NAVA 11 / ICV 7

The NAVA 11 / ICV 7 Flag:

This special flag, designed by Steve Stringfellow of Chicago, shows the NAVA colors (blue, red, and white) in an abstract emblem resembling a lowercase "n", the "77" in 1977, and the number "11" displayed on a blue field.  The selection jury, appointed at the NAVA meeting at Baltimore, comprised Paul Chadbourne Mills, director of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, who acted as chairman; Anders Holmquist, artist and flag designer of New York City; and James Clark of Bel Air, Maryland.

Meeting flag description from Flag Research Quarterly 11: The Flags of NAVA

Organizing Committee: Whitney Smith

Significant Events:

• The 7th International Congress of Vexillology was held in 1977, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the American flag and the 10th anni­versary of both NAVA and FIAV (Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques/International Federation of Vexillological Associations).
• NAVA 11 / ICV 7 was the second joint meeting of NAVA and FIAV.
• The flags of NAVA's officers, designed by Whitney Smith Ph.D., were introduced at this annual meeting.

The Presentations:

• Capturing the Motion of a Flag in Painting and Sculpture – Rita Blitt.
• The Standard Flag of America and the World Columbian Exposition – Thomas Pinto.
• Tumbling Waters Museum of Flags: Progress With a Purpose – Michael Panhorst.
• A British Flag in Schaffhausen, Switzerland – Casimir de Rham.
• The Flag Collection of the Military Historical Museum in Vienna – Franz Kaindl.
• Canadian Military Flags – Harold Diceman.
• Municipal Flags Along the Zuiderzee Coast in the Netherlands – Klaes Sierksma.
• Flags and 'Good Causes': A Functional Dilemma – Arnold Rabbow.
• The Struggle for a 'Pure' Norwegian Flag: Symbolism and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century – Hans Cappelen.
• Development of Military Flags in the Thirty Years' War – Arthur E. Etchells.
• Problems of Flag Terminology and Standardization – Atle Grahl-Madsen.
• A Contribution to the History of the Swedish Flag – Paul Warming.
• New Glory: An Update – Paul C. Mills.
• Postal Banners – Zach Hirsch.
• Flag Strife Over Berlin: A Follow­Up – Arnold Rabbow.
• Spanish Flags in the American War of Independence – Norberto Gutierrez.
• Banners and Flags of the Chinese Army and Navy in 1883 – Lucien Philippe.
• Flags of Independence in the South – Helen Sadtler.
• Vexilloloqical Adventures in Africa – James Croft.
• The Significance of Trade and Shipping Agreements for the Flag System – Ottfried Neubecker.
• Problems of Flag Research: A Look at the Origins and Evolution of the Furlong­-McCandless History of the United States Flag – Harold D. Langley.
• Flags: Problems in Conservation – Grace Rogers Cooper.
• Protecting and Displaying Our Vanishing Flag Heritage – Charles E. Brannon.
• Flags of Rank, Command, and Dignity in the United States Navy, 1777–1977 – John Lyman.
• The Moro Flag and the Battle Flags of the Confederacy: Two Problems in Inductive and Quantitative Research Techniques as Applied to Vexillology – M. Howard Madaus.
• Flags of Mexico – John Cross.
• History of the Canadian Flag – D. Ralph Spence.
• Statistical Analysis of Flags – Martin O'Malley.

Special Handout: A separate NAVA publication, not a presentation, was distributed to attendees.

• Flags by H. Wescher

Attendees: (39+)

Flag image drawn by Clay Moss – Flag photo from Flag Research Quarterly 11: The Flags of NAVA