American Geographical Society Library - Archives1 volumeThis scrapbook, compiled by Henry G. Byrant, primarily documents Bryant's involvement in the Eighth International Geographic Congress and the Geographical Society of Philadelphia.Contact InformationFinding Aid
American Geographical Society Library - Archives.4 cubic ft. (1 box)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.Contact InformationFinding Aid
American Geographical Society Library - Archives11.8 cubic ft. (15 boxes)Records of the Library of the American Geographical Society (AGS) of New York. The collection includes annual reports, correspondence, inquiries, and general files. The majority of the records date from 1908 to 1978, when the maps and library of the AGS were transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.Contact InformationFinding Aid
American Geographical Society Library - Archives17 volumesThis scrapbook collection contains trail clippings, collected by Frank Place, related to walking. The clippings are primarly from newspapers, magazines, and books from the New York and New Jersey area.Contact InformationFinding Aid
American Geographical Society Library - Archives2.3 cubic ft. (5 boxes)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.Contact InformationFinding Aid
American Geographical Society Library - Archives.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes)These scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings documenting worldwide travel, exploration, trade, and peoples. Cyrus C. Adams appears to have authored many of the articles and compiled these scrapbooks.Contact InformationFinding Aid
American Geographical Society Library - Archives5 cubic ft. (11 boxes)Records of the Map Department of the American Geographical Society (AGS) of New York, including annual reports, correspondence, and general files. The majority of the records date from 1914 to 1978, when the maps and library of the AGS were transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.Contact InformationFinding Aid
American Geographical Society Library - Archives5 volumesIsaiah Bowman's Scrapbooks on Political Geography consist primarly 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 .Contact InformationFinding Aid
American Geographical Society Library - Archives110 cubic ft. (110 boxes)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.Contact InformationFinding Aid
American Geographical Society Library - Archives.5 cubic ft. (1 box)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.Contact InformationFinding Aid
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