15/10/808 Guide to the Newsletters Departmental Newsletters Finding Aid Authors: Spenser Bailey.

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Guide to the Newsletters University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Newsletters 1957- 15/10/808 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Geography Department 0.60 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

Geography was originally offered by the Department of Natural History.1 The standard course, which was Physical Geography and Meteorology2, was replaced in 1882-83 by a course called Physiography.3 No courses designated as geography were again taught until the Geology Department offered Physical Geography in 1903-04.4

In 1934, the name of the Department of Geology was changed to the Department of Geology and Geography.5 In 1935, the Division of Social Sciences was organized. The faculty of geography was included in the division.6 In 1945, an independent Department of Geography was formed.

The appointment of a department head was authorized in 19478 and he began work in 1949.9 In 1950, the curriculum was reorganized to lead to the M.A. or M.S. degrees and to the Ph.D.10

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 2nd Report, 1868, p. 6.

2. Catalogue and Circular, 1880-81, p. 61.

3. Ibid., 1882-83, p. 61.

4. Register, 1903-04, p. 122. See Economic Geography (Econ 26) in 1902-03, RS 15/10/0/2.

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 37th Report, Jan. 26, 1934, p. 432.

6. Ibid., 38th Report, April 20, 1935, p. 161.

7. Department of Geography Space Needs, Dec. 1947, Department of Geography, Business File, 1945-49, RS 15/10/1, Box 1, University of Illinois Archives.

8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, August 5, 1947, p. 487.

9. Ibid., 45th Report, October 21, 1948, p. 149.

10. Ibid., 45th Report., April 19, 1950, p. 1097.

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This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term: Geography Department
Administrative Information Accruals:

11/20/1993; 2/2023

Arrangement of Materials:

Alphabetical by newsletter type, then alphabetical by newsletter name, then chronological.  See finding aid for details.

Scope and Contents

Newsletters produced by the Geography Department for alumni, faculty, staff, and students. Titles include Diffusion, Effusion, Geography Alumni Newsletter, Georama, Landline, Newsletter, Newsletter for Geography Majors, and Undergraduate Program Notes. Also included are Christmas/Holiday season newsletters from 1958 and 1959, and materials (articles, drafts, photos) for the production of the Geography Alumni Newsletter.

Newsletter subjects include announcements of events and student organization activities, course information, lists of graduate students and degrees awarded, news on faculty and staff, and instructional and research notes.