Tuesday March 9, 2010 :The Tangier American Legation Institute (TALIM)
The Many Faces of the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM)
Tuesday March 9, 2010
6:30 pm-Networking; 7:00 pm-Program; 8:00 pm- Networking
Location: Johns Hopkins University, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) 1740 Massachusetts Ave,
NW Washington, DC 20036, Kenney Auditorium.

Panelists:
Dr. I William Zartman, President, TALIM
Dr. Diane Ponasik, Secretary, TALIM
Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director of Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Smithsonian Institution.
The Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) is the only historic landmark of the United States located abroad, designated as such by the U. S. Department of the Interior. From 1821 until 1956, the U.S. diplomatic mission to Morocco was located here in the old walled Medina of Tangier. With the end of the French and Spanish Protectorates in 1956, all diplomatic missions moved from Tangier to the capital, Rabat. The American Legation building continued as the Consulate General for another five years until a new Consulate General was built outside the old Medina. For the next fourteen years, the historic building served as an Arabic language school for American diplomats and then as the Peace Corps training center. With the US Bicentennial Celebration in 1976, the Old American Legation (as it is known in Tangier) was renovated and twenty-five of the Legation's rooms, furnished with maps, prints and paintings from collections by Donald Angus and Marguerite McBey. Now at 45 rooms, 500 works of art, a library of 8000 volumes, and 15 public galleries, the Legations serves as a museum, research Center, Conference facility, and Community center for the American and Moroccan communities. The Tangier American Legation Museum Society (TALMS) changed its name in 2008 to Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM).
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Welcome and Introduction by Dr. I William Zartman, President
The Legation as a Historical Property and Museum by Dr. Diane Ponasik, Author of Tangier, a historical novel about Morocco. It is set at the Legation in Tangier and covers the period 1880-1912, just before the establishment of the French Protectorate.
The Legation is the only National Historic Trust Property outside the U.S. From 1821 to the end of the French protectorate in 1956, the American Consulate in Tangier served as our diplomatic mission to Morocco. The 45 room complex is filled with engravings and paintings that are attractively displayed in its well-appointed public galleries.
The Museum preserves the heritage of America and Morocco, reminding visitors of the long and friendly relationship with this moderate North African nation.
The Legation as a research Center by Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director of Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Smithsonian Institution.
The TALIM Research Library is one of the most important libraries specializing on Morocco. It consists of 8,000 works: 40% in English; 30% in French; 10% in Spanish and 5% in Arabic as well as a collection in Portuguese. The library is comprised of: books, theses, monographs, periodicals, microfilm, maps, newspapers, and photographs. Of particular note are: the collection of more than 100 antique maps on the Mediterranean region; a bound newspaper collection covering the period 1884-1960; American consular correspondence with the Department of State (1797-1906); foreign travel accounts (17th to the 19th century); the official bulletin of the Protectorate period (1913-1942); a section on Operation Torch (the Allied landings in North Africa in 1942); and the Western Sahara Issue. In Morocco the TALIM Research Library is considered a primary reference library for university faculties in the area. (law, economics, science, literature). As the representative of The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) in Morocco, TALM has hosted many AIMS conferences on a wide variety of subjects -the status of women in North Africa, the walled Arab city in history, environmental issues, language in North Africa, North African literature, and in 2004 a conference on Rethinking the Jewish Presence in North Africa . The AIMS Maghribi scholar program administered in Morocco by TALM, compliments this objective by offering short term grants to Tunisian and Algerian scholars to conduct research in Morocco.
The Legation as a Community Center by Dr. I William Zartman, President, TALIM
The Tangier American Legation Museum (TALIM) has conducted a popular program for neighborhood women consisting of Arabic literacy instruction, sewing/handicraft classes for profit, foreign language classes taught by volunteers, and a lecture series on health, civic responsibilities, and culture. TALIM cooperates with a number of local associations such as Rotary Club, Micro-credit Foundation of the North, and the Tangier Medina Foundation-who have contributed to the activities.
For more Information: contact Tim Resch at timresch@gmail.com or phone: 703 470 3166
This event is one of many celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Washington Moroccan-Ameican Club. Details at http://wmc20.org
Press: Maghreb Arab Press
La Légation américaine de Tanger, une illustration des relations séculaires Maroc-USA (Zartman)
Washington, 10/03/10- Plus qu'un musée ou un centre culturel, la Légation américaine de Tanger représente une illustration des relations séculaires liant le Maroc et les Etats-Unis, a affirmé le président du Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALM), William Zartman lors d'une rencontre à Washington autour de l'histoire singulière de ce monument.
