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Vexillum, September 2018, No. 3 Research and news of the North American Vexillological Association September 2018 No. Recherche et nouvelles de l’Association nord-américaine de vexillologie Septembre 2018 3 INSIDE Page Editor’s Note 2 President’s Column 3 NAVA Welcomes New Members: January–July 2018 3 Incorporating NAVA News and Flag Research Quarterly Nominating Committee Report and Candidate Profiles 4 Letters 7 Flag Humor—World Cup Mashup Flags 8 The Banners The Banners of Yale 9 New Flag: Sioux Falls, South Dakota 14 9 of Yale The Flags and Arms of Iceland 16 NAVA 52 and NAVA Annual Meeting Notice 24 The Flags and Arms of Iceland 16 Top: The flag of Yale University. Right: The flag of Iceland. Source: ShutterStock 2 | September 2018 • Vexillum No. 3 September / Septembre 2018 Number 3 / Numéro 3 Editor's Note | Note de la rédaction Dear Reader: In 2018, there are so many ways to learn about flags that it is almost impossible to Research and news of the North American keep up with them all. While our connected world has many advantages, one drawback Vexillological Association / Recherche et nouvelles de l’Association nord-américaine is its lack of permanence. Valuable information that is posted on an apparently stable de vexillologie. Published quarterly / Publié website disappears overnight. Tidbits that are relayed in a comments thread are pushed quatre fois par an. into irretrievability by later posts and ripostes. It can be difficult to trace the history and Please submit correspondence and provenance of vexillological research that is published online. submissions to / Veuillez envoyer toute correspondance à l’adresse suivante: Current members of NAVA are privileged to inherit a long history of vexillological Vexillum, Post Office Box 55071 #58049, scholarship. From its earliest days the association published a newsletter (NAVA News), Boston, Mass. 02205-5071 USA; followed by the journal Raven, and then Flag Research Quarterly, and now Vexillum. Back [email protected] issues are available in many libraries as well as on NAVA’s website, www.nava.org. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / RÉDACTEUR EN CHEF This enduring legacy of vexillological scholarship is just one of the many reasons all Steven A. Knowlton vexillologists should be NAVA members. EDITORIAL BOARD / However, our scholarly history does not consist only of publications—our annual COMITÉ DE RÉDACTION meetings have provided more than fifty years worth of education, companionship, and John A. Lowe mutual support for North America’s vexillologists. Our estimable web editor, Pete Loeser, Christopher Maddish has underway a project to better document the history of our yearly gatherings. Please David B. Martucci visit http://nava.org/all-annual-meetings to see his fine work. Pete is still seeking additional Elijah Snow-Rackley information; for example, you may know something about featured tours or activities, Peter A. Ansoff (ex officio) names of attendees or organizing committee members, awards and honors, titles of talks, PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE / and the like, especially for meetings held in 1999 and earlier. Please contact Pete at COMITÉ DE PUBLICATION [email protected] with missing information and suggested updates. Steven A. Knowlton Despite NAVA’s excellent track record in publishing vexillological research, there have Chair / Directeur been occasional instances when a worthy talk from an annual meeting failed to see print. Stanley Contrades We are pleased to rectify one such oversight. In 1991, Gus Tracchia was presented an Anne M. Platoff honorary mention for the William Driver Award for his talk on “The Banners of Yale’s Kenneth Reynolds Residential Colleges.” We are pleased to present that paper, here retitled as “The Banners Peter A. Ansoff (ex officio) of Yale,” in the current issue of Vexillum. As a work presented in 1991, the paper necessarily NORTH AMERICAN VEXILLOLOGICAL omits discussion of certain changes in the number, names, and symbolism of Yale’s ASSOCIATION-ASSOCIATION NORD- residential colleges; we will publish an update in the next issue. AMÉRICAINE DE VEXILLOLOGIE Elsewhere, we are pleased to present another of Wim Schuurman’s studies on European Founded / Fondée en 1967 flag history, this time covering the tiny republic of Iceland. In more timely coverage, we Peter A. Ansoff also reveal the new flag of Sioux Falls, and enjoy some flag humor related to the recent President / Président soccer World Cup. And, as this is our last issue before voting begins in NAVA’s first-ever Luc V. Baronian First Vice President / Premier vice-président online election, we are pleased to present you with information about the candidates on the ballot. Steven A. Knowlton Second Vice President / Deuxième vice-président I look forward to meeting