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Welcome to the website of the Scottsdale Corral of the Westerners!
The Scottsdale Corral of the Westerners is a group of western history enthusiasts who meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month for a dinner, book raffle, and short presentation on western history or culture. The dinner meetings are held at SRP's PERA Club near the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park (Click here for map). Non-members are highly welcome (but please make reservations).
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Next Meeting: Wed, May 26, 2010, 5:45PM
Mapping an Imaginary Arizona:
George Avey, Arizona Highways, and Illustrated Cartography
Dori Griffin
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From 1937 to 1972, George Avey served as the first art director of Arizona Highways, working in close partnership with editor Raymond Carlson. A former draftsman for the Arizona Highway Department, Avey drew maps, illustrations, and graphic marginalia for the magazine. The sheer bulk of his contributions infused the publication as a whole with his personal style. This style embraced a remarkably diverse collection of visual strategies suited to a variety of editorial purposes.
This paper focuses on an exploration of Avey’s maps. It documents the stylistic, rhetorical, and conceptual strategies characteristic of his cartographic illustrations. Avey’s work for Arizona Highways contributed to the popular, romanticized visualization of the state – as a scenic wonderland, an Indian habitat, and a marvelous built environment. Utilizing numerous examples from the author’s image collection, this paper highlights the ways in which Avey’s Arizona Highways maps constructed an imaginary Arizona.
Dori Griffin is a PhD candidate at ASU's Herberger Institute for Design + Arts. A version of this presentation won both the Val Avery Award (best paper by a graduate student) and the Friends of Arizona Archives (FAZA) Award (best use of archival research) at the recent 2010 Arizona-Nevada History Convention.
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Dinner Menu:
Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, Waldorf Salad, green beans and mushrooms, white cake for dessert.
Coffee, Decaf, Lemonade
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Reservations:
Please make reservations with Duff McGovern (480) 595-8605 fax (480) 595-8605 (when calling Duff, let it ring at least 8 times, machine picks up after 8 rings) or email Duff McGovern no later than noon on the Thursday before the meeting or send E-Mail to Charles Madigan. Cost: $20 per person.
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