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McGill University. Department of Geography (85)

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University of Guelph. Department of Geography (59)

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University of Michigan. Dept. of Geography. (13)

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The first geography courses taught at the University of Michigan were offered through the Department of Geology. The size and importance of the geography curriculum within the Department of Geology increased and in 1915/1916 the department was renamed the Department of Geology and Geography. In 1923, the instruction of geography was organized into a separate department and Assistant Professor Kenneth C. McMurry was named to oversee the administration of the new department. Profes...

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University of Chicago. Department of geography (11)

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The University of Chicago's Department of Geography was the first to be established at an American university. The first courses were offered in the 1902-1903 school year. Geologist Rollin D. Salisbury and geographer Paul J. Goode were key figures in the establishment and early development of the department. The department expanded throughout the early twentieth century while it played a major role in defining the discipline of geography. Following the retirement of several longtime faculty m...

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Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division (13)

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Maps and atlases were among the first items acquired when the Library of Congress was established in 1800. It was not until 1897, however, when the Library of Congress moved into its own building, that a separate Hall of Maps and Charts was created to house the growing collection of 47,000 maps and 1,200 atlases. The division now occupies an area of 90,000 square feet in the Library's James Madison Memorial Building. The area is specifically designed and constructed to accommodate a variety o...

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Geography Department (8)

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Geography was originally offered by the Department of Natural History. 1 The standard course, which was Physical Geography and Meteorology 2, was replaced in 1882-83 by a course called Physiography. 3 No courses designated as geography were again taught until the Geology Department offered Physical Geography in 1903-04. 4 In 1934, the name of the Department of Geology was changed to the Department of Geology and Geography. 5 In 1935, the Division of Social Sciences wa...

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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Geography. (4)

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The department of geography was established in 1925 within the College of Science, Literature and the Arts. Darrell H. Davis was the first director. Prior to 1925 geography was offered through the department of geology and mineralogy.

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Mexican Society Of Geography And Statistics (3)

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University of Florida. Dept. of Geography. (3)

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Yale University. Dept. of Geography. (2)

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