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Preston E. James Papers

An inventory of his papers at the Syracuse University Archives

Summary

Creator: James, Preston E. (Preston Everett), 1899-1986.
Title: Preston E. James Papers
Dates: 1911-1983
Size: 35.75 linear ft.
Abstract: Biographical material, correspondence-subject files, course material, memorabilia, photographs, printed materials, research files, and writings of Syracuse University geography professor Preston E. James
Language: English, Spanish, and Portuguese (Brazil)
Repository: University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Biography

Preston E. James (1899-1986) was a geography professor at Syracuse University.

James was born February 14, 1899, in Brookline, Massachusetts. In September 1916, he entered Harvard University. In 1918, instead of journeying to Montana for a scheduled geological field trip, James was sent to Harvard R.O.T.C field camp to make a detailed topographic survey of the local area. In September, James volunteered for military service and was assigned to the Infantry Officers School in Camp Lee, Virginia. He performed with distinction and completed the courses for a Second Lieutenant's Commission. When the war ended in November of 1918, he returned to Harvard. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1920, and a year later he completed an Master of Arts degree specializing in meteorology and climatology. In February 1921, he entered Clark University Graduate School of Geography where, under the guidance of Wallace W. Atwood, he commenced two years of study that led to completion of a doctoral degree. James traveled through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Andes, noting and sketching natural regions and influences. This journey provided him with his dissertation subject, "Geographic Factors in the Development of Transportation in South America," considered the first U.S. geographic research in South America. James continued to study South American geography, particularly the geography of Brazil, for the rest of his career.

By the spring of 1923, James received teaching job offers from several universities. He chose the University of Michigan and remained there for the next twenty years. While a professor at Michigan James conducted field work in Trinidad, Canada, Brazil, Portugal, France, England, and Mexico. When the United States joined World War II, James and other geographers were called upon to answer the demand for geographic mapping. After the war there was a newfound interest in geography on many college campuses, and James was highly sought after due to his expertise and knowledge in the field.

George B. Cressey, chair of the Syracuse University Department of Geology and Geography, invited James to come to Syracuse. James accepted the position and stayed with Syracuse University from 1945 until his retirement in 1970. He succeeded Cressey as chair of Syracuse University's Department of Geology and Geography in 1950 and raised the reputation of the department. James was very active in associations and committees, including serving as president of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) and chairing multiple committees for the Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH). In 1970, he cofounded the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG) and served as an officer for many years. During his career, he published over 100 academic articles, sixteen books, and multiple textbooks. Most of his publications concerned Latin America, and many in the field credit him for advancing geographic knowledge of the area. James also served as a visiting professor at the University of Brazil from 1949 to 1950, University of Edinburgh in 1957, and University of Puerto Rico in 1971.

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Scope and Content Note

The Preston E. James Papers includes biographical material, correspondence-subject files, course material, memorabilia, photographs, printed materials, research files, and writings.

Biographical material contains a biography sheet of James and an interview between Syracuse University geography professor David Robinson and James regarding James' life and work.

Correspondence-subject files consists of correspondence, minutes, notes, and reports. The majority of material relates to James' work with various associations and organizations, including the Association of American Geographers, American Geographical Society, American Association of University Professors, American Council of Learned Societies, Pan American Institute for Geography and History, and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Course material includes class notes, examinations, lecture notes, and syllabi from courses James taught while at Syracuse University from 1948 to 1968.

Memorabilia includes awards, certificates, ephemera from travels, a flag, a poster, programs, and items from service during World War II. The flag is of Brazil and the poster is for a lecture that James delivered at Syracuse University. The series also contains a painted reed mat and identification forms while traveling South America.

Photographs are primarily of the many countries and landscapes that James traveled to on geographical research visits. While there is a small amount of personal photographs in the series, the majority of the photographs are academic in nature. Many of the photographs provide a snapshot of both urban and rural Latin American life in the early to mid-20th century. Also included are photographic postcards from several South American countries as well as Mexico, Portugal, and Egypt. The postcards appear to be for research purposes and contain no personal inscriptions or messages. Lantern slides in the series are images of Brazil, Peru, Trinidad, and the state of Wyoming as well as topographic maps of Syracuse, New York and South America.

Research files contain clippings, field notebooks, maps, notes, and reports of areas of interest, mainly South America.

Writings by James comprise James' addresses, articles, book reviews, PhD dissertation, essays, lectures (presented to broad audiences as opposed to his university students), papers (presented at conferences), proposals, and reports.

Writings by others includes books, journal articles, magazine articles, and newsletters. These writings pertain either geography or James and include reviews of his books and interviews with him. Two items of note: a U.S. News and World Report article featuring an interview with James titled "A New Look at Latin America" and a book titled Studying Latin America: Essays in Honor of Preston E. James, edited by David J. Robinson.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advance notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Because the lantern slides are fragile, they are restricted. Please consult with an archivist to obtain permission to view them.

Access to audio recordings requires advance notice to produce a use copy.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

The University Archives holds clipping and portrait files of James as well as the Syracuse University Geography Department Records and the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG) Records.

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Selected Search Terms

Names

James, Preston E. (Preston Everett), 1899-1986.
Robinson, David J. (David James), 1939-
American Association of University Professors.
American Council of Learned Societies.
Association of American Geographers.
International Geographical Union.
National Research Council (U.S.). -- Committee on Geography.
Pan American Institute of Geography and History.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Unesco.

