
Future Events
Spring 2020 – Houston
Fall 2020 – Arlington
For further information on the Garrett Lectures, please contact Ben Huseman (huseman@uta.edu) or Brenda McClurkin (mcclurkin@uta.edu).
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