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Title:
American Geographical Society of New York Records,
1723-2010, bulk 1854-2000
Creator: American Geographical Society of New York.
Quantity: 350.5 cubic ft. (445 boxes; including 363 safety film negatives, 271 nitrate negatives, 157 lantern slides, 45 glass negatives, 3 film reels, 1 audio reel, and 1 audio cassette); 114 oversize folders; 80 rolls; 72 oversize volumes; 60 digital text files (2.13 MB)
Call Number: AGSNY Archival Collection 1
Abstract: Records of the American Geographical Society of New York,
the only organization focused on bringing together academics, business people, those
who influence public policy (including leaders in local, state and federal
government, not-for-profit organizations and the media), and the general public for
the express purpose for furthering the understanding of the role of geography in our
lives. Founded in 1851, it is the oldest geographical organization in the U.S. The
collection includes meeting minutes, financial records, publications, maps,
correspondence, and records on expeditions, explorers, and other geographic
organizations and activities.
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Title:
Association of American Geographers Records, 1879-2013
Creator: Association of American Geographers
Quantity: 151 cubic ft. (364 boxes; including 3 audio reels, 4 CD-ROMs, and 1 DVD)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 23
Abstract: This collection contains the records of the Association
of American Geographers (AAG), an educational and scientific society whose purpose
is to advance the field of geography. The records provide details of programs,
meetings, selection and election of officials, and relationships with other
organizations. Includes correspondence, minutes, photographs, publications, and
reports.
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3)
Title:
Charles Warren Thornthwaite Papers, 1926-1995
Creator: Thornthwaite, Charles Warren, 1899-1963
Quantity: 6.5 cubic ft. (23 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 27
Abstract: Papers of Charles Warren Thornthwaite, a geographer and
climatologist. Thornthwaite worked as a professor at various universities and also
established the Laboratory of Climatology and C.W. Thornthwaite Associates, as
independent research and consulting institutions. Collection contains
correspondence, reports, reprints, and writings.
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Title:
John R. Mather Papers, 1949-2000
Creator: Mather, John R., 1923-2003
Quantity: 3 cubic ft. (5 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 30
Abstract: Papers of John R. Mather, a geographer and climatologist.
Mather worked with Charles Warren Thornthwaite and his research company, C.W.
Thornthwaite Associates, and was also the head of the geography department at the
University of Delaware. Collection contains correspondence, teaching materials, and
various writings.
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5)
Title:
Henry Grinnell Scrapbooks, 1849-1866
Creator: Grinnell, Henry, 1799-1874
Quantity: 2.3 cubic ft. (5 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 2
Abstract: This collection contains scrapbooks compiled by Henry
Grinnell, made up almost entirely of newspaper clippings from New York and London
papers. Also included are a few letters and pages from other publications. The
scrapbooks mainly document the expedition of Sir John Franklin, the rescue missions
to find him, and the Arctic region in general. Grinnell financed two rescue missions
to find Franklin as well as other scientific missions to the Arctic
region.
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6)
Title:
George W. Melville Scrapbooks, 1881-1903
Creator: Melville, George W. (George Wallace),
1841-1912
Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (3 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 7
Abstract: This collection includes four scrapbooks from the library
of George W. Melville. Three scrapbooks focus on Arctic exploration, including one
on the Jeannette Expedition, and another on the
"Drift Casks Project" for determining Arctic currents. A fourth scrapbook contains
Melville's personal correspondence.
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7)
Title:
Edmund Mills Scrapbooks, 1834-1919
Creator: Mills, Edmund, 1864-1920
Quantity: .5 cubic ft. (1 box); 2 volumes
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 16
Abstract: This collection contains four scrapbooks compiled by
Edmund Mills. The scrapbooks largely focus on Arctic expeditions and explorers, and
consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, illustrations, pamphlets, and book
excerpts.
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8)
Title:
Women in Geography Project Records, 1988-2010
Creator: Monk, Janice J.
Quantity: 2 cubic ft. (6 boxes; including 105 audio cassettes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 24
Abstract: Collection contains oral history interviews conducted by
Janice Monk from the late 1980s to the early 2000s with female geographers on their
experiences in the profession.
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9)
Title:
Departmental Histories Collection, 1973-2007
Creator: Comeaux, Malcolm L.
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 25
Abstract: Collection of articles and manuscripts describing the
history of geography departments at different universities in the U.S. and
Canada.
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10)
Title:
Clinton R. Edwards Papers, 1927-2000
Creator: Edwards, Clinton R., 1926-2009
Quantity: 4.8 cubic ft. (7 boxes; including 5 audio cassettes, 198 slides, and 861 safety film negatives)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 26
Abstract: Papers of Clinton Edwards, a geographer who specialized
in different types of primitive watercraft and the role they played in geographical
discovery, particularly in Latin America. Collection contains correspondence, notes,
research materials, writings, and reprints of early manuscripts.
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11)
Title:
Richard Hartshorne Papers, 1914-1992
Creator: Hartshorne, Richard, 1899-1992
Quantity: 3.2 cubic ft. (8 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 28
Abstract: The papers of Richard Hartshorne, a geographer who
specialized in political and economic geography, as well as the philosophy of
geography. He taught at the University of Minnesota and the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. The collection contains correspondence, writings, articles,
notes, and photographs.
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12)
Title:
Donald Q. Innis Papers, 1944-1988
Creator: Innis, Donald Q., 1924-1988
Quantity: 3.5 cubic ft. (5 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 29
Abstract: The papers of Donald Q. Innis, a Canadian geographer who
specialized in agricultural geography, particularly intercropping. The collection
contains correspondence, research, notes, writings, reprints, and teaching
materials.