Subjects

Area studies.
Geography -- Education.
Geography -- Fieldwork.
Geography.
Latin America.
College teachers.
Higher education.

Types of material

Audiocassettes.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Field notes.
Geological maps.
Lantern slides.
Lecture notes.
Maps (documents)
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs.
Reports.
Sound recordings.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Preston E. James Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Preston E. James in 1968; transfer from Syracuse University Geography Department in 1974; various additional small gifts through 2015.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Jaihyun Park and Meg Mason
Date: 2018
Revision history: 10 Jan 2024 - collection fully processed (DTF)

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Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically. Correspondence-subject files are arranged alphabetically by sender's last name, organization, or subject. Course material is arranged by course. Memorabilia is arranged by type of material. Photographs are arranged by format (lantern slides, postcards, prints and negatives) and within each format arranged by location. Research files are arranged by location and type of material. Printed material is arranged by title and type. Writings are subdivided by type (addresses, articles, book introductions, etc.) and arranged by title within each subdivision. Writings by others is arranged by author's last name, the only exception being writings about James that appears first in the series, which is arranged by title or publication.

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Inventory

Biographical material
Box 1 Biography sheet circa 1965
Oversize 10 David Robinson Talks to Preston James at Dr. James home, Tape 6 [tape 6 of 6] 11/21/79 - side one (Audio cassette; running time 90:00) (ID#: sua_james_pe_006)
Oversize 10 David Robinson Talks to Preston James, Tape 1 [tape 1 of 6] 11/20/79 (Audio cassette; running time 90:00) (ID#: sua_james_pe_001)
Oversize 10 David Robinson Talks to Preston James, Tape 1, copy 1 [tape 1 of 6] 11/20/79 (Audio cassette; running time 60:00) (ID#: sua_james_pe_007)
Oversize 10 David Robinson Talks to Preston James, Tape 2 [tape 2 of 6] 11/20/79 (Audio cassette; running time 90:00) (ID#: sua_james_pe_002)
Oversize 10 David Robinson Talks to Preston James, Tape 2, copy 1 [tape 2 of 6] 11/20/79 (Audio cassette; running time 60:00) (ID#: sua_james_pe_008)
Oversize 10 David Robinson Talks to Preston James, Tape 3 [tape 3 of 6] 11/20/79 (Audio cassette; running time 90:00) (ID#: sua_james_pe_003)
Oversize 10 David Robinson Talks to Preston James, Tape 3, copy 1 [tape 3 of 6] 11/20/79 (Audio cassette; running time 60:00) (ID#: sua_james_pe_009)
Oversize 10 David Robinson Talks to Preston James, Tape 4 [tape 4 of 6] 11/20/79 (Audio cassette; running time 90:00) (ID#: sua_james_pe_004)
Oversize 10 David Robinson Talks to Preston James, Tape 4, copy 1 [tape 4 of 6] 11/20/79 (Audio cassette; running time 60:00) (ID#: sua_james_pe_010)
Correspondence-subject files
Box 1 Air survey services, Peru 1962-1963 (2 folders)
All possible worlds - material related to James' book of the same name
Box 1 Association of American Geographers 1969-1971
Box 1 China research 1958
Box 1 Comments from Syracuse University Geography Department faculty 1969
Box 1 Middle ages 1968-1971
Box 1 Notes from Carl Sauer 1969-1970
Box 1 Notes from Peter Gould 1969-1970
Box 1 Notes from Richard Hartshorne 1964-1970
Box 1 Notes on American geography 1967-1970
Box 1 Research on Humboldt, Ritter, Kant 1968-1969
Box 1 Miscellaneous 1968-1970
Box 1 American Association of University Professors 1955, 1960
Box 1 American Council of Learned Societies 1944-1948 (3 folders)
Box 2 American Council of Learned Societies 1949, 1955-1956, 1961, 1968 (2 folders)
Box 2 American Council of Learned Societies, Social Studies Project 1955-1961 (6 folders)
Box 2 American Geographical Society 1959-1961, 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Box 2 American Geophysical Union 1952-1954
Box 2 Area studies 1949-1953
Box 2 Association for Latin American Studies, Sagamore conference 1959 (4 folders)
Box 3 Association for Latin American Studies, Sagamore conference 1959-1963 (4 folders)
Association of American Geographers
Box 3 60th annual meeting, Syracuse, NY 1963-1964 (8 folders)
Conferences
Box 3 Dallas, TX 1960 (2 folders)
Box 56 Denver, CO 1963
Box 4 Lansing, MI 1961
Box 4 Los Angeles, CA 1958 (2 folders)
Box 4 Miami, FL 1962 (2 folders)
Box 4 Constitution of American Geographers 1951
Box 4 Distinguished geographers interview series 1971
Box 4 Executive council 1950-1951
Box 4 Executive council 1952 (3 folders)
