West, Robert C. (Robert Cooper), 1913-2001
Variant namesRobert C. West (1913-2001) was a cultural geographer with the Smithsonian Institution in Mexico City for two years before joining the faculty of the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University in 1948. He was named a Boyd Professor in 1970 and retired in 1980. West also served as a cartographer in the Office of Strategic Services for four years during World War II.
From the description of Robert C. West oral history interview, 1992. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 71782902
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| creatorOf | Meigs, Peveril, 1903-1979. Baja California Research Materials, 1926-1979. | University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library | |
| creatorOf | West, Robert C. (Robert Cooper), 1913-2001,. Robert C. West oral history interview, 1992. | Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
|---|
Filters:
| Relation | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| associatedWith | Anderson, Katharine | person |
| associatedWith | Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960. | person |
| associatedWith | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Dept. of Geography and Anthropology. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Meigs, Peveril, 1903-1979. | person |
| associatedWith | Sauer, Carl Ortwin, 1889-1975. | person |
| associatedWith | University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Geography. | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana--Baton Rouge | |||
| Central America | |||
| Latin America | |||
| Mexico |
| Subject |
|---|
| Agricultural geography |
| Agriculture |
| Geography |
| Tarasco Indians |
| Occupation |
|---|
| College teachers |
| Geographers |
| Activity |
|---|
Person
Birth 1913
Death 2001
Americans
English
Related Descriptions
Search Elsewhere
Information
