American Geographical Society of New York
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Americans
English
History notes:
The American Geographical Society, also known as the AGS, is an organization of professional geographers, founded in 1851 in New York City. It was founded by a group of New Yorkers, among them philanthropists, historians, publishers and editors. They included George Folsom, Henry Grinnell, Henry Varnum Poor, Hiram Barney, Alexander Isaac Cotheal, Henry Evelyn Pierrepont, S. De Witt Bloodgood, John Romeyn Brodhead, Joshua Leavitt and Archibald Russell.
Links to collections
American Geographical Society Collection, 1909.
National Archives at College Park
Major Otto Holstein photographs from Chan Chan, Peru
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
American Geographical Society of New York. Expansion of built-up area, 1642-1939 / constructed in 1939, American Geographical Society, for special exhibit held in 1939-1942.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
American Geographical Society of New York. Letter, 1915, July 20, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Sir, Staten Island, New York / Isaiah Bruman, Director.
Wagner College, Horrmann Library
American Geographical Society of New York. AGS-IGY projects in glaciology.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
Williams, Joseph E. (Joseph Earl), b. 1897. Shaded relief map practices in Europe / by Joseph E. Williams.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
World in maps (1939-1942 : New York, N.Y.). Postal districts and Post Office stations [of New York City].
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
American Geographical Society of New York. American Geographical Society Library Records, 1881-2009 1908-1978.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
American Geographical and Statistical Society. [Constitution, by-laws, etc. of the American Geographical and Statistical Society and the American Geographical Society of New York].
American Museum of Natural History
American Geographical Society of New York. Part of Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
Finley, John H. (John Huston), 1863-1940. John H. Finley papers, 1892-1940, bulk (1913-1935).
New York Public Library System, NYPL
American Geographical Society of New York. Letter, 1915, July 15, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Sir, Staten Island, New York / A.D. Russell.
Wagner College, Horrmann Library
American Geographical Society of New York. Mongolian pioneer belt / compiled by the American Geographical Society of New York, Oct. 1928.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
American Geographical Society of New York. New boundaries in Europe as established by the Peace Conference / Amer. Geogr. Soc. of N.Y. for Comm. on Publ. Inform.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
World in maps (1939-1942 : New York, N.Y.). Location of branch offices, Western Union, postal telegraph, [New York City].
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
World in maps (1939-1942 : New York, N.Y.). New York Telephone Company central office districts and telephones served, Manhattan and part of Bronx.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
Smith, Erminnie Adele Platt, 1836-1886. [Peabody Museum director records, Frederic W. Putnam (1839-1915), 1870-1923].
Harvard University, Tozzer Library
English, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1895-. [Map of St. Louis, the American Bottom and Cahokia Indian mound / cartography by] Gr. N. ; [prepared for T.H. English].
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
American Geographical Society of New York. Lower Magdalena Valley : compiled for Barranquilla millionth sheet revision / by William Briesemeister ; American Geographical Society.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
American Geographical Society of New York. Pamphlet publications, 1857-1859.
Brown University, Brown University Library
American Geographical Society of New York. Printed letter from American Geographical Society of New York, signed by Alvan S. Southworth, secretary, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1874 February 2.
Folger Shakespeare Library
American Geographical Society of New York. New York port development plan : showing completed and projected port improvements and their relation to the Port of New York Authority's comprehensive plan and trunk line railroads / return to Amer. Geogr. Soc., Bdway at 156th St., N.Y.C.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
Wright, Charles S. (Charles Seymour), 1887-1975. Letter, 1948 Mar. 13, New York, to Prof. W.H. Hobbs, Ann Arbor.
University of Michigan
American Geographical Society of New York. Baffin Island and adjacent regions to show unexplored areas / prepared by the American Geographical Society of New York.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917). Papers, 1907-1922.
American Museum of Natural History
American Geographical Society of New York. Baffin Island and adjacent regions to show unexplored areas / prepared by the American Geographical Society of New York.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
American Geographical Society of New York. Map of part of Katmai National Monument : reconstructed by photographs furnished by U.S. Geol. Survey, 1922].
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
American Geographical Society of New York. Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1894.
University of Pennsylvania Library
Records Relating to Frederick Cook Arctic Expeditions, 1908-1965
National Archives at College Park
Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950. Isaiah Bowman papers, 1904-1951.
Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
American Museum of Natural History. Colombian Coastal Expedition (1937). Field photographs, 1937.
Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
William O. Field Papers, 1890-1994
University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Polar Regions Collections & Archives
Lawrence, Donald B. (Donald Buermann), 1911-1996. Donald Buermann Lawrence papers, 1932-1996.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Library. Maps, [ca. 1783]-1983, [ca. 1930]-1980 (bulk)
Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
Field, William O. (William Osgood), 1904-. William O. Field Papers, 1890-1994.
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
Huntington, Ellsworth, 1876-1947. Ellsworth Huntington papers, 1779-1953 (inclusive), 1890-1947 (bulk).
Yale University Library
World in maps (1939-1942 : New York, N.Y.). [Population density in residential and business areas of New York City].
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
Edward Luther Stevenson papers, 1859-1944
Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Ellsworth Huntington papers, 1779-1952, 1890-1947
Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Holton, David-Parsons, 1812?-1883,. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society miscellany, 1869-1880.
Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
Mendenhall, Thomas C. (Thomas Corwin), 1841-1924. Papers, 1851-1951.
American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
Donald Buermann Lawrence papers, 1932-1996
University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc]
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973. Papers, ca. 1907-1973.
American Philosophical Society Library
Stevenson, Edward Luther, 1858-1944. Edward Luther Stevenson papers, 1859-1944 (inclusive).
Yale University Library
Serge A. Korff Papers, 1928-1989
New York University. Archives
Korff, Serge Alexander, 1906-. Papers, 1928-1989.
Churchill County Museum
Oosting, Henry J. (Henry John), 1903-1968. Henry J. Oosting papers, 1937-1968.
Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
RISM Vertical Files, Bulk, 1960-2000, Bulk, 1960-2000 1900-2004
New York University. Archives
Robert Cushman Murphy journals, 1907-1971, 1907-1971
American Philosophical Society
John H. Finley papers, 1892-1940, 1913-1935
New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
Archer Milton Huntington Papers, 1919-1957
Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
May, Jacques M. (Jacques Meyer), b. 1896. Jacques M. May papers, 1943-1960.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
Frank Spooner Churchill papers, 1912, 1912
American Philosophical Society
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920. Letter : New York, NY, to Albert Operti, 1904 May 26.
Natural History Museum Los Angeles County Foundation, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Churchill, Frank Spooner, 1864-1946. Papers, 1912.
American Philosophical Society Library
George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956
Houghton Library
Arctic Stove and Identifying Material, 1909
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United States. National Archives and Records Administration
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Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950
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Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946
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Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950.
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Briesemeister, William A.
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Churchill, Frank Spooner, 1864-1946.
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Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899
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Davis, William Morris, 1850-1934
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Field, William O. (William Osgood), 1904-
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Finley, John H. (John Huston), 1863-1940.
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Holton, David-Parsons, 1812?-1883,
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Huntington, Archer M. (Archer Milton), 1870-1955
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Huntington, Ellsworth, 1876-1947.
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Hurlbut, George C.
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Korff, Serge Alexander, 1906-
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Lawrence, Donald B. (Donald Buermann), 1911-1996.
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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940,
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May, Jacques M. (Jacques Meyer), b. 1896.
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Mendenhall, Thomas C. (Thomas Corwin), 1841-1924.
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Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973.
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Oosting, Henry J. (Henry John), 1903-1968.
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Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
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Sarton, George, 1884-1956
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Southworth, Alvan S.
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Stevenson, Edward Luther, 1858-1944.
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Williams, Joseph E. (Joseph Earl), b. 1897.
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Wright, Charles S. (Charles Seymour), 1887-1975.
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Baffin Island Expedition (1927)
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Chicago Zoological Society (Ill.)
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Effie M. Morrissey (Schooner)
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Field Museum of Natural History
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Smithsonian institution
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American Geographical and Statistical Society.
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Bartlett Arctic Expeditions (1928-1947)
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Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917)
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Greenland Expedition of 1936
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Library.
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Neptune (Ship)
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United States. American Commission to Negotiate Peace.
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United States. Committee on Public Information.
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World in maps (1939-1942 : New York, N.Y.)
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Subjects:
- Geography
- Harbors
- Land settlement
- Libraries
- Manuscript maps
- Railroads
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
Occupations:
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Places:
- Europe (as recorded)
- New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
- Baffin Island (Nunavut) (as recorded)
- Cumberland Peninsula (Nunavut) (as recorded)
- Magdalena (Colombia : Dept.) (as recorded)
- Barranquilla (Colombia) (as recorded)
Variant Names
American geographical society
American Geographical Society (Nowy Jork).
American Geographical Society (New York)
A. G. S.
American Geographical and Statistical Society
AGS Abkuerzung
Geographical Society United States
