D. W. Meinig Correspondence with John Brinckerhoff Jackson 1963-1995 1977-1982

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D. W. Meinig Correspondence with John Brinckerhoff Jackson 1963-1995 1977-1982

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The collection consists primarily of professional correspondence from J. B. Jackson to Donald W. Meinig, Maxwell Research Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. Correspondence relates to scholarly pursuits of both men.

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Jackson, John Brinckerhoff, 1909-1996

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J.B. (John Brinckerhoff) Jackson, author, editor, and educator, was born to American parents on September 25, 1909, in Dinard, France. Educated in France, Switzerland, and the U.S. He studied architecture at MIT for one year before departing to work as a reporter, and then to travel by motorcycle across the country. Eventually, he settled in northeastern New Mexico. Credited with founding the field of landscape studies, Jackson elevated vernacular architecture and landscapes to a level of study ...

Meinig, D.W. (Donald William), 1924-

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Donald W. Meinig, has been faculty in the Geography Department at Syracuse University since 1959. His focus is historical geography, regional geography, cultural geography, social geography, and landscape interpretation. He is best known for his 4 volume publication, The Shaping of America. Meinig received his Ph. D. in Geography from the University of Washington in 1953. Meinig met J. B. Jackson in August 1963 at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting in Denver. Familiar w...