Guide to the William Warntz Papers,
[ca. 1955-1958]

Collection Number: 4392

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M.E. Warren
Date completed:
November 1988
EAD encoding:
J.M. Nicholas, July 2003

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
William Warntz papers, [ca. 1955-1985]
Collection Number:
4392
Creator:
William Warntz, 1922-.
Quantity:
57 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, teaching materials, notes, reports, professional papers, source materials, manuscripts.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, teaching and administrative materials and studies in the field of geography by William Warntz, professor of geography and regional planning.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Geographer.
William Warntz received a B.S., A.M., and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania and was a research associate in the Department of Astro-Physical Sciences at Princeton University and for the American Geographical Society. He served as Professor of Theoretical Geography and Regional Planning in the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. In 1971, he was appointed Professor of Geography and Departmental Chairman at the University of Western Ontario. He died in 1988.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers include general correspondence, student papers; correspondence and reports from his work at Harvard; administrative correspondence, teaching materials; and student notes from the University of Western Ontario; miscellaneous personal and professional papers; and notes, source materials, computer printouts, and manuscripts on subjects including macrogeography and income, Newton and Varenius, the diffusion of universities and printing in Europe, place names, cartography, and other topics in geography.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Warntz, William, 1922-.
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design.
University of Pennsylvania.
University of Western Ontario. Dept. of Geography.

Subjects:
Geography.
Mathematical geography.
Geography--Study and teaching.
Income--United States.
Regional science.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
William Warntz papers, #4392. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Part of Regional Science Archive.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. General Correspondence
mid-1960's-1980's
Box 1
  • J.Q. Stewart
  • Miscellaneous correspondence
  • World War II navigation records and correspondence
mostly 1980's
Box 2
  • Wide variety of topics
  • Clare Hall, Cambridge
1985-1988
Box 3
Mostly period at the University of Cambridge
1970's-1980's
Box 4
Correspondence from Bill Bunge, 1980's
 Box 54
Miscellaneous correspondence
 Box 18
Series II. Early Career: Harvard
Research analyses on a variety of topics
 Box 5
American Geographical Society, Pennsylvania and Harvard periods
Correspondence and reports, 1950's-1960's
Box 6
  • American Geographical Society
  • Princeton
  • Harvard
Correspondence, research reports and proposals, Harvard period
 Box 7-9
Harvard series on theoretical geography
 Box 10
Originals, documentation
Research: Harvard computer graphics
 Box 11
Correspondence, Harvard period
 Box 11
Distances in the Man-Made Environment-Penguin correspondence
Series III. Western Ontario
Administrative correspondence as Chairman of Geography Department, University of Western Ontario, 1970's
Box 12
Correspondence and reports as Chairman of Geography department, University of Western Ontario
 Box 13-14
Teaching materials, University of Western Ontario
 Box 15-16
  • Outlines, exams, examples of student reports
  • Notes and student projects, University of Western Ontario
Series IV. Miscellaneous Personal and Professional Items
Annual calendars (diaries of events, schedules)
 Box 17
Book order/purchase receipts
 Box 17
Research expense records
 Box 17
Research proposals
 Box 18
Research expenses
 Box 18
CVs and geographical details
 Box 18
Job applications
 Box 52
Warntz's papers as a student
 Box 19
Audio and data tapes
 Box 20
Films and slides
 Box 20
Series V. Projects
Newton and Varenius
Source material (photocopies)
 Box 21
Newton
Varenius
Supporting source material (photocopies)
 Box 22-23
Newton
Varenius
Research on Geographia Generalis by Varenius
Box 24-25
Sir Isaac Newton
Vermeer's painting of The Geographer
Original translations by Warntz from Latin/German
Analysis
Grant proposals
Photocopies of Latin, German and English editions of Varenius and Newton: source materials for Warntz's research
Box 26-27
Diffusion of Universities
Source materials (photocopies) for research on European printing, universities and population potentials, 1500-1800
 Box 28-29
Diffusion of universities and printing in Europe 1500-1800
 Box 30-31
Population potentials
 Box 30
Original analysis/data
 Box 30-31
Macrogeography
Macrogeography
 Box 32-33
Population/income potential research, 1972
United States
Macrogeography and income U.S.A. (computer output)
 Box 34-35
Completed 1960's, Harvard
Place Names
Place names: research data and analysis
 Box 36
Place names: research, analysis
 Box 37
United States Universities
Research analysis
 Box 38-39
U.S. universities
Who's Who
Potential patterns
Macro patterns of U.S. university football
Values research of university students
 Box 40-41
Survey forms
Computer output
Analyses
United States migration research tabulations, graphics, computer printout
 Box 42
Research analyses
 Box 43-44
U.S. educational establishment/ Who's Who
Universities, 1970's-1980's
Geography, the Innocent Science
Geography, the Innocent Science
 Box 45
Manuscripts
Experiments
Correspondence with William Bunge
Map Projection
Map projection projects
 Box 46
Historical mapping
Q problem on sphere
Shape of earth
Research analysis
 Box 47-48
Contour mapping
Properties of surfaces
Networks
Pressure patterns
Continentality
Global patterns
 Box 49-50
Global patterns of populations potential
Global patterns of temperature/pressure (computer output)
United States Space Economy
United States space economy
 Box 51
Intensification
Potentials
Income fronts (data, graphics, manuscripts)
Miscellaneous
Original unpublished materials
 Box 19, 52
Distances in the man-made environment
 Box 52
Translation/commentaries of 19th- and early-20th-century books/papers, from Polish, German and French
 Box 52
Correspondence with publishers
 Box 52
Research on Canadian universities and the Canadian space economy
 Box 52
Computer research on tall buildings
 Box 52
Surface properties research, computer graphics, etc.
 Box 20, 53
Research: U.S. college/football
 Box 53
Geography of and for College Students
Box 53
Correspondence and drafts
 Box 53
Geography Now and Then
Geographers and What They Do
Place Names, Probabilities, Priorities
Television series, Philadelphia
 Box 54
1963-1964
Materials/correspondence
1966-1967
Boston
Drafts: Breakthroughs in Geography
Box 54
Reprints of publications
 Box 19
Warntz TV show on geography
 Box 20
Various/translations by Warntz
 Box 54
Series VI. Maps and Oversized Materials
Original research maps
  • Population potential
  • Map projections
  • Pressure patterns
Original finished cartographics for Warntz publications