Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America
SYMPOSIUM/Thursday, September 18, 2003, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are requested--Please respond by email or by phone.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE:
Morning session: Expectations and Realities of the American West 10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

James P. Ronda, H.G. Barnard Professor Western American History at the University of Tulsa: "Looking West from the East"

Carolyn Gilman, Special Projects Historian at the Missouri Historical Society and curator of Lewis and Clark: National Bicentennial Exhibition: "Lewis and Clark Discover the Indians"

Afternoon session: Cartography and the American West 2:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.

John Logan Allen, Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Wyoming: "Geographical Lore on the Eve of the Lewis and Clark Expedition"

Ralph E. Ehrenberg, former Chief of the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress and the Cartographic and Architectural Branch of the National Archives and Records Administration: "The Eyes of the Army: Exploratory Mapping of the American West"

A question and answer period will follow each presentation.

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The symposium will be followed by a reception and book signing sponsored by Smithsonian Books celebrating the publication of Lewis and Clark-Across the Divide by Carolyn Gilman, with an introduction by James P. Ronda.

An online version of "Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of American" was created in conjunction with the current Library of Congress exhibition.