Established: 1971. Affiliate Since: 2011.

Statement of Purpose: The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography was founded in 1971 to advance knowledge of the history of cartography and to promote the use of the Newberry’s cartographic collections. Among the many programs it sponsors to achieve these goals are summer institutes and seminars, conferences, research fellowships, exhibitions, workshops for educators and public historians, and public lecture series. The center’s extensive publication programs include a series of books published by the University of Chicago Press as part of the center’s Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography, web-based publications, interpretive slide sets and virtual exhibits, exhibition catalogues, and its Mapline newsletter. The center hosts the monthly meetings of the Chicago Map Society, the oldest independent organization devoted to map appreciation in North America.

Publications: Mapline (newsletter); The Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography (published by the University of Chicago Press)

Website: http://www.newberry.org/hermon-dunlap-smith-center-history-cartography

Address
Newberry Library
Hermon Dunlap Smith Center
60 W. Walton St.
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: 312.255.3523

Primary Contact: James Akerman, akermanj@newberry.org

Officers

Director
James R. Akerman
Newberry Library
E-mail: akermanj@newberry.org

Program Assistant
Kara Johnson
Newberry Library
E-mail: johnsonk@newberry.org