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Fry-Jefferson Map Society

The mission of the Fry-Jefferson Map Society is to develop, enhance and promote the cartographic collections of the Library of Virginia.  All funds raised by the Fry-Jefferson Map Society go directly to support this mission. Membership in the Fry-Jefferson Map Society is $50 and entitles you special benefits, including free admission to the annual Voorhees Lecture, advance notice of lectures and other Library programs and recognition in the Library Foundation's annual report.

Click here to become a member

In Kind Gifts

The Library of Virginia's cartographic collection thrives in large part through the generousity of people who have given maps and other materials to the collection.  If you have a map or other document that you wish to consider donating to the Library of Virginia Foundation, please call Dan Stackhouse at (804) 692-3813.  In-kind donations are fully tax deductible.

Upcoming events

The Fry Jefferson Map Society presents
The 2012 Alan. M & Nathalie Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography
Mar. 31, 2012

This year will feature two talks

Chesapeake Change: four centuries of shifting venues
&
Impacts of Rapidly Rising Sea Levels on the Erosion of the islands and
low-lying areas of Mid-Chesapeake Bay.

The Chesapeake Bay has been vastly changed from the complex ecosystem European explorers found. The magnitude of change cuts across all facets of nature and runs smack into the way we humans and our ancestors chose to live. Maps help us steer a course through this labyrinth. Utilizing historic maps as well as modern cartographic techniques, these lectures will examine how four centuries of weather, fishing, mining and travelling have changed the shorelines of the Bay

Speakers:

Dr. Kent Mountford, estuarine ecologist, environmental historian and frequent contributor to the Chesapeake Bay Journal.

Dr. Court Stevenson, professor at the Horn Point Environmental Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in Cambridge MD.

There will be a one day exhibition of maps relating to the talk, including a special exhibition of Chesapeake Bay maps from the collection of the Mariner’s Museum Library in Newport News, VA.

Behind the scenes tours of the Library will be offered beginning at 10:30am

The exhibition will be open from 10:00am-4:00pm (closed during the lecture), and the lectures will begin at 1pm. Guided tours of the Library’s Special Collections will be offered from 10am-12:30pm.

This event is free and open to all.  Box lunches will be available for purchase at Noon. Members of the Fry-Jefferson Map Society will receive a special gift.
To register, please call (804) 692-3813

 

 


Steering Committee of the Fry-Jefferson Map Society

  • William Wooldridge, Committee Chair
  • John Bottger, Vice Chair
  • William Anderson
  • Evelyn Edson
  • Dennis Gurtz
  • Bert Johnson
  • Edward Oldfield
  • Luke Vavra
  • David Williams
  • Thomas A. Wolf
  • Cassandra Farrell, Library of Virginia Liaison
  • Dan Stackhouse, Library of Virginia Foundation Liaison

LVA Map Links

Adopt Virginia's History

Many of the Library's maps are in desperate need of conservation and restoration before they can be released for use.  These maps are available for adoption through our Adopt Virginia's History program.  Any donation of $100 or more towards the conservation of a map will be noted in the maps catalog record, and a card noting the adoption will be placed with the map.  Additionally, you will receive a handsome certificate recognizing your contribution.  For more information and a list of maps in current need of conservation, please call Dan Stackhouse at (804) 692-3813 

Sponsorship Opportunities

The Fry Jefferson Map Society relies on the support of local businesses to support its mission and programming.  For information on the benefits of sponsoring a Map Society program, please call Dan Stackhouse.