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Geography -- Study and teaching

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Center for Remote Sensing records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.180
Scope and Content

This collection consists of brochures for the Center for Remote Sensing.

Dates: 1999 - 2004

Clarence L. Vinge papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.82
Scope and Contents

The collection consist of a history of the Geography Department at Michigan State University entitled, "Geography at M.S.U.--the Early Years," written by Clarence L. Vinge, professor emeritus in geography. It focuses primarily on the period from 1930 to 1955.

Dates: undated

Department of Geography records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.52
Scope and Contents The collection consists of annual reports, publications, event brochures, course descriptions, and undergraduate handbooks. Of note are the annual reports and undergraduate handbooks. The reports contain information on departmental activities, curriculum, staff changes, enrollment, research, publications, and faculty activities. The handbooks contain information on geography at Michigan State University, course offerings, specialization policies, facilities, career guidance, faculty lists...
Dates: 1957 - 2008

Department of Geology records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.53
Scope and Contents The records consist of correspondence, field trip reports, inventories of the department, financial statements, experiment station notes, material relating to the Works Progress Administration, the military college program during World War II, science fraternities, annual report materials. There are also records relating to the Glacial Institute. Graduate Assistants’ files during World War II are marked with an asterisk (*).Graduate Assistant files contain applications, program...
Dates: 1920 - 2010

Edward Christian Prophet papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.92
Scope and Contents

The papers include biographical information, general correspondence, financial information, information relating to his speaking engagements, and material relating to the Geography Department at Michigan State University.

In addition, the collection contains the following publications: “Railway Digest” (1954-1960), “A Review of Railway Operations” (1930-1952), “A Yearbook of Railroad Information” (1931-1954) and “Ships” (1943-1946).

Dates: 1923 - 1961

John Melton Hunter papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.314
Scope and Content

The John Melton Hunter papers contain extensive materials in the field of medical geography and health, demography, geography and cartography. It includes original text and map manuscripts and original field notebooks, correspondence, and some photographs of John Hunter. The focus of the collection is strongest on West Africa, in particular Ghana, but also ranges across other regions of Africa, and includes documents on British and Latin American geography.

Dates: 1950s-2000s

Lawrence Sommers papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.315
Scope and Content The Lawrence Sommers papers contain his work in the field of Geography from the early 1940s until his death in 2007. The earliest works are from his time spent as a Ph.D. candidate researching Norway and many of his later files include further in-depth research on Scandinavia. His collection also includes travel notebooks, photographs, and slides from his many travels abroad doing research in Europe, Africa, and South America. There is also a large collection of photographs from his time...
Dates: 1944 - 2010

Louis A. Wolfanger collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.87
Scope and Contents The Louis Wolfanger collection includes soil science and geography course material. Included are course outlines and exams from soil science classes and a geography class for the Army Air Corps at Michigan State University, blank doctorate exams for Wolfanger’s former students at MSU, and correspondence and information regarding meetings on zoning. There are also lectures on soil science from C. F. Marbut and H. H. Bennett, professors associated with the United States Department of...
Dates: circa 1900-1964, undated

Spartan Geographer UA 16.52

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-01165
Dates: 1996 - 2015

Spectrum Newsletter/ Remote Sensing UA 16.180

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00951
Dates: 1981 - 2003