many of you in Québec City come October. It will be an Edward B. Kaye opportunity add yet again to the long history of NAVA and vexillology. Secretary / Secrétaire James J. Ferrigan III Steve Knowlton Treasurer / Trésorier Editor, Vexillum © 2018 North American Vexillological Association- Association nord-américaine de vexillologie. All rights reserved / Tous droits réservés. The opinions expressed by individual articles in this publication belong to their authors and do not necessarily represent those of the editor or the Association / Les opinions exprimées dans la présente publication n’engagent que leurs auteurs et ne sont pas nécessairement celles de l’éditeur ou de l’Association. Recherche et nouvelles de l’Association nord-américaine de vexillologie Vexillum No. 3 • septembre 2018 | 3 President’s Column | Chronique du président Dear fellow NAVAns, By the time you read this, NAVA will be on the verge of a different from the one that was founded in 1967. We are historic event: election of its leaders by the popular vote of bigger, more diverse, and more complex. We can’t go back— the entire world-wide membership. Along with establishing we need to work out ways in which we can accommodate our fundamental fairness among members, this will have another members’ interests without compromising our principles of important effect: it will encourage the executive board to focus apolitical scholarship. I don’t think that there’s a magic bullet even more on the expectations and desires of the members. that will accomplish this. What we need instead is a common To channel Sellar and Yeatman’s 1066 and All That, this understanding—perhaps in the form of a revision to our articles will certainly be a Good Thing. and/or bylaws—that will allow us to face the future together as a However, it will make it more “peaceable kingdom.” As I’ve said in previous columns and other urgent for the board to address the venues, we need everyone’s help in figuring out how to do this. issues that I raised in my previous Meanwhile, planning for our NAVA 52 meeting in Québec column: How do we align NAVA’s City continues apace. As you’ve seen on the web site, we have goals and priorities with the desires a fine variety of presentations on the agenda—so many, in fact, of the membership? How do we synchronize the stated purposes that we’ve had to tweak the schedule to accommodate them. of our organization with the need to retain current members, It should be a great weekend, and we hope to see you there. attract new members, and maintain a “big tent” for those with Meanwhile, please enjoy Vexillum 3! varied flag-related interests? I don’t know the answers to those questions, but I have an Peter Ansoff idea of where the discussion needs to begin. We all need to face President, NAVA the fact that today’s NAVA is qualitatively and quantitatively [email protected] NAVA Welcomes New Members: January–July 2018 Jeremy Aston Everett, Wash. Jonathan Epstein Brooklyn, N.Y. Kazutaka Nishiura Natori shi, Miyagi ken, Josh Barber Waco, Tex. Francis Falbey, Jr. Houston, Tex. Japan Erik Barillari Arlington, Va. Jane Foreman Houston, Ohio Julian Okun-Dubitsky Montclair, N.J. Roger Barnett Portsmouth, R.I. Ryan Gentry San Antonio, Tex. Noah Osterhage Hinsdale, Ill. Lee Beneze Edwardsville, Ill. Alexander Gilkey Birmingham, Mich. Grant Owens Olathe, Kans. Dave Berger Minnetonka, Minn. Tucker Gladden Madison, Miss. Rachel Phelan Dublin, Ireland John Bertrand Québec, Qué. Michael Gray Durham, N.C. Max Pollack Raleigh, N.C. Michael Bortner Tiburon, Cal. Adam Green Yellow Springs, Ohio David Powell Manlius, N.Y. Allyssa Boyer Mechanicsburg, Pa. Kevin Guernier Hamden, Conn. Cade Prutzman Moore, Okla. Joshua Buchanan Blacksburg, Va. Nathan Hanes, Sr. Columbus, Ohio Tom Ralph Sugar Land, Tex. Matthew Butenhoff Venice, Fla. Nicolas Hugot St. Pierre et Miquelon Reese Richardson Woodridge, Ill. William Butler Mount Pleasant, S.C. Kaivan Jesung San Jose, Cal. Joe Rockenbach Silver Spring, Md. Emmett Cashman Worcester, Mass. Chris Johnson St. Cloud, Minn. Tanner Schut Grand Rapids, Mich. Eric Chow Anaheim, Cal. Ahmad Kurnia Palembang, Indonesia Douglas Schuurman Northfield, Minn. Lori Chow Anaheim, Cal. Walter Lauridsen Des Moines, Iowa Nick Shatraw New York, N.Y. Bard Cosman La Jolla, Cal. Marianne Loeser Morgan Hill, Cal. Shreyas Tallamraju Bolingbrook, Ill. Gary Craig Merriam, Kans. Andre Madrid Miami, Fla. Luca Tedesco Winchester, Mass. Scarlett Crawford Vermillion, S.D. Rachel Mattioli Folsom, Cal. Teo Andres Valerio Davao City, Philippines Kate Cushman McMinnville, Ore. Brian McKinley Salem, Ore. Jackson Vincent Kingwood, Tex. François Denis Nivelles, Belgium Patrick Melroy Santa Barbara, Cal. Dave Willer St. Catharines, Ont. Jason Depew Hutchinson, Kans. Steve Miller Tallahassee, Fla. Sam Dummer Round Lake Beach,
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