Box 4 General 1958-1962, 1970-1971 (3 folders)
Box 4 Geography in liberal education project 1963 (2 folders)
Box 5 Geography in liberal education project 1964 (3 folders)
High school geography project
Box 5 Advisory paper for review conference 1962
Box 5 Conference program 1962
Box 5 General 1962-1965 (9 folders)
Box 6 General 1965-1968 (11 folders)
Box 7 General 1968, undated (6 folders)
Box 56 General 1963, 1968 (2 folders)
Box 7 Japan unit circa 1966 (5 folders)
Box 7 Papers 1965-1966
Box 8 Papers 1966 (2 folders)
Box 8 Papers and reports 1966 (2 folders)
Box 8 Reports 1966
Box 8 Papers undated (2 folders)
Box 8 Political geography, Air Force ROTC 1953 (2 folders)
Box 8 Semple Symposium 1961 (2 folders)
Box 8 United States Office of Education: adjustment of the college curriculum to wartime conditions and needs circa 1943
Box 8 Association of Behavioral and Social Science survey committee geography report circa 1970
Box 9 Association of Behavioral and Social Science survey committee geography report circa 1970
Box 9 Association of Brazilian Geographers 1954
Box 9 Atwood, W.W. 1949
Box 9 Berry, Brian J.L. 1962
Box 56 Berry, Brian J.L. 1969
Box 9 Bowers, Neal M. 1970
Box 9 Brawer, Moshe 1965 - comments on One world divided
Box 56 Brazil, São Paulo fourth centennial 1954
Box 9 Brazilian capital project 1953-1954
Box 9 Brock, Jan O.M. 1970
Box 56 Brown, Lawrence 1963
Box 9 Bruijne, C.A. de 1971
Box 9 Byrd, Donald 1971
Box 9 B, miscellaneous 1937, 1945-1946, 1966-1970
Box 9 Carter, George F. 1974
Box 9 Centennial Studies program 1950
Box 9 Center advisory committee, staff comments on James' paper undated
Box 9 Center for Inter-American Relations 1969 (2 folders)
Box 9 Center for Regional and Urban Studies 1952-1953
Box 9 Cleveland, Harlan 1974
Box 56 The Colombian Geographical Association undated
Box 9 Commission on College Geography undated - summary of preliminary findings on geography in the junior colleges
Box 9 Committee on Latin American Studies, subcommittee on research planning and personnel 1941-1942
Box 9 Concha, Manuel 1973
Box 9 Conference on Latin American Studies 1964-1965
Box 9 Conference on Latin American Studies, The Creole Foundation 1959
Box 9 Conselho Nacional de Geografia 1950
Box 9 Cosmos Club 1952
Box 9 Council for Latin American Affairs 1956-1958 (2 folders)
Box 10 Council for the Advancements of the Americas 1948
Box 10 Cressey, George B. 1945
Box 10 C, miscellaneous 1937, 1948, 1966, 1970
Box 10 Deffontaines, Pierre 1935-1936, 1970
Box 10 Davis, William 1933
Box 10 Delaware Conference on World American Development 1953
See also Correspondence-subject files, Pan American Union
Box 56 Ditchley Foundation 1961-1963 (3 folders)
Box 10 Durand, Dottie 1970
Box 10 Eaton, Cyrus 1970
Box 10 The Educational Research Council of Greater Cleveland 1961-1963 (5 folders)
Box 10 Encyclopedia Americana 1953-1954
Box 10 Encyclopedia Britannica 1954-1956 - regarding Latin American economic development
Box 10 Encyclopedia Britannica, Britanica Junior 1952-1956
Box 48 La enseñanza de la geografia 1958
Box 56 Farquhar, Percival 1932-1937 - regarding Brazil (4 folders)
Box 10 Floyd, Robert N. 1974
Box 57 Flying Tigers International 1971
Box 10 Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations 1954
Box 10 Foreign Trade Club membership undated
Box 10 Foscue, Edwin J. 1948, 1970
Box 10 Gamma Theta Upsilon 1972
Box 10 Gauld, Charles A. 1947, 1965
Box 57 Gauld, Charles A. 1940-1952, 1963
Box 10 Geographers and geographic institutions in the Soviet Union 1961
Box 48 Geography at Syracuse 1964, 1966-1967 (3 folders)
Box 10 Geography in education 1950-1952, 1956-1961 (3 folders)
Box 11 Geography in education 1961, 1964
Box 11 Ginn and Company 1943-1954
Box 11 Glassner, Martin I. 1969-1973
Box 11 Goals for the social studies undated
Box 11 Greater Cleveland social science program 1962 (5 folders)
Box 11 G, miscellaneous 1968-1974
Box 11 Hackett, Charles W. 1947-1948
Box 11 Harvard University 1952-1954
Box 11 Hoffman, George W. 1964, 1972
Box 11 H, miscellaneous 1968-1971
Box 11 Improving the Teaching of World Affairs 1957-1959 (3 folders)
Box 12 Improving the Teaching of World Affairs 1959-1964 (4 folders)
Box 12 Improving the Teaching of World Affairs, advisory committee 1958-1959 (2 folders)
Box 58 Institute of International Affairs, The republics of South America 1933
Box 12 Institute of Latin American Studies 1969
Box 57 International Geographic Congress 1976
International Geographic Union
Box 12 17th congress 1952
Box 12 18th congress 1956
Box 57 21st congress 1968 (5 folders)
22nd Congress
Box 48 The Canadian geographers 1972
Box 48 General information 1972
Box 48 Members 1972
Box 12 Bahia guide 1956 (2 folders)
Box 12 General 1949-1952, 1956-1960 (3 folders)
Box 12 National committee 1951-1955 (3 folders)
