Summary Information
Clinton R. Edwards Papers
1927-2000
- Edwards, Clinton R., 1926-2009
AGSL Manuscript Collection 26
4.8 cubic ft. (7 boxes; including 5 audio cassettes, 198 slides, and 861 safety film negatives)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, American Geographical Society Library (Map)
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.
English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-agsl-agslmss0026
Biography/History
Clinton R. Edwards was born on April 26, 1926 in Washington, D.C., and was raised in
California. Edwards joined the U.S. Navy in 1944 and served until 1947. He attended
the University of California, Berkeley, earning his bachelor's, master's, and
doctoral degrees in geography there. He taught at the University of Virginia for a
few years before moving to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1966. He
remained at UWM for 35 years, and retired in 2001. Edwards chaired the Geography
Department from 1972-1975, and was one of the voices that advocated bringing the
American Geographical Society Library to Milwaukee. Edwards died on November 24,
2009.
Edwards' research, squarely in the Carl Sauer academic tradition, focused upon
primitive watercraft and their relevance to cultural processes; early maritime
technology and its role in discovery; and eventually, the nature and process of
discovery itself. The regional emphasis was Latin America, especially the
Yucatán Peninsula. One of his focuses in particular was Christopher Columbus
and the discovery of the New World, and he also did extensive work with the Relaciones Geográficas. In these matters he was a
recognized authority, partly because his inquiry was deeply informed by his lifelong
experience as a master boat-builder and blue water sailor.
Scope and Content Note
Scope and content notes of each series are provided in the contents list.
Arrangement of the Materials
The records are arranged into the following series:
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Lectures,
1991-1992
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Publications,
1959-1993
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Relaciones Geográficas, 1959-1974
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Research Aids,
1941-1993
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University Files,
1927-2000
The files are organized alphabetically by personal name or by subject, then
chronologically.
Preferred Citation
Citation Guide for Primary Sources
Related Material in the UWM Libraries
Administrative/Restriction Information
There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to
all members of the public in accordance with state law.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel,
privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection
(Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).
Clinton Edwards donated the collection to the American Geographical Society
Library in November 2007.
Norman Stewart processed the collection which was originally placed in with the
Association of American Geographers Records (AGSL Mss 23). Since then, the AGSL
processed this as a separate manuscript collection.
Contents List
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Series: 1. Lectures, 1991-1992
: This series contains materials on lectures that Edwards gave, particularly
for the quincentenary of Christopher Columbus discovering the New World, at
the University of California, Los Angeles. There are notes, correspondence,
illustrations, and slides.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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"Columbus's Navigation", 1991
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Miscellaneous, mapping and remote sensing,
undated
57 slides (35mm)
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Box
1
Folder
3
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"On Maritime Matters", undated
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Quintana Roo, Mexico, fieldwork slides,
undated
81 slides (35mm)
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UCLA
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Box
1
Folder
5
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"Columbus: The Face of the Earth in the Age of Discovery",
1991
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Box
1
Folder
6
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"Columbus: Navigation",
1991-1992
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Columbus Quincentenary Programs,
1992
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Box
1
Folder
8-9
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"Early Ship Building",
1991-1992
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Box
1
Folder
10
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notes and bibliography,
undated
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Summer Institute, photographs,
1991
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Series: 2. Publications, 1959-1993
: This series contains Edwards' publications and papers, such as articles he
wrote for various journals, materials for books, presentations he gave, and
other writings. It includes manuscripts, reprints, notes, and
correspondence. For Edwards' publications related to the Relaciones Geográficas, see Series 3.
