Box 1
Contains 39 Results:
List of Contents, September 2021
A full list of collection contents including bibliographic details.
Curriculum Vitae/Resume, 1980-2019
Karen Severud (Pearson) Cook’s 1980 resume includes her cartographical work history. The 2019 resume focuses on library work.
Biographical Statements and Photographs, 2009 - May 1, 2017
Cartographer and Illustrator (1) [with slides], September 1972 - 1982
Includes maps of early European settlement of Virginia and of an early mission in Alaska, slides of maps for a lecture on the Geology and mineral deposits in Alaska, along with a spiral bound copy of the “State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources Professional Report 81: Snow Avalanche Atlas, Seward Highway, South-Central Alaska” by G.D. March and L.G. Robertson, in which Cook created all of the maps.
Cartographer and Illustrator (2), 1982-1984
Includes DENA’INA ELENA, a publication of the Alaska Native Language center in which Karen (Pearson) Cook created all of the maps, and the following publications in which Cook created all of the maps and diagrams: Geologic Hazards of the Fairbanks Area, Alaska, Short Notes on Alaska Geology, and Alaska’s Resource Inventory 1984.
Cartographer and Illustrator (3), 1985-2000
Cartographic Handbooks, March 14, 1982-1983
Includes a photocopy of Handbook for Geologic Cartography and a photocopy about its development and design.
Reports about Conferences, October 1992-2004
Reports on conferences in Berlin and Freiberg, Germany, along with programs from the conferences, and a report on a conference in Portland, Maine.
Book Reviews, 1988-2021
Photocopies of book reviews, most of which were published in Oxford University’s Imago Mundi.
Obituaries and Biographies of Cartographers and Map Librarians, 2005-2018
Obituaries and remembrances for Arthur Robinson and Barbara McCorkle and a biography of August Peterman (1822-1878).
Exhibitions: Catalogs and Published Reports, 1981-2015
Includes an exhibition catalog for a University of Nebraska map exhibit “Portraits of the World” and photocopies of catalogs and reports of exhibitions created by Cook at the University of Nebraska and University of Kansas Libraries.
German Renaissance Geography Books Illustrated with Topographical Views and Maps [with slides], 1972-1982
A photocopy of the published article along with numbered notecards and slides for the lecture “Cartographic Implications of the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493,” and two photocopies of articles on maps in German Renaissance Geography books.
The Blind Map User: Tactual Maps, April 1974
An article published in The American Cartographer.
Lithographic Maps in the 19th Century Geographical Journals, 1978
A blue bound copy of Karen Louise Severud Pearson’s PhD dissertation.
History of Map Design and Production in Britain, France and Germany: The Color Revolution 1800-1900, 1980
A photocopy of an article published by Karen Pearson.
History of Color in Cartography: General, 1980-1987
A 50-page typewritten manuscript written by Ulla Ehrensvaard and edited by Karen Cook called “Color in Cartography: An Historical Survey” and a 23-page published version.
History of Map Design and Production: Mechanization in the 19th Century, 1983
A typewritten pre-publication and a post publication form of “Mechanization and the Area Symbol.”
History of Cartography in America: Map Printing during the Era of Great Plains Exploration and Settlement, 1983
A 32-page typewritten paper with maps pasted in.
Cartographic Information Sources, 1990-1995
Includes scientific, geological, and international map source lists that Cook contributed to or compiled and wrote entirely.
History of Cartography: World War II, 1990
“Drawn by our special war artist,” an article published in The Map Collector.
"History of Cartography in America: Benjamin Franklin and the Snake that Would Not Die", 1996
Includes two presentation versions and the published version of this essay in Images and Icons of the New World: Essays on American Cartography, The British Library Journal edited by Karen Severud Cook and a British Library Journal pamphlet advertising it as an upcoming publication, along with a color plate and a photocopy of the snake images used in the article.
Teaching Cartography: The Colorado Landscape Project, October 18, 1999
Printed presentation dealing with cartography/GIS and classroom/library interfaces.
History of Map Design and Production: 19th and 20th Century Photomechanical Techniques, 2003
Photocopied article published in the Journal of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.
History of Australian Exploration and Settlement: “Lost” Dutch Colony in Australia, 2000-2008
Draft and published versions of articles, along with a printed PowerPoint presentation.
Australian Exploration and Settlement: Hermannsburg Mission in Central Australia, 2005-2007
Two essay presentations, one with the accompanying printed color images.