Box 13 International Society for Educational Information, Tokyo, Inc. 1970
Box 13 International Urban Research, Institute of International Studies, University of California 1958
James, Gertrude Woodworth
See Correspondence-subject files, "Mother"
Box 13 James, Woodworth 1969
Box 13 Joint Research and Development Board, Committee on Geographical Exploration 1947-1949 (4 folders)
Box 13 Jones, Clarence F. 1959
Box 13 Jones, Wellington D. 1937-1938
Box 13 The journal of geography 1972
Box 13 Kanaan, Ned 1968-1969
Box 57 Khan, Fazlur R. 1967 - comments on One world divided
Box 13 Kish, George 1970
Box 13 Latin America 1955-1959 - material regarding the map of Latin America
Box 13 Latin America graduate studies 1948
Box 13 Latin America program 1956 (2 folders)
Box 13 Latin America program at Syracuse University circa 1960
Box 13 Latin American studies 1950-1957 (3 folders)
Box 13 Latin American Studies Association, survey 1966
Box 13 Latin American studies handbook 1954-1959
Box 13 Latin American studies, Joint Committee on Latin American Studies 1942
Box 14 Latin American studies, Joint Committee on Latin American Studies 1942 (2 folders)
Box 14 Leighly, John 1937
Box 14 Leonard, Irving, A. 1942 - report on Latin American programs (2 folders)
Box 14 Lin, Jameson 1969, 1974
Box 14 Lobo, Fernando 1937 - First Secretary of the Embassy, Brazil
Box 14 Lounsburg, John F. 1967
Box 14 L, miscellaneous 1970, 1974
Box 14 MacMillan Company Publishers 1946-1947 (7 folders)
Box 15 MacMillan Company Publishers, books 3-8 1947-1948 (6 folders)
Box 15 Mark Twain journal 1970
Box 15 Martin, Geof 1970-1972
Box 15 Maxwell School, Citizenship program, Syracuse University 1960-1964 (6 folders)
Box 15 "Mother" 1935 - outgoing correspondence composed to "mother," presumably James' mother, Gertrude Woodworth James
Box 15 M, miscellaneous 1937, 1970-1974
Box 15 National Academy of Sciences 1968
Box 15 National Conference of Latin American Geography 1970 (2 folders)
Box 15 National Council for Geographic Education, geography in British schools 1970
Box 16 National Council for Geographic Education, geography in British schools 1970
Box 48 National Council for the Social Studies 1971
National Council for the Social Studies yearbook
Box 16 General 1957-1959
Box 16 Hartshorn, Merrill 1957
Box 16 Plans 1959
See also Correspondence-subject files, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Box 16 Publications committee 1957-1958
Box 16 National Planning Association 1956 (4 folders)
Box 16 National Research Center 1954-1958 (3 folders)
Box 16 National Research Council 1940-1953, 1973 (5 folders)
Box 57 National Research Council 1950
Box 16 National Research Council, Committee on Geography 1965
Box 17 National Research Council, Committee on Geography 1965
Box 17 National Research Council, Division of Geography and Geology, Southern Studies Project 1941
Box 17 National Research Council. Division of Geology and Geography 1946-1954 (3 folders)
Box 49 National Resources Planning Board, area analysis, a method of public works planning 1943
Box 17 National Science Foundation 1954-1956 - contract applications (2 folders)
Box 17 National Science Foundation 1971
Box 17 Northeast Council for Latin American and Inter-American Studies, Inter-American seminar 1954-1955
Box 17 Northeast Council for Latin American Studies 1953-1960, undated (4 folders)
Box 17 Northwestern University 1938-1939
Box 17 N, miscellaneous 1968
Box 17 Odyssey Press 1946-1949
Box 18 Odyssey Press 1950-1954
Box 57 Office for Emergency Management, Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Research Division 1943 (2 folders)
Box 18 Office of the Senior Army Instructor for New York 1949-1951
Box 18 Organization of American States 1952, 1954, 1958
Pan American Institute of Geography and History
Box 18 2nd Pan American Consultation on Geography 1951
Box 18 3rd Pan American Consultation on Geography 1951-1952 (4 folders)
Box 19 3rd Pan American Consultation on Geography 1952 (6 folders)
Box 57 3rd Pan American Consultation on Geography 1952
Box 19 4th Pan American Consultation on Geography 1953-1955 (2 folders)
Box 19 5th Pan American Consultation on Geography 1959
Box 18 6th general assembly 1955
Box 57 6th general assembly 1955
Box 18 9th general assembly 1969
Box 19 Advisory committee 1953-1959
Box 19 Bolivia project 1950
Box 19 Cartography committee 1952-1955 (3 folders)
Box 20 Cartography committee 1955
Box 20 Commission on cartography 1944 (2 folders)
Box 20 General 1948-1959 (10 folders)
Box 21 General 1960-1965 (12 folders)
Box 22 General 1965-1970 (7 folders)
Box 58 General 1949, 1953-1956 (2 folders)
Box 22 Increase in authorization 1951-1955
Box 49 Its creation, development, and current program, 1929-1954