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Papers
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Box
1
Folder
11
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"Aboriginal Sail in the New World",
1965
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Box
1
Folder
12
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"Columbus' Navigation: His Portuguese Mentors",
1992
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Box
1
Folder
13
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"Discovery of Mexico and the Meaning of Discovery",
undated
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Box
1
Folder
14
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"Early Mapping of the Yucatán Peninsula",
1986
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Box
1
Folder
15
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"European Discovery of Yucatán",
1987
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Box
1
Folder
16
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"Francisco Pizarro, Bartolomé Ruiz, the Raft, and the
Tierra Buena", undated
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Box
1
Folder
17
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"Hypotheses on the Role of Watercraft in Southeast Asian
Prehistory", 1968
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Box
1
Folder
18
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"Maps and Minds", 1985
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Box
1
Folder
19
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"Maps and the Columbian Encounter",
1992
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Box
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Folder
20
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"Maps and the Genesis of Columbus's Idea",
1992
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Box
1
Folder
21
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"Maps Before and After Columbus",
1993
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Box
1
Folder
22
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miscellaneous presentations and papers, 1982-1992,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
23
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"Nautical Technology and Maritime Routes in Mesoamerica",
1972
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Box
1
Folder
24
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"Navigation in the Period of European Discoveries",
undated
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Box
1
Folder
25
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"Objective of Pizarro's Third Voyage Toward Peru",
1991
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Box
1
Folder
26
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"Perspectives on Ancient Mariners",
1964
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Box
1
Folder
27
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"Peruvian Sailing Rafts: Problems of Their Origin",
1959
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Box
1
Folder
28
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"Possibilities of Pre-Columbian Maritime Contacts Among New
World Civilizations", 1967-1971
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Box
1
Folder
29
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"Pre-Columbian Maritime Contact Between Mesoamerica and the
Andean Highlands", 1976
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Box
1
Folder
30
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"Questions on Maritime Trade of Pre-Columbian Peru",
1975
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Box
1
Folder
31
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"South American Log Rafts",
undated
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Box
1
Folder
32
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"Treasures of the American Geographical Society Collection",
1983
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Publications
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Box
1
Folder
33
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"Aboriginal Sail in the New World",
1965
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Box
1
Folder
34-35
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Aboriginal Watercraft on the Pacific
Coast of South America,
1963-1965
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Box
1
Folder
36
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book reviews, 1973-1994
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Box
1
Folder
37
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commentary in Man Across the
Sea, 1971
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Box
1
Folder
38
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"Commercial Sail and Small Fishing Craft of Western South
America", 1967
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Box
1
Folder
39
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"Design and Construction of 15th Century Iberian Ships",
1992
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Box
1
Folder
40
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"Discoveries of Mexico and the Meaning of Discovery",
1986
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Box
1
Folder
41
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"Impact of European Overseas Discoveries on Ship Design and
Construction During the Sixteenth Century",
1992
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Box
1
Folder
42
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"Indians of Bodega-Tomales Region in California",
1969
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Box
1
Folder
43
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"Lancha Velera of Chiloé",
1966
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Box
1
Folder
44
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"New World Perspectives on Pre-European Voyaging in the
Pacific", 1969
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Box
1
Folder
45
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"Possibilities of Pre-Columbian Maritime Contacts Among New
World Civilizations", undated
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Box
1
Folder
46
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"Pre-Columbian Maritime Trade in Mesoamerica",
1974-1975
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Box
1
Folder
47
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"Recent Intensification of Resource Use in Quintana Roo,
Mexico", 1980
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Box
1
Folder
48
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referee on Carl Sauer's Northern
Mists, 1967
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Box
1
Folder
49
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"Sailing Rafts of Sechura",
1960
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Box
1
Folder
50
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"The Test of Time", 1992
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Box
1
Folder
51
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"Wandering Toponyms in California", correspondence and
manuscript, 1964-1966
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Box
6
Folder
1
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"Wandering Toponyms in California", maps, lists, and notes,
undated
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Series: 3. Relaciones Geográficas,
1959-1974The Relaciones Geográficas are a
remarkable testament to the efforts by the Spanish Crown to compile and
systematize basic information about its New World colonies. Beginning with a
questionnaire of 50 items in the 1570s (later ballooning to more than 300 in
the 1580s) regarding a wide range of natural, cultural, and demographic
phenomena, the administrative responses provide an extraordinary accounting
of peoples and places encountered in the process of conquest and
colonization. While they were given out in order for the Spanish to govern
more effectively, they can now be considered an early statistical study of
the New World. This collection consists of manuscript copies of most of the surviving Relaciones Geográficas known at the time
(1970s), personally garnered from the General Archive of the Indies
(Seville), major University Libraries, and other sources by Edwards. Also
included are Edwards' descriptions, notes, and analyses of the materials,
reprints of his publications, and ancillary materials, primarily reprints of
significant scholarly treatments of the Relaciones
Geográficas and their context. Especially noteworthy are
papers of historian Howard Cline, long-time Director of the Hispanic
Foundation of the Library of Congress, whose interest in the Relaciones Geográficas is reflected in his
publications, and especially in a copy of his card catalogue of relevant
documents from the General Archive of the Indies.
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Ancillary Materials
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Box
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Folder
52
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Bibliographic Aids, undated
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Cline, Howard F.
