Boggs, Samuel Whittemore, 1889-1954

Geographer, inventor, and cartographer. Died 1954.

From the description of Papers of Samuel Whittemore Boggs, 1912-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015383

Biographical Note

• 1899, 2 Mar.: Born, Coolidge, Kans.
• 1909: B.L., Berea College, Berea, Ky.
• 1909 - 1912 : Private secretary to president, Berea College, Berea, Ky.
• 1912 - 1913 : Student, Yale Divinity School, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1913 - 1914 : Secretarial work, Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, Neb.
• 1914 - 1919 : Secretarial and executive work for International Committee of YMCA and other organizations, New York
• 1916: Married Amy Burt Bridgeman
• 1916 - 1924 : Geographical research, map compilation, editor, American Book Co., including maps for World Missionary Atlas, 1921-1924
• 1924: M.A. in geography, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• 1924 - 1954 : Geographer, Department of State
• 1939 - 1942 : Lecturer, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• 1945 - 1946 : Lecturer, American University, Washington, D.C.
• 1954: Died

From the guide to the Samuel Whittemore Boggs Papers, 1912-1954, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)