Box 22 Land classification and use 1952-1959, undated (2 folders)
Box 58 Land classification and use undated
Box 22 Manual on geography 1955
Box 22 Minutes 1950-1954
Box 58 O Programa de Cooperacao Tecnica da Organizção Dos Estadas Americanos undated
Box 22 Reports 1952 (3 folders)
Box 23 Reports 1952, 1955 (5 folders)
Box 58 Reports 1955-1956
Box 23 Training center 1950-1956
Box 23 United States delegation to the 6th general assembly 1955 (2 folders)
Box 23 Pan American Union, Organization of American States 1968
Box 23 Penck, Walter 1936 - translations
Box 23 Peru contract between the United States of America and Syracuse University 1963 (3 folders)
Box 58 Peru contract between the United States of America and Syracuse University 1963
Box 23 P. F. Collier and Son Corporation 1947-1949
Box 23 P. F. Collier and Son Corporation, Colliers encyclopedia 1946-1947
Box 24 Pleiss, Walter 1971
Box 24 Population Association of America 1954-1958
Box 24 Postwar agricultural and economic problems of the cotton belt, summary report 1945
Box 24 Publishers 1961-1962 - regarding James' 5th grade textbook
Box 24 Publishers 1966-1973 - regarding James' book A geography of man
Box 24 Publishers 1962-1963 - regarding James' book One world divided (3 folders)
Box 24 P, miscellaneous 1951, 1969-1973
Box 24 Quadrangle 1947
Box 24 Randall, Robert H., AID and the Alliance for Progress 1963
Box 24 Reserve Officer's Association 1949, 1953-1954
Box 24 Review requests 1952-1960 - requests for James to review journal articles and books
Box 24 Rollins College 1971
Box 24 R, miscellaneous 1949, 1970
Box 24 Sauer, Carl circa 1970
Box 24 School of Administration and Finance and for the Institute of Technology 1962
Box 24 Scully, Michael 1952
Box 24 Searl, O.P. 1928
Box 24 Shaw, Earl P. 1970
Box 24 Simonpietri, Andre C. 1972
Box 24 Smiley, Coleman 1969
Box 24 Social Science Curriculum Center 1963
Box 25 Social Science Curriculum Center 1963-1965 (4 folders)
Box 25 Social Science Research Council 1938, 1945, 1952 (3 folders)
Box 25 Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Geográficos 1972
Box 25 Stamp, L. Dudley 1950
Box 25 Stem, Frank 1970
Box 25 Sterling, Henry S. 1948
Box 25 Strategic Index of Latin America 1943
Box 25 Syracuse University 1964-1965, 1970
Box 25 Syracuse University Press 1952-1954, 1960
Box 25 Syracuse University, Senate Committee on Research undated
Box 25 S, miscellaneous 1964, 1969-1972
Box 25 Tata, Robert J. 1965, 1972
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Box 25 7th National Conference 1959 (6 folders)
Box 26 7th National Conference 1959 (2 folders)
Box 26 Barton, Robert D. 1959
Box 26 General 1953-1959 (4 folders)
Box 26 Hartshorn, Merrill 1959
Box 26 Hinkley, William 1959
Box 26 Johnson, Harvey L. 1959
Box 26 Plenary session, Denver, CO 1959
Box 26 Vera, Oscar 1959
Box 26 Wilgus, A. Curtis 1959
Box 26 Woodward, Dorothy 1959
Box 58 United States Army 1934-1960
Box 26 United States Army, Office of Strategic Services 1940-1946 (2 folders)
Box 49 United States Army, Office of Strategic Services, general information 1942 (2 folders)
Box 26 United States Army, Office of Strategic Services, Intelligence Photographic Documentation Project 1944-1945
Box 27 United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census 1951-1954 (2 folders)
Box 27 United States Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau 1962
Box 27 United States Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary 1954
Box 27 United States Department of State, Interim Research and Intelligence Service 1945
Box 27 United States Military Academy, Department of Earth, Space, and Graphic Sciences 1971
Box 57 United States Service Commission circa 1940
Box 27 University of Chicago 1938, 1947 (2 folders)
Box 27 University of Michigan 1937, 1945, 1965 (2 folders)
Box 27 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1938
Box 27 University of Minnesota 1972
Box 27 University of Texas 1947
Box 27 University of Washington 1949-1950, 1966
Box 58 University of West Indies 1972
Box 27 University of Wisconsin, Department of Geography 1948, 1966-1969
Box 27 U-V, miscellaneous 1945, 1948, 1950, 1960-1972 (3 folders)
Box 27 Zelinsky, Wilbur 1954
Box 27 Incomplete or illegible 1936-1972
Course material
Box 27 Climatology 1957
Box 27 Comprehensive exam for master's degree 1949
Box 27 Comprehensive exam for PhD 1952
Box 27 Comprehensive exams 1949-1956, 1970, undated
Box 27 Cultural geography 1950-1959
Box 27 Elementary air photo interpretation 1961
Box 27 Geography 100 1958-1959
Box 27 Geography 120 1948-1960
Box 27 Geography 121 1958-1959
Box 27 Geography 229 undated
Box 27 Geography 270 1949
Box 27 Geography 305 1961-1966
Box 27 Geography 392 1958
Box 27 Geography 805 undated
Box 27 Geography for teachers undated
Box 28 History of geographic thought 1957-1961
