Papers, [ca. 1888]-1966.

United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950

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Bowman became President of the Johns Hopkins University in 1935 and retired in 1948. During World War II Bowman served on the Policy Committee of the State Department and as Special Advisor to the Secretary of State. After retirement from JHU, he served as Chairman of the Economic Cooperation Administration's Committee on Overseas Territories. Isaiah Bowman (1878-1950) was a political geographer, advisor to the U.S. State Dept. and president of the Johns Hopkins Universi...

Smith, J. Russell (Joseph Russell), 1874-1966

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J. Russell Smith was a geographer who influenced the teaching of geography after 1920 through his many elementary texts. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1888]-1966. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122684053 From the guide to the J. Russell (Joseph Russell) Smith papers, [ca. 1888]-1966, Circa 1888-1966, (American Philosophical Society) Oliver Edwin Baker (1883-1949) was an agricultural geographer and population expert ...

Ratzel, Friedrich, 1844-1904?

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Johnson, Emory R. (Emory Richard), 1864-1950

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Educator and author of works on transportation and economics; Ph.D. and Sc.D. (hon.) U. of Pennsylvania, (1893, 1913); faculty, U. of Pennsylvania, (1896-1941); Dean, Wharton School, (1919-1933). From the description of Scrapbook, 1905-1934. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122584920 ...

Hershey, John W. (John Willis), 1946-

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Lowdermilk, W. C. (Walter Clay), 1888-1974

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W.C. Lowdermilk (1888-1974) was a soil conservationist. He worked with the Belgian Relief Effort after World War I, in China in the 1920s to help avert famine, in Palestine planning land and water use in support of the formation of Israel, and served as Assistant Chief of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. From the description of W.C. Lowdermilk papers, 1914-1961. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 78383531 From the description of W.C. Lowdermilk pape...

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

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American writer. From the description of Correspondence with Alfred S. Dashiell, 1931-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51846130 Carl Zigrosser and Lewis Mumford were life-long friends with shared interests in the arts, society and politics. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1925-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902319 Sir Patrick Geddes was a Scottish biologist, sociologi...

Bixby, Willard Goldthwaite, 1868-

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Lowdermilk, W. C. (Walter Clay), 1888-1974

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W.C. Lowdermilk (1888-1974) was a soil conservationist. He worked with the Belgian Relief Effort after World War I, in China in the 1920s to help avert famine, in Palestine planning land and water use in support of the formation of Israel, and served as Assistant Chief of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. From the description of W.C. Lowdermilk papers, 1914-1961. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 78383531 From the description of W.C. Lowdermilk pape...

Association of American geographers

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The Association of American Geographers (AAG) is a scientific and educational society founded in 1904. Its members share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography and geographic education. The AAG holds annual meetings and regional events and publishes a newsletter, journals, and books. The association supports and recognizes its members through various grant and award programs. From the description of Association of American Geographers records, 1904 - [ongoing]. (...