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Box
1
Folder
53-54
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archive card file copy,
1973
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Box
1
Folder
55
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correspondence,
1963-1973
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Box
1
Folder
56
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"List of Writings 1940-1967",
1967
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Box
1
Folder
57
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notes on Relaciones
Geográficas of South America,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
58
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"Relaciones
Geográficas: Geographic Aspects",
undated
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Box
1
Folder
59
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"Relaciones
Geográficas of the Spanish Indies 1577-1586",
1964
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Box
1
Folder
60
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Valladolid, Yucatán, reprints,
1959-1967
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Box
1
Folder
61
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Cabrero, Leoncio F., notes,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
62
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Genet, Jean, notes, undated
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Box
1
Folder
63
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Lanzas, Pedro Torres, notes and reprint,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
64
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Latorre, Germán, notes and reprint,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
65
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León Pinelo, Antonio de, notes and reprint,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
1-2
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reprints of articles,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Vilar, Sylvia, correspondence, notes, and reprint,
1970-1971
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Edward's Publications
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Box
2
Folder
4
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"Geographical Coverage of the Sixteenth Century Relaciones de Indias From South
America", manuscript and correspondence,
1978-1980
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"Mapping By Questionnaire"
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Box
2
Folder
5-7
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analytical notes to questions,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
8
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correspondence and research materials, 1969,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
9
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notes on eclipses of the moon,
1967
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Box
2
Folder
10-11
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"The Relaciones de
Yucatán as Sources for Historical Geography",
notes, reprint, and correspondence, 1974-1975,
undated
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General Files
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Bibliography, undated
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Correspondence, 1965-1992
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Handbook of Middle American Indians Project,
1962
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Box
2
Folder
15
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List of Colonial Governors 1577-1594,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
16
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"Lost Relaciones", undated
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Box
2
Folder
17
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Miscellaneous Lists, 1973,
undated
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Notes From
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Box
2
Folder
18
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Archivo General de Indias,
1972-1973
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Box
2
Folder
19
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Archivo General de Simancas,
1973
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Box
2
Folder
20
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Biblioteca Nacional de España,
1973
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Box
2
Folder
21
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Library of Congress,
1974
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Box
2
Folder
22
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University of Texas at Austin,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
23
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Questionnaire Translation Issue,
1968
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Box
2
Folder
24
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Responses to Instruction,
1973
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Box
2
Folder
25
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Review by Political Subdivision,
undated
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Manuscript Copies, Translations, and Notes by Region
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Box
2
Folder
26
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Argentina, 1973
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Box
2
Folder
27
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Bolivia, 1973
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Box
2
Folder
28-36
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Colombia, 1973
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Box
2
Folder
37
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Costa Rica, 1974
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Box
2
Folder
38
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Ecuador, 1973
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Box
2
Folder
39-41
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Guatemala, 1973, undated
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Mexico
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General
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Box
2
Folder
42
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Brand, Donald D.,
1962
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Box
2
Folder
43
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list of cabeceras,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
44
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Orozco, Federico Gomez de,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
45
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Stampa, Manuel Carrera,
1969
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Velasco, J. Lopez de,
1963
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Michoacán, undated
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Box
2
Folder
46
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Tabasco, undated
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Yucatán
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General
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Box
2
Folder
47
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Alomia, Gustavo Martinez,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
48
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Chi, Antonia G.,
undated
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Box
6
Folder
4
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lists, distribution, and notes,
1972
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Box
2
Folder
49
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royal instructions to governor,
undated
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Mérida
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Box
2
Folder
50
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analyses,
undated
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Box
6
Folder
5
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lists and notes,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
51
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locations,
undated
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Box
3
Folder
1-2
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manuscripts,
undated
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Valladolid
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Box
6
Folder
6
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dates and comparison,
undated
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Box
3
Folder
3
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general, undated
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Box
3
Folder
4-5
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manuscripts,
undated
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Peru, 1972-973
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Puerto Rico, 1973
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Box
3
Folder
7
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South America, undated
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Box
3
Folder
8-13
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Venezuela, 1973
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Series: 4. Research Aids, 1941-1993
: This series contains materials Edwards used in his research. Like the Relaciones Geográficas, it is primarily
composed of copies of articles and manuscripts, with notes on them and some
related correspondence. It also includes materials that supported his
research, such as audio/visual materials.