Box 28 Latin America parts I and II 1952-1968 (3 folders)
Lecture notes
Box 28 Climates of the world undated
Box 28 Geography II undated (7 folders)
Box 29 Geography III undated (2 folders)
Box 29 Geography 121 undated (6 folders)
Box 29 Geography 305: history of geographic thought, famous geographers undated (4 folders)
Box 30 Geography 305: history of geographic thought, famous geographers undated (9 folders)
Box 58 Latin America and the Soviet Union undated
Box 30 Middle America undated
Box 30 South America undated (2 folders)
Box 31 South America undated (11 folders)
Box 32 South America undated (2 folders)
Box 32 World geography undated
Box 32 Miscellaneous undated (6 folders)
Box 32 Summer field course 1965
Box 32 United States geography 1954
Box 32 World geography 1957
Box 32 World geography, 9th grade undated
Box 32 World history undated
Box 32 Miscellaneous 1965-1968 (2 folders)
Memorabilia
Oversize 1 Award, National Council for Geographic Education, Distinguished Service Award 1964
Box 48 Awards and citations 1936, 1968
Box 48 Certificates 1955-1956
Oversize 1 Certificates 1940, 1950, 1954, 1959, 1965
Box 48 Ephemera, South America undated
Oversize 1 Flag, Brazil undated
Box 48 Identification forms, South America 1938
Box 48 Map and tour schedule, Portland, Oregon undated
Oversize 1 Painted reed mat undated
Box 48 Poster, lecture at Syracuse University 1960
Box 48 Programs 1944, 1972
Box 48 War service items 1943 - clipping, lease agreement
Photographs
RESTRICTED: Because the lantern slides are fragile, they are restricted. Please consult with an archivist to obtain permission to view them.
Lantern slides
Oversize 3 Brazil (São Paulo), Peru, and Trinidad undated
Oversize 4 Brazil (São Paulo) and topographic maps of Syracuse, New York undated
Oversize 5 South America and topographic maps of Syracuse, New York undated
Oversize 9 South America maps undated
Oversize 8 South America maps and unidentified landscapes undated
Oversize 6 Wyoming (Jackson) and Trinidad undated
Oversize 7 Wyoming (Jackson) and Trinidad undated
Postcards - blank photographic postcards
Box 38 Argentina 1954
Box 38 Brazil 1947 (2 folders)
Box 38 Brazil, Blumenau and Rio de Janeiro Bay undated
Box 38 Brazil, Blumenau, Vista Parcial undated
Box 38 Brazil, Ouro Preto undated
Box 38 Brazil, Rio de Janeiro undated
Box 38 Brazil, São Paulo and Santana undated
Box 38 Brazil, Via Anchieta circa 1952
Box 38 Chile 1958, 1968, undated (3 folders)
Box 38 Chile undated - rural scenes
Box 38 Costa Rica undated
Box 38 Egypt, Cairo undated
Box 38 Mexico 1941
Box 39 Mexico, Tapachula undated
Box 39 Peru circa 1954, undated (2 folders)
Box 39 Portugal, Lisbon undated
Box 39 Uruguay undated
Prints and negatives
Box 33 Brazil 1930, 1938 (13 folders)
Box 34 Brazil 1938, undated (12 folders)
Box 35 Brazil undated (6 folders)
Oversize 1 Brazil undated
Box 35 Brazil, Cultura da Banancira, Cultura de Café undated
Box 35 Brazil, Rio de Janeiro undated (2 folders)
Box 35 Brazil, Rodoviária de Goiânia undated (3 folders)
Box 35 Brazil, São Paulo circa 1952 (2 folders)
Box 35 Burma, Rangoon undated
Box 36 Chile undated
Box 36 Chile, Mexico, Peru undated
Box 36 Colorado undated - negatives
Box 36 Colorado, Golden undated
Box 36 Colombia 1931
Box 36 Curaçao undated
Box 36 Ecuador undated
Box 36 France 1945 (3 folders)
Box 36 Kentucky, Mill Springs undated
Box 36 Kentucky, Smoky Mountains undated (2 folders)
Box 36 Mexico 1940, undated (2 folders)
Box 36 Mexico City undated
Box 36 Mississippi, Vicksburg circa 1931 (2 folders)
Box 36 Montana undated - negatives
Box 36 New York, Ithaca, Cascadilla Gorge 1939
Box 36 Panama undated
Box 37 Panama Canal undated
Box 37 Paraguay undated - glass negatives
Personal - original folder titles retained
Box 37 European trip undated
Box 36 James, Preston circa 1945, undated
Box 36 Rio de Janeiro undated
Box 37 Rio de Janeiro, picnic party 1924
Box 37 Trans continental trip 1928
Box 37 Trial pictures taken on trip undated
Box 37 Trip to the West 1933 - United States (3 folders)
Box 37 Miscellaneous undated
Box 37 Peru undated (3 folders)
Box 37 Portraits of geographers, A-M undated (3 folders)
Box 38 Portraits of geographers, M-Z undated (3 folders)
Oversize 1 Portugal, Rio Douro Valley undated
Box 39 South America undated
Box 39 South Pacific undated
Box 39 Suriname undated
Box 39 Trinidad undated (3 folders)
Box 39 United States, Southwest undated
Box 39 Venezuela undated (2 folders)
Box 39 Wyoming, Jackson 1933
Box 39 Yellowstone Park undated - negatives
Box 39 Unidentified landscapes circa 1930, undated (4 folders)
Box 40 Unidentified landscapes undated - negatives (8 folders)
Research files
Box 40 Argentina 1936, 1954, 1964, undated (3 folders)
Box 40 Australia, Katherine-Darwin undated
