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Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG) Records

An inventory of its records at the Syracuse University Archives


Finding aid created by: Meg Mason
Date: 2018

Historical Note

The Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG) began in 1970 as the first organization of specialists in the Association of American Geographers to be independently organized. It was created to further geographic education and research on Latin America. CLAG publishes a newsletter, Communication, and a journal, Journal of Latin American Geography, and convenes at international conferences.

Scope and Content Note

The Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG) Records comprise correspondence, conference materials, media, meeting minutes, and various administrative files. The collection also contains the files of current and past executive directors of CLAG. The records are arranged into eight series. There are seven general series (General files, Conferences, The Golfito experience, Media, Board, Communication, and Correspondence) followed by the papers of William E. Doolittle, executive director of the organization.

The General files series contains administrative materials like founding documents, membership records, and funding applications. Additionally, there are materials for various CLAG committees, general meetings, and publications.

Conferences contains planning documents, programs, schedules, and proceedings for the conferences CLAG has organized.

Within The Golfito Experience series are materials related to a research expedition program CLAG organized multiple times to Golfito, Costa Rica, from 1986 to 1990.

Media contains audiovisual recordings of sessions, discussions, and other meetings related to CLAG conferences and events.

The Board series contains board meeting minutes, member nominees, and executive committee memorandums.

Communication contains issues of the CLAG newsletter Communication from March 1971 to spring 1992.

Correspondence contains professional correspondence between member and non-member geographers, as well as email printouts.

The William E. Doolittle series contains Doolittle's papers from his time on the board of directors and as executive director of CLAG.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Access to media 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.

Related Material

The University Archives holds the David J. Robinson Papers as well as records from the Syracuse University Department of Geography.

Selected Search Terms

Names

Doolittle, William Emery.
Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers.

Subjects

Geography.
Professional associations.
Geographers.

Types of Material

Audiotapes.
Floppy disks.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Programs (documents)
Sound recordings.
Videotapes.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG) Records,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Professor David J. Robinson on behalf of CLAG in 2007. Additions have been made in the years since.

Gift of Karl Offen in 2023.

Processing Information

Collection materials have been placed in archival housing.

Arrangement

Records are in original order.

Table of Contents

General files

Conferences

The Golfito Experience

Media

Board

Communication

Correspondence

William E. Doolittle, executive director, papers 1989-2003

Inventory