Cet édifice a toujours joué un rôle de "témoin du développement réalisé par le Maroc, notamment sous le règne de SM le Roi Mohammed VI", a déclaré M. Zartman à la MAP à l'issue de cette rencontre, qui s'inscrit dans le cadre des festivités inscrits dans le cadre du 20ème anniversaire du Washington Moroccan Club (WMC).
Le Maroc, selon ce professeur de l'Université John Hopkins, est un "pays éclairé sur la voie du progrès et de la modernisation et nous sommes heureux d'y être associés".
Nonobstant sa vocation de "point de liaison pour les chercheurs américains", la Légation américaine de Tanger s'est toujours fixée pour tâche de s'ouvrir sur son environnement immédiat, et partant, sur la société marocaine", a encore relevé M.Zartman.
A l'heure actuelle, la légation américaine de Tanger est considérée comme l'unique monument historique américain situé en dehors des Etats-Unis et la première représentation diplomatique américaine dans le Royaume.
En 1777, le Maroc fut le premier pays à reconnaître officiellement l'indépendance des Etats-Unis d'Amérique par le Sultan Moulay Abdellah et en symbole de cette nouvelle amitié le Sultan Moulay Slimane décida en 1821 d'offrir à l'Amérique, en la personne de son président James Monroe, une représentation diplomatique à Tanger.
Ainsi, durant plus de 140 ans et jusqu'en 1976, ce don du Maroc allait abriter une représentation consulaire et diplomatique américaine avant d'être reconverti en musée.
La légation américaine acquit sa plus grande renommée sous le consulat de Maxwell Blake, qui, arrivé à Tanger en 1910, y séjourna pendant 25 ans en tant que représentant des Etats Unis.
En 1976, à l'occasion du bicentenaire de l'indépendance des Etats-Unis, des dons privés collectés auprès d'amis et de nostalgiques de la perle du Détroit ont rendu possible la création d'une fondation qui a converti la légation américaine en musée et centre culturel.
Ce musée présente une abondance de gravures et de cartes anciennes du nord de l'Afrique, du mobilier et des peintures de James McBey, Yves Brayer, Charles Baskerville, Cecil Beaton et de Stewart Church.
Certaines oeuvres exposées s'intéressent à l'histoire du Maroc depuis le XVIIIème siècle, alors que d'autres évoquent le Royaume tel que perçu par Delacroix ou Matisse.
Le musée abrite également une intéressante bibliothèque spécialisée dans l'histoire du Maroc et du Maghreb et a été restauré en 1920 peu avant que Tanger ne soit placée sous mandat international (1906-1956).
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Friday March 12, 2010 RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MOROCCO
5: 30pm-6:00pm - Registration and Networking 6:00pm-6:30pm - Presentation and Discussion 6:30pm-7:30pm -
Networking, Hors d'oeuvres and beverages
Join the High Atlas Foundation for a conversation about rural development in Morocco, and learn more about their socio-economic and environmental projects.
Saturday March 13, 2010 WMC Youth Fine Arts Event & Poetry Slam
Time : 4:30 - 7:30 PM
McLean Community Center
Location: , 1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, VA
Chair & Contact: Annalisa Assaadi, ajassaadi@gmail.com
Phone # 703 609 3666
Co Chairs: Amal Lafhal & Meryem Boulale
Register Now age 7 to 17 ! ajassaadi@gmail.com
Saturday, March 27, 2010: Youth 2k Morocco/USA Fun Run
Location: Dunbar High School Stadium
Address: 201 N St., NW, Washington, DC 20001
Mount Vernon Metro - Time: 3pm
Chair: Driss Benmhend, benmhend.driss@epa.gov
















































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The Many Faces of the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM)Tuesday March 9, 2010 6:30 pm-Networking; 7:00 pm-Program; 8:00 pm- Networking
Location: Johns Hopkins University, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) 1740 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC 20036, Kenney Auditorium.