Box 40 Bolivia 1961, 1964
Brazil
Box 40 Amazon River Steam Navigation Company 1911
Box 40 Census figures for Rio Grande do Norte 1940
Box 40 Clippings 1953-1954, 1961-1964
Box 41 Clippings 1967
Box 41 East 1920, 1930, 1936, 1946-1951 (3 folders)
Box 41 Foreign service of the United States 1937 (2 folders)
Box 41 General 1932-1933, 1938, 1943, 1952, 1968, undated (7 folders)
Box 42 Index cards undated
Box 42 The iron ore mines of Itabira do Matto Dentro 1919, 1924-1932, circa 1941
Box 42 Itabira Iron Ore Company 1930
Box 42 Luso-Brazilian studies 1950
Box 42 Maps of yellow fever 1933-1938
Box 42 Maps and publications undated
Box 42 Northeast 1927-1930, 1940-1942, 1949-1952, 1960 (6 folders)
Box 43 Northeast 1952, 1955 (3 folders)
Box 43 Notes undated
Box 43 Preliminary report on the first and second expedition to the central plateau of Brazil 1947
Box 43 São Paulo 1919, 1939, 1946-1953 (3 folders)
Box 43 South 1938 (2 folders)
Box 43 Southeast 1959, 1964
Box 43 British West Indies 1962
Box 43 Chile 1953-1954, 1962
Box 44 Colombia 1958-1965
Box 44 Cuba 1941, 1958-1963
Box 44 Dominican Republic 1950, 1955
Box 44 Ecuador undated
Box 44 Ethnic cards undated - original title was retained, first card reads, "The primary purpose of the ethnic cards is to furnish you with pertinent information on the peoples of the world"
Field notes - arranged by volume
Box 44 Vol. 1, South America 1930
Box 44 Vols. 2 and 3, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro 1930, 1938 (2 volumes)
Box 45 Vols. 4-6, Brazil 1930, 1950 (3 volumes)
Box 45 Vol. 7, South America 1930-1931
Box 45 Vol. 8, Trinidad circa 1932
Box 45 Vol. 9, Massachusetts (Blackstone Valley) 1926
Box 46 Vol. 10, Kentucky (Monticello, Burnside), North Carolina (Statesville), Mississippi (Vicksburg, Natchez) 1929
Box 46 Vol. 11, Kentucky (Monticello), Colorado (North Park), South Dakota (Black Hills) 1931
Box 46 Vol. 12, Kentucky, Michigan 1934-1936
Box 46 Vol. 13, Montana 1919
Box 46 Vol. 14, Transcontinental reconnaissance 1928
Box 46 Vols. 15-16, Wisconsin, Jackson Hole circa 1930, 1933 (2 volumes)
Box 46 Vol. 17, USSR 1961
Box 47 Vol. 18, Montana 1916-1919 - expense book
Box 47 Miscellaneous undated
Box 48 Jamaica 1970 - essays on the country
Box 47 Latin America 1944, 1960-1966 (4 folders)
Maps
Oversize 1 Australia, Katherine-Darwin undated
Box 47 Brazil undated
Oversize 1 Brazil undated
Oversize 1 Kentucky, Burnside and Monticello undated
Oversize 1 Map 1, Brazil, Florianópolis undated - following maps are arranged by numbers assigned by donor
Oversize 1 Map 2, Brazil, Santa Catarina undated
Oversize 1 Map 3, Brazil undated
Oversize 1 Map 4, Northeast Brazil surface configuration undated
Oversize 1 Maps 5-10, Trinidad undated
Oversize 1 Map 11, Colorado, Creede quadrangle circa 1920
Oversize 1 Map 12, Colorado, Del Norte quadrangle circa 1920
Oversize 1 Map 13, Colorado, Montezuma, Mesa Verde National Park circa 1920
Oversize 1 Map 14, Colorado, Montrose quadrangle circa 1920
Oversize 1 Map 15, Colorado, Summitville quadrangle circa 1920
Oversize 1 Maps 16-18, Boston circa 1920
Oversize 1 Maps 19-22, New Hampshire 1913-1915
Oversize 1 Maps 23-24, North Carolina undated
Oversize 1 Map 25, Pennsylvania, Clarion 1953 - includes material for Syracuse University field course
Oversize 1 Maps 26-30, Wisconsin 1930-1931
Box 47 Panama 1946-1954, 1964
Box 47 Peru 1958-1962
Oversize 1 Peru 1962-1964
Box 56 Venezuela 1958-1966
Writings by James
Addresses
Box 49 The dissertation requirement undated
Box 49 Geographic concepts and world crises 1983
Box 49 Geographic considerations affecting the world power structure 1968
Box 49 Geographic factors of national power 1964
Box 49 Hunger and communism in the developing world 1967
Box 49 National conference of Latin America Geographers 1970
Box 49 On the origin and persistence of error in geography 1966
Box 49 On the science of geography 1965
Box 49 On the treatment of controversial topics in geography 1949
Box 49 Population problems of Latin America 1954
Box 49 Random remarks on culture in colleges undated
Box 49 Remarks on the science of geography 1965
Box 49 The significance of geography in American education 1968
Box 49 Toward a further understanding of the regional concept 1952
Box 49 The university college undated
Articles
Box 49 Bibliography, list of articles (2 folders)
Box 50 A-G, miscellaneous 1925-1969, undated - arranged by first letter of title (10 folders)
Box 51 G-W, miscellaneous 1922-1974, undated - arranged by first letter of title (13 folders)
Box 52 Foreign language - articles that have been translated
Box 58 Foreign language 1924, 1932-1940, 1950
Box 52 Publications of Preston E. James, 1922-1954 - compilation of James' published articles (2 folders)
