American Geographical Society Library Records, 1881-2009 1908-1978.

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American Geographical Society Library Records, 1881-2009 1908-1978.

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Records of the Library of the American Geographical Society (AGS) of New York. The collection includes annual reports, correspondence, inquiries, and general files. The majority of the records date from 1908 to 1978, when the maps and library of the AGS were transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The collection consists of the records of the Library of the American Geographical Society, including annual reports, general files, correspondence, inquiries, and operational documents such as guest registers and records of loans.

11.8 cubic ft. (15 boxes)

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7629324

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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American Geographical Society of New York

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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....