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13)
Title:
Stephen Sargent Visher Papers, 1907-1971
Creator: Visher, Stephen Sargent, 1887-1967
Quantity: 3.2 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 31
Abstract: The papers of Stephen Sargent Visher, a geographer and
climatologist who taught at the University of Indiana. The collection primarily
contains correspondence, but includes manuscripts and teaching materials as
well.
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14)
Title:
Wilbur Zelinsky Papers, 1945-2013
Creator: Zelinsky, Wilbur, 1921-2013
Quantity: 22 cubic ft. (30 boxes; including 13,683 slides); 13 oversize folders
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 32
Abstract: Papers of Wilbur Zelinsky, a geographer who specialized
in culture and population. He taught for many years at The Pennsylvania State
University. The collection contains primarily correspondence of both a personal and
professional nature, reflecting Zelinsky's work in various areas of geography. Also
contains maps, research data, writings, and Zelinsky's extensive slide
collection.
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15)
Title:
Samuel P. Griffin Logbooks, 1850-1851
Creator: Griffin, Samuel P., 1826-1887
Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (1 box)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 33
Abstract: Two rough logbooks from the USS Rescue during its 1850-1851 search for the British explorer, Sir John
Franklin.
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16)
Title:
Francis A. Stout Scrapbooks, 1885-1892
Creator: Stout, Francis A., 1833-1892
Quantity: 3.5 cubic ft. (5 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 34
Abstract: Scrapbooks of Francis Stout, a wealthy New Yorker and
philanthropist, who was involved in numerous organizations and causes. The
scrapbooks pertain to the various aspects of creating the Nicaragua
Canal.
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17)
Title:
Herbert L. Warner Scrapbook, 1943-1945
Creator: Warner, Herbert L., 1900-
Quantity: .5 cubic ft. (1 box)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 1
Abstract: The collection consists of a single scrapbook documenting
Herbert L. Warner's work on the construction of the Alaskan-Canadian (ALCAN) Highway
from 1943 to 1945. Included are photographs, newspaper articles, and miscellaneous
personal documents.
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18)
Title:
Jacques M. May Papers, 1943-1960
Creator: May, Jacques M. (Jacques Meyer), b. 1896
Quantity: 2.5 cubic ft. (6 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 3
Abstract: This collection contains professional and personal papers of
Jacques M. May when he was the director of the Medical Geography Department at the American
Geographical Society. The collection includes research for the Atlas
of Disease, which was a series of maps, or plates, published by the American
Geographical Society during the 1950s. Medical statistics, preliminary maps, epidemiology of
diseases, bibliographies, and academic studies of diseases are included as research for the
Atlas of Disease. The Atlas of
Disease was originally to contain 25 plates; only 17 were published. Each plate
corresponds to a specific disease, or group of diseases. Other professional activities of
Jacques M. May are documented in the collection, along with a small amount of personal
correspondence and family photographs.
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19)
Title:
Isaiah Bowman Scrapbooks on Political Geography,
1921-1926
Creator: Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950
Quantity: 5 volumes
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 4
Abstract: Isaiah Bowman's Scrapbooks on Political Geography consist
primarily of newspaper and magazine clippings related to political geography and
international relations, collected in connection with subjects covered in his book
The New World: Problems in Political
Geography.
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20)
Title:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands
Inventory Records, 1971-1997
Creator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Quantity: 110 cubic ft. (110 boxes)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 5
Abstract: The National Wetlands Inventory records, dating from
February 1971 to November 1997, consist of primarily Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and selected records from Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky,
Nebraska, Texas, as well as a few Midwestern military base locations. Most folders
consist of an aerial photo transparency from National High Altitude Photography
(NHAP) and the National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP) and the National Wetlands
Inventory (NWI) original delineations taped over each photo drawn on Mylar. Included
in most folders is a USGS 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle. In some cases, there
are notes related to the creation of the NWI map on separate paper. In other cases,
the notes are made on the topographic quadrangles themselves.
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21)
Title:
Frank Place Scrapbooks of Trail Clippings, 1908-1950
Creator: Place, Frank, 1880-1959
Quantity: 17 volumes
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 6
Abstract: This scrapbook collection contains trail clippings,
collected by Frank Place, related to walking. The clippings are primarily from
newspapers, magazines, and books from the New York and New Jersey area.
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22)
Title:
Henry G. Bryant, Eighth International Geographic
Congress Scrapbook, 1904-1906
Creator: Bryant, Henry G. (Henry Grier), 1859-1932
Quantity: 1 volume
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 8
Abstract: This scrapbook, compiled by Henry G. Byrant, primarily
documents Bryant's involvement in the Eighth International Geographic Congress and
the Geographical Society of Philadelphia.
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23)
Title:
Delia West Marble Scrapbooks, 1874-1890
Creator: Marble, Delia West
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 9
Abstract: This collection consists of two scrapbooks, compiled by
Delia West Marble. One scrapbook relates to Arctic exploration from 1874 to 1884;
the other to exploration in Africa from 1889 to 1890.
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24)
Title:
William Osgood Field Papers, 1927-1992
Creator: Field, William O. (William Osgood),
1904-1994
Quantity: 4.0 cubic ft. (9 boxes); 1 oversize folder; 47 film reels
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 10
Abstract: Papers, mostly dating from the late 1920s and early
1930s, of geographer and glaciologist William Osgood Field. Most of the collection
deals with his travels to the remote Transcaucasia region of the Soviet Union,
containing films, photographs, and notes.
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25)
Title:
Geopress Scrapbooks, 1939-1941
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box)
Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 11
Abstract: This collection consists of three scrapbooks containing
clippings from Geopress, a cartographic news agency.
The scrapbooks include maps and information about various geographic areas,
particularly those associated with World War II.
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