University of Chicago Department of Geography records 1902-1975 (inclusive).

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University of Chicago Department of Geography records 1902-1975 (inclusive).

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This collection contains administrative material related to the work of the Evaluation Committee of the Department of Geography, which issued its report on the department in 1975, as well as an assortment of departmental statistics, course material, publications, student information and cartographic material. Of particular interest is geographer and cartographer John Paul Goode's 1902 list of curriculum suggestions, Bernard J.S. Cahill's diagrams and discussion of the octahedral "butterfly map," and an evaluative committee's 1975 report highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the department.

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Goode, J. Paul, 1862-1932

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University of Chicago. Department of geography

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The University of Chicago's Department of Geography was the first to be established at an American university. The first courses were offered in the 1902-1903 school year. Geologist Rollin D. Salisbury and geographer Paul J. Goode were key figures in the establishment and early development of the department. The department expanded throughout the early twentieth century while it played a major role in defining the discipline of geography. Following the retirement of several longtime faculty memb...