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Columbus
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Box
3
Folder
14
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Bartholomew's map, undated
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Box
3
Folder
15
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bibliography and historiography, 1992,
undated
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Box
3
Folder
16
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Cabot and Day, 1993, undated
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Box
3
Folder
17
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cartographic impact, undated
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Box
3
Folder
18
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centennials, 1989, undated
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Box
3
Folder
19
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Ferrara manuscript, undated
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Box
3
Folder
20
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general, undated
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Box
3
Folder
21
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grant proposal, translation of Columbian materials,
1992
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Box
3
Folder
22-24
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his ships, undated
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Box
3
Folder
25
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"Informatione de Bartolomé Colón",
1973
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Box
3
Folder
26
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landfall, 1989, undated
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Box
3
Folder
27
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navigation, 1941-1953,
undated
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Box
3
Folder
28
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Zorzi manuscript, undated
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General Files
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Box
3
Folder
29
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archives, undated
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Box
3
Folder
30-32
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bibliographies, 1965,
undated
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Box
3
Folder
33
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maritime museums, 1960-1962
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Box
3
Folder
34
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Peru, early accounts,
undated
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Box
3
Folder
35
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pilots, masters, and shipowners,
undated
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Box
3
Folder
36-37
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Mesoamerican and South American Trade and Contact,
1969-1971, undated
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Negatives, miscellaneous, 1964,
undated
861 safety film negatives
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Box
7
Folder
3
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News Reports, 1963
2 audio cassettes
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Photographs, ships, undated
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Box
4
Folder
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Pre-Columbian Cultural Diffusion, 1958-1966,
undated
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Box
4
Folder
2-3
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Peru, discovery and early voyages,
undated
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Primitive Watercraft
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Africa, undated
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Asia and Australia, 1962-1977,
undated
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Europe, 1979-1985, undated
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Box
4
Folder
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general, undated
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Box
4
Folder
8
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new world, 1992, undated
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Oceania, 1957-1961, undated
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Box
4
Folder
10-11
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South America, undated
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Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Box
4
Folder
12-13
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manuscripts, undated
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Box
7
Folder
5
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recordings, 1970
3 audio cassettes
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Slides, miscellaneous, 1970-1991,
undated
60 slides (35mm)
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Wandering Toponyms, undated
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Box
4
Folder
14-16
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Yucatán, discovery, undated
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Series: 5. University Files, 1927-2000
: This series is comprised of files on university matters, from Edwards' time
as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, to his teaching
career at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The series contains
correspondence, notes, writings, grant applications for research, and other
administrative records.
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Student at UC-Berkeley
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Box
4
Folder
17-18
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Correspondence from the Field,
1957-1958
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Field Notes
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Central America and Ecuador,
1958-1959
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Box
4
Folder
20
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lists, distribution, and glossary,
1957-1960
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Box
4
Folder
21
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Peru and Chile,
1958-1959
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Box
4
Folder
22
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Quintana Roo, 1970
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Box
4
Folder
23
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Lists and Dissertations,
1927-1967
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Box
4
Folder
24
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MA Thesis, "Quintana Roo: Mexico's Empty Quarter",
1957
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Box
4
Folder
25
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"On the New World Indigo",
undated
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Box
4
Folder
26
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PhD Announcements, 1936-1964
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Box
4
Folder
27-28
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PhD Dissertation, "Aboriginal Watercraft",
1965
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Sauer, Carl O.
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Box
4
Folder
29
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obituaries, reviews, and commentaries,
1975-2000, undated
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Box
4
Folder
30-31
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copies of articles, 1930-1981,
undated
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Box
5
Folder
1
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"Report on Integrated Study of Land Problems", copy,
undated
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Teaching and Administration
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Correspondence
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Andrews, Tony, 1988
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Buisseret, David, 1985
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Box
5
Folder
4
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building the schooner "Dennis Sullivan",
1992
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Box
5
Folder
5
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limestone quarry in Quintana Roo,
1989
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Box
5
Folder
6
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miscellaneous, 1965-1996
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Smith, Tom, 1982
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Box
5
Folder
8
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Geography 930, teaching materials, 1976-2000,
undated
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Grants
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Box
5
Folder
9
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"Columbus Project", Department of Education,
1985-1988
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Box
5
Folder
10
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"Environmental Impacts of Resource Mobilization",
National Science Foundation,
1977
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Box
5
Folder
11
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"First Spanish Landing in Mexico", National Geographic
Society, 1990
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Box
5
Folder
12
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"Small Mexican Coastal Watercraft", Fulbright-Hays
Program, 1972
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Box
5
Folder
13-14
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"South American Boats", Foreign Field Research Program,
1956-1973
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Lectures, miscellaneous,
undated
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Box
5
Folder
16
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Library Committee, 1983
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Box
5
Folder
17
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National Endowment for the Humanities, planning committee,
1990
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Box
5
Folder
18
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Review Editor, Current Geographical
Publications, 1982-1984
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