Box 48 Book introduction 1966 - introduction is titled "The field of geography"
Box 58 Book introduction and preface 1935, 1964, 1966, 1969
Book reviews
Box 52 Brasil, la gran potencia del siglo XXI, by Antonio Meijode Pardo 1955
Box 52 Man's role in changing the face of the Earth, by William Thomas, editor 1957
Box 52 The other side of the Pacific, by G.J. Butland 1972
Box 52 Miscellaneous 1946-1948, 1951, 1963
Books
Box 52 Regional geography: a chorographical study of the world, chapters VI-X, typescript 1929 (3 folders)
Dissertation
Box 53 Geographic factors in the development of transportation in South America circa 1923
Box 53 An outline of the morphology of land forms with special reference to the climatic relationships 1928 - handwritten note reads, "early mimeographed text by PE James PhD dissertation, 1923, area analysis which marks the culmination of land planning work before the age of electronics
Essays
Box 53 Centennial studies program: a preliminary presentation of ideas for an introduction 1949
Box 53 Geography 1956 - from Encyclopaedia Britannica
Box 53 Geography as a professional field undated
Box 53 Geography in the future undated
Box 58 On being a geographer undated
Box 53 Scientific method in the social sciences undated
Lectures
Box 53 Geographic factors of national power 1965
Box 53 Hunger and communism in the developing world 1967
Box 58 University of Brazil circa 1950
Papers
Box 53 The Framingham quadrangle 1918
Box 53 Geography in an age of revolution 1962
Box 53 Harbors and waterways of the Caribbean circa 1960
Box 53 New perspectives on teaching geography undated
Box 53 Non-marine formations with special reference to those of the Rocky Mountain eocene 1920 - with maps
Box 53 Observations on the core and boundaries of regional science undated
Box 53 Population and resources undated
Box 53 Population problems of Latin America undated
Box 53 Problems in the use of maps by geographers undated
Box 53 Program for the application and evaluation of intermediate scale techniques in the mapping of environmental data undated
Box 53 Recent developments in Latin America undated
Box 53 A reconnaissance survey of the area west of Ridgway, Colorado 1919
Box 53 Santo Domingo de Los Colorados, a new pioneer zone in Ecuador undated - with A. Burt, C. Hitchcock, C. James, C. Minkel
Box 53 The Sao Francisco Basin, a Brazilian sertão undated
Box 53 The service of geography in government undated
Box 54 Social attitudes and appreciations developed through geographic education undated
Box 54 Studies of Latin America by geographers in the United States circa 1970
Box 54 The surface configuration of Southeastern Brazil 1933 - with corrections
Box 54 Toward a further understanding of the regional concept 1952
Box 54 Treatise on political boundaries 1920
Box 54 Trends in geographic research in the United States since 1954
Box 54 Trends in the teaching of geography undated
Box 54 What happened to democracy in Latin America? 1959
Box 54 World culture regions and patterns of change circa 1970
Proposals
Box 54 European field project 1955
Box 54 Project for a study of recent European settlement in Southern Brazil 1937
Box 54 Project for summer fieldwork in Jackson Hole 1935
Box 54 Regional study of Brazil and Argentina 1934
Box 54 Study of Cumberland Plateau 1937
Reports
Box 54 Status and trends of geography in the United States, 1957-1960
Writings by others
About James
Box 54 Book reviews of James' work 1936, 1964-1965
Box 48 The journal of geography 1974 - includes interview with James
Box 49 Robinson, David J., Editor, Studying Latin America: essays in honor of Preston E. James, 1980
Box 49 U.S. news and world report, a new look at Latin America, how bright the future 1963 - interview with James
Box 54 Broek, Jan O.M. 1964
Box 54 Brown, Lawrence A. 1963
Box 54 Brown, Stuart Gerry 1963
Box 54 B, miscellaneous 1962, 1967, 1974, 1976
Box 54 F-G, miscellaneous 1961-1964, 1973, 1976
Box 54 Hartshorne, Richard 1939 - bound copy of "In nature of geography," from James' library
Box 55 Hartshorne, Richard undated
Box 55 H, miscellaneous 1961, 1968
Box 55 J. miscellaneous 1974-1976
Box 55 Kimble, George H.T. undated
Box 48 Lobeck, A.K. 1932 - Atlas of American geology (2 folders)
Box 55 K-L, miscellaneous 1962, 1965
Box 55 Mangin, William undated
Box 55 Morrison, Paul Cruss undated
Box 55 M-P, miscellaneous 1955, 1960-1964, 1972, 1974
Box 55 R, miscellaneous 1946, 1957, 1965
Box 55 Stout, David B.
Box 55 Symanski, Richard 1964 (2 folders)
Box 55 S, miscellaneous 1946, 1957, 1965
Box 55 T, miscellaneous 1955, 1958-1959, 1966-1967, 1971
Box 55 Van Fleet, James Alward undated
Box 55 Webb, Kempton undated
Box 55 W, miscellaneous 1955, 1958-1959, 1966-1967, 1971
Box 58 Unidentified authors undated

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