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American Geographical Society
Volume InformationSource: Geographical Review, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan., 1960), pp. i-viPublished by: American Geographical SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/212330 .
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IN 1852 a group of farsighted business and professional men in New York City, recognizing their growing need for accurate knowledge concerning various parts of the world, created a central clearinghouse for geographical information
the American Geographical Society. The purpose of the founders was to advance the science of geography, by discussion, publication, and lectures; to establish in the chief city of the United States a place where accurate information on every part of the globe could be obtained; and to encourage exploration and research.
The publications of the Society are varied. The Geographical Review, its long- established scientific quarterly, aims at a balanced survey of the geographical world. The monthly periodical, Focus, complements the Review by presenting in popular form background facts and geographical interpretations of current world problems. Books and monographs appear at frequent intervals in the Research and Special Publications series.
The Society's library is one of the largest geographical collections in the world and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. In addition to the usual functions, since 1923 it has maintained a Research Catalogue based on a scheme of classifica- tion specially devised for purposes of geographical research, and it issues a monthly bibliographical periodical, Current Geographical Publications. The map collection is pre-eminent in selective and comprehensive world coverage: not only sheet maps but maps contained in books and periodicals are entered in the Map Catalogue.
For many years the Society has promoted studies relating to questions of wide public interest; for example, the white man in the tropics, settlement in the pioneer belts of the world, polar exploration, and the advancement of medical geography. It has compiled and published in 107 sheets the well-known Map of Hispanic America, 1: 1,ooo,ooo, which has repeatedly proved its usefulness to scientists, businessmen, and government officials. It is also engaged in the development of new techniques and instruments designed to increase the efficiency of surveying and mapping. From time to time five medals are awarded by the Society.
The qualifications for Fellowship in the Society are an interest in exploration, travel, research, and in the spread of geographical knowledge; thus its members are recruited from all walks of life. Membership is of eight types. Fellows pay annual dues of$12.so; Sustaining Fellows, annual dues of$25.oo; and Contributing Fellows, annual dues of $ioo.oo. Life Fellows contribute $300; Patrons, $1000; and Bene- factors, $5ooo. The other classes of membership are Student Members, who pay annual dues of $5.oo, renewable for two successive years, and Subscribing Mem- bers, who pay annual dues of $17.00. Fellows and Members are entitled to the Geographical Review and Focus (Subscribing Members receive Current Geographical Publications also), to the use of the library and map room, to admission to lectures, and to consultation with members of the staff. They may purchase the Society's publications at substantial discounts. Anyone interested in becoming a Fellow or Member is encouraged to write to the Society, Broadway at 156th Street, New York 32, for information. The Society is tax-exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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AHNERT, FRANK. Estuarine Meanders in the Chesapeake Bay Area. (1 map, 3 dia- grams, 2 photographs) 390-401
CLARK, ANDREW H. Old World Origins and Religious Adherence in Nova Scotia. (12 maps). 317-344
HART, JOHN FRASER. A Rural Retreat for Northern Negroes. (5 maps, 10 photographs) 147-168 MARCUS, MELVIN G. Periodic Drainage of Glacier-Dammed Tulsequah Lake, Brit-
ish Columbia. (2 maps, 5 diagrams, 6 photographs) .89-106 PRICE, EDWARD T. Root Digging in the Appalachians: The Geography of Botanical
Drugs. (1 map, 6 photographs). 1-20
SOUTH AMERICA
HEUSSER, CALVIN J. Late-Pleistocene Environments of the Laguna de San Rafael Area, Chile. (1 map, 1 diagram, 7 photographs) .555-577
LOWENTHAL, DAVID. Population Contrasts in the Guianas. (3 maps, 1 photograph) 41-58 RUDOLPH, WILLIAM E. Catastrophe in Chile. 578-581
EUROPE
BENNETT, HUGH HAMMOND. Soil Erosion in Spain. (14 photographs) .59-72 MIKESELL, MARVIN W. Market Centers of Northeastern Spain: A Review (1 map) 247-251
AFRICA
DESHLER, WALTER. Livestock Trypanosomiasis and Human Settlement in North- eastern Uganda. (4 maps, 6 photographs) .541-554
HAMDAN, G. The Growth and Functional Structure of Khartoum. (2 maps, 6 photo- graphs) .21-40
MCMASTER, D. N. Change of Regional Balance in the Bukoba District of Tangan- yika. (4 maps, 4 photographs) .73-88
MURDOCK, GEORGE PETER. Staple Subsistence Crops of Africa. (12 maps). . . 523-540 SIMOONS, FREDERICK J. Snow in Ethiopia: A Review of the Evidence. (2 maps). . 402-411
ASIA
KARMON, YEHUDA. The Drainage of the Huleh Swamps. (5 maps, 7 photographs) 169-193 ULLMAN, EDWARD L. Trade Centers and Tributary Areas of the Philippines. (6 maps,
4 photographs) .203-218
AUSTRALASIA AND OCEANIA
ANAS, MOHAMMAD. The Highlands of Australian New Guinea. (3 maps, 8 photo- graphs) .467-490
LANGFORD-SMITH, T. The Dead River Systems of the Murrumbidgee. (3 maps, 2 diagrams, 5 photographs) .368-389
REINER, ERNST. The Glaciation of Mount Wilhelm, Australian New Guinea. (2 maps, 3 diagrams, 5 photographs) .491-503
POLAR REGIONS
VHITMORE, GEORGE D. Topographic Mapping in Antarctica. (3 maps) . . . 252-257
GENERAL
DURY, G. H. Misfit Streams: Problems in Interpretation, Discharge, and Distribu- tion. (3 diagrams). 219-242
HARE, F. KENNETH. The Westerlies. (5 mnaps, 3 diagrams) . .345-367
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KORFF, SERGE A. Geographical Aspects of Cosmic-Ray Studies. (1 map, 2 diagrams, 6 photographs) .504-522
MILLER, 0. M., and CHARLES H. SUMMERSON. Slope-Zone Maps. (1 insert map) 194-202 Presentation of the Society's Medals (1 photograph) . .243-246 WHITE, GILBERT F. Industrial Water Use: A Review. .412-430
DEPARTMENTS
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. 107,258-271,431 GEOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 108-127,272-288,432-445,582-595 GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS. 128-146,289-316,446-466,596-616
Separate Maps
Maps Showing Slope Zones on Two Scales. 1: 250,000 and 1: 2,000,000. PI. I, opp. p. 198
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