Panelists:
Dr. I William Zartman, President, TALIM
Dr. Diane Ponasik, Secretary, TALIM
Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director of Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Smithsonian Institution.
The Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) is the only historic landmark of the United States located abroad, designated as such by the U. S. Department of the Interior. From 1821 until 1956, the U.S. diplomatic mission to Morocco was located here in the old walled Medina of Tangier. With the end of the French and Spanish Protectorates in 1956, all diplomatic missions moved from Tangier to the capital, Rabat. The American Legation building continued as the Consulate General for another five years until a new Consulate General was built outside the old Medina. For the next fourteen years, the historic building served as an Arabic language school for American diplomats and then as the Peace Corps training center. With the US Bicentennial Celebration in 1976, the Old American Legation (as it is known in Tangier) was renovated and twenty-five of the Legation's rooms, furnished with maps, prints and paintings from collections by Donald Angus and Marguerite McBey. Now at 45 rooms, 500 works of art, a library of 8000 volumes, and 15 public galleries, the Legations serves as a museum, research Center, Conference facility, and Community center for the American and Moroccan communities. The Tangier American Legation Museum Society (TALMS) changed its name in 2008 to Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM).
***
Welcome and Introduction by Dr. I William Zartman, President
The Legation as a Historical Property and Museum by Dr. Diane Ponasik, Author of Tangier, a historical novel about Morocco. It is set at the Legation in Tangier and covers the period 1880-1912, just before the establishment of the French Protectorate.
The Legation is the only National Historic Trust Property outside the U.S. From 1821 to the end of the French protectorate in 1956, the American Consulate in Tangier served as our diplomatic mission to Morocco. The 45 room complex is filled with engravings and paintings that are attractively displayed in its well-appointed public galleries.
The Museum preserves the heritage of America and Morocco, reminding visitors of the long and friendly relationship with this moderate North African nation.
The Legation as a research Center by Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director of Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Smithsonian Institution.
The TALIM Research Library is one of the most important libraries specializing on Morocco. It consists of 8,000 works: 40% in English; 30% in French; 10% in Spanish and 5% in Arabic as well as a collection in Portuguese. The library is comprised of: books, theses, monographs, periodicals, microfilm, maps, newspapers, and photographs. Of particular note are: the collection of more than 100 antique maps on the Mediterranean region; a bound newspaper collection covering the period 1884-1960; American consular correspondence with the Department of State (1797-1906); foreign travel accounts (17th to the 19th century); the official bulletin of the Protectorate period (1913-1942); a section on Operation Torch (the Allied landings in North Africa in 1942); and the Western Sahara Issue. In Morocco the TALIM Research Library is considered a primary reference library for university faculties in the area. (law, economics, science, literature). As the representative of The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) in Morocco, TALM has hosted many AIMS conferences on a wide variety of subjects -the status of women in North Africa, the walled Arab city in history, environmental issues, language in North Africa, North African literature, and in 2004 a conference on Rethinking the Jewish Presence in North Africa . The AIMS Maghribi scholar program administered in Morocco by TALM, compliments this objective by offering short term grants to Tunisian and Algerian scholars to conduct research in Morocco.
The Legation as a Community Center by Dr. I William Zartman, President, TALIM
The Tangier American Legation Museum (TALIM) has conducted a popular program for neighborhood women consisting of Arabic literacy instruction, sewing/handicraft classes for profit, foreign language classes taught by volunteers, and a lecture series on health, civic responsibilities, and culture. TALIM cooperates with a number of local associations such as Rotary Club, Micro-credit Foundation of the North, and the Tangier Medina Foundation-who have contributed to the activities.
For more Information: contact Tim Resch at timresch@gmail.com or phone: 703 470 3166
This event is one of many celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Washington Moroccan-Ameican Club. Details at http://wmc20.org
I am trying to find a marriage certificate and a marriage application for my grandmother, an American citizen, who married a much younger man, who was her bellboy in Madrid, and 30 years her junior. Can you advise me where to go to get such information. Her name was Grace Stark Bauer and James O. Rosillo on October 16, 1951 in Tangier. Neither were Moroccan and I know she was a Christian, and I think he was also a Christian.
Can you refer me to a local library, goverment office, genealogist, or lawyer who could send me copies of these documents. I am trying to find the birthdate and place of birth for James for genealogical purposes.
Thanks for your time and effort.
John E. Hardy
Salt Lake City, UT 84120-3156