American Geographical Society of New York Records, 1723-2010,  (bulk bulk 1854-2000)

 
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Container Title
Subseries: 9C. Walter A. Wood, 1934-1979
Scope and Content Note: This subseries contains the papers of Walter Wood (1907-1993). The papers were donated to the AGS at an unknown time. Wood worked as a research assistant at the AGS from 1931-1938, was head of the Department of Exploration and Field Research from 1938-1942, and later president from 1957-1967. The collection dates mostly from 1950s-1960s and includes materials from his term as president, articles, and affiliations. Also included are expedition materials such as photographs and correspondence to places like Alaska and Canada.
American Geographical Society
Box   340
Folder   1
Anti-Miller Society (facetiae), 1962
Box   340
Folder   2
correspondence, 1964-1975
Box   340
Folder   3
council portfolio, 1967-1968
Box   340
Folder   4
election as president, congratulations, 1957
Box   340
Folder   5
Jobson Associates, fundraising purposes, 1966-1969
Box   345
Folder   1
medals, 1954-1969
Box   340
Folder   6
Serge Korff election as president, 1967
Box   340
Folder   7
School of Surveying Series No. 5, tables for the approximate determination for heights and distances, undated
Box   340
Folder   8
work on Louise A. Boyd photogrammetrical plates, 1934

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Articles about Wood
Box   340
Folder   9
Geographical Review, 1957
Box   340
Folder   10
Sierra Club Bulletin, 1949
Box   340
Folder   11
unidentified, undated
Articles by Associates
Box   340
Folder   12
"Environment of the Central Asian Highlands" by U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, circa 1970
Box   340
Folder   13
"Mountains and Mountaineering" by J. Monroe Thorington, 1967
Box   340
Folder   14
"Relative Strength of Triangulation Figures from a Non-Mathematical Point of View" by O.M. Miller, undated
Box   340
Folder   15
"Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta" by Donald W. Wadsworth, 1960
Box   340
Folder   16
"Sound and Fury" by Harrison Wood, 1936
Articles by Wood
Box   340
Folder   17
"Aerial Mountaineering: Wood Yukon Expedition", lecture, 1942
Box   340
Folder   18
"An Expression of Policy Respecting the Disposition of Historical Records Discovered in Connection with Mountain Ascents", American Alpine Club, 1949
Box   340
Folder   19
"Art of Mountaineering", Town and Country, 1961
Box   340
Folder   20
"Futurescope" (television show), Clark H. Getts Inc., 1953
Box   340
Folder   21
"George Hubert Wilkins", Geographical Review, 1959
Box   340
Folder   22
Hoosick Falls lecture, clippings, 1951-1952
Box   340
Folder   23
manuscript for Argosy, 1953
Box   341
Folder   1
Maurice Crettex article, 1950
Box   341
Folder   2
National Archives, lecture and article, undated
Box   341
Folder   3
"Parachuting of Expedition Supplies", Geographical Review, 1942
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Folder   4
"Shiva Temple and Wotan's Throne, Grand Canyon", American Alpine Journal, 1938
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Folder   5
Steele Glacier Article, American Alpine Journal, 1966
Box   341
Folder   6
"Topographic Description of the St. Elias Mountains", 1951
Clubs
Box   341
Folder   7-10
American Alpine Club, correspondence, 1944-1968
Box   341
Folder   11
American Alpine Club, Bates, Robert H., 1948-1952
Box   341
Folder   12
British Glaciological Society, 1957-1966
Box   345
Folder   2
Canadian Club, speech of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1946
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Folder   13
Explorers Club, photograph at dinner, 1961
Box   345
Folder   3
Himalayan Club, 1946-1966
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Folder   14
River Club, 1951
Box   341
Folder   15
Société d'Encouragment au Progrèss, 1967-1968
Box   341
Folder   16
Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, 1957
Box   341
Folder   17
Tenth Mountain Division Alumni Association, 1954-1961
Box   341
Folder   18
Wilderness Club, 1950
Expeditions
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Folder   19
Alaska Test Expedition, 1942
Box   341
Folder   20
American Karakoram Expedition, 1959-1960
Box   341
Folder   21
King Peak Yukon Expedition, summary report, 1952
Box   345
Folder   4
Mt. Logan Ascent, Explorers Club of Pittsburgh, 1948
Box   341
Folder   22
Seward Ice Field, summary of work, undated
Honors and Awards
Box   342
Folder   1
air medal, 1948-1949
Box   342
Folder   2
honorary memberships, 1948-1966
Box   342
Folder   3
University of Alaska, honorary degree, 1955
Miscellaneous
Box   342
Folder   4
associated fieldwork data, 1928-1936
Box   342
Folder   5
correspondence, 1948-1953
Box   345
Folder   5
exercise "Eskimo", 1944-1945
Box   345
Folder   6
exercise "Polar Bear", 1945
Box   342
Folder   6
Kellogg, J. Stewart, 1961
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Folder   7
photographs from John S. Day, 1964
Box   342
Folder   8
Twentieth International Geographical Congress, London, 1964
Photographs and Negatives
Box   344
Folder   1
personal residence?, 1936
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Box   346
films, 1979, undated
Physical Description: 3 film reels (16mm) 
Box   346
negatives, 1969
Physical Description: 47 safety film negatives 
Box   347
negatives, 1979
Physical Description: 41 safety film negatives 
Box   347
photographs, 1939-1979
St. Elias Mountains
Box   348-352
photographs, 1935-1965
Box   352
positives, color, 1984
Physical Description: 10 film transparencies 
Project "Snow Cornice"
Box   342
Folder   9
correspondence, 1948-1951
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Folder   10
federal aircraft works, 1948
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Folder   11
glacier worms, 1949-1950
Box   345
Folder   7
outline, maps, undated
Box   345
Folder   8
plans, 1948
Box   344
Folder   2
preliminary report, 1948
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   342
Folder   12
publicity, 1948, undated
Box   342
Folder   13-15
reports, 1948-1951, undated
Box   343
Folder   1
Sharp, Robert P., 1947-1953
Box   345
Folder   9
weather data and equipment lists, 1948-1951
Box   343
Folder   2
weather log books, 1948
Yukon Expeditions
Box   343
Folder   3
coordinates and data points, undated
Box   343
Folder   4
draft of report to AGS, 1935
Box   343
Folder   5
experiment in expedition efficiency, 1941
Box   345
Folder   10-11
finances, 1934-1937
Box   343
Folder   6
general, 1934-1936
Box   343
Folder   7
Mt. Steele Expedition, 1935
Box   345
Folder   12
radio license and list of negatives, 1941, undated
Box   343
Folder   8
survey by J.J. McArthur in 1900, 1935
Box   343
Folder   9
transcript of diary of Harrison Wood, 1935