Collection inventory

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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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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