William Warntz papers, [ca. 1955-1985]
Collection Number: 4392
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
William Warntz papers, [ca. 1955-1985]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4392
Abstract:
Correspondence, teaching and administrative materials and studies in the field of
geography by William Warntz, professor of geography and regional planning.
Creator:
Warntz, William, 1922-
Quanitities:
54 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
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.
Part of Regional Science Archive.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
William Warntz papers, #4392. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design
University of Western Ontario. Department of Geography
Subjects:
Regional science.
Income -- United States.
Geography -- Study and teaching.
Mathematical geography.
Geography.
CONTAINER LIST
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Date
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Series I. General Correspondence
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Box 1 | mid-1960's-1980's | ||
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Box 2 | mostly 1980's | ||
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Box 3 | 1985-1988 | ||
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Mostly period at the University of Cambridge
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Box 4 | 1970's-1980's | ||
Box 54 |
Correspondence from Bill Bunge, 1980's
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Box 18 |
Miscellaneous correspondence
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Series II. Early Career: Harvard
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Box 5 |
Research analyses on a variety of topics
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Scope and Contents
American Geographical Society, Pennsylvania and Harvard periods
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Box 6 |
Correspondence and reports,
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1950's-1960's | |
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Box 7 |
Correspondence, research reports and proposals, Harvard period
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Box 8 |
Correspondence, research reports and proposals, Harvard period
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Box 9 |
Correspondence, research reports and proposals, Harvard period
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Box 10 |
Harvard series on theoretical geography
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Scope and Contents
Originals, documentation
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Box 11 |
Research: Harvard computer graphics
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Box 11 |
Correspondence, Harvard period
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Scope and Contents
Distances in the Man-Made Environment-Penguin correspondence
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Series III. Western Ontario
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Box 12 |
Administrative correspondence as Chairman of Geography Department, University of Western
Ontario,
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1970's | |
Box 13 |
Correspondence and reports as Chairman of Geography department, University of Western
Ontario
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Box 14 |
Correspondence and reports as Chairman of Geography department, University of Western
Ontario
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Teaching materials, University of Western Ontario
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Scope and Contents
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Box 15 |
Teaching materials, University of Western Ontario
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Box 16 |
Teaching materials, University of Western Ontario
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Series IV. Miscellaneous Personal and Professional Items
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Box 17 |
Annual calendars (diaries of events, schedules)
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Box 17 |
Book order/purchase receipts
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Box 17 |
Research expense records
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Box 18 |
Research proposals
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Box 18 |
Research expenses
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Box 18 |
CVs and geographical details
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Box 52 |
Job applications
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Box 19 |
Warntz's papers as a student
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Box 20 |
Audio and data tapes
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Box 20 |
Films and slides
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Series V. Projects
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Newton and Varenius
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Box 21 |
Source material (photocopies)
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Newton
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Varenius
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Box 22 |
Supporting source material (photocopies)
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 22 and 23 contain Newton, Varenius
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Box 23 |
Supporting source material (photocopies)
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 22 and 23 contain Newton, Varenius
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Box 24 |
Research on Geographia Generalis by Varenius
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 24 and 25 contain Sir Isaac Newton, Vermeer's painting of The Geographer, Original
translations by Warntz from Latin/German, Analysis, and Grant Proposals
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Box 25 |
Research on Geographia Generalis by Varenius
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 24 and 25 contain Sir Isaac Newton, Vermeer's painting of The Geographer, Original
translations by Warntz from Latin/German, Analysis, and Grant Proposals
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Box 26 |
Photocopies of Latin, German and English editions of Varenius and Newton: source materials for Warntz's research
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Box 27 |
Photocopies of Latin, German and English editions of Varenius and Newton: source materials for Warntz's research
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Diffusion of Universities
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Box 28 |
Source materials (photocopies) for research on European printing, universities and
population potentials, 1500-1800
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Box 29 |
Source materials (photocopies) for research on European printing, universities and
population potentials, 1500-1800
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Box 30 |
Diffusion of universities and printing in Europe 1500-1800
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 30 and 31 contain population potentials and original analysis/data
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Box 31 |
Diffusion of universities and printing in Europe 1500-1800
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Boxes 30 and 31 contain population potentials and original analysis/data
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Macrogeography
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Box 32 |
Macrogeography
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 32 and 33 contain Population/income potential research, 1972, United States
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Box 33 |
Macrogeography
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 32 and 33 contain Population/income potential research, 1972, United States
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Box 34 |
Macrogeography and income U.S.A. (computer output)
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Scope and Contents
Completed 1960's, Harvard
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Box 35 |
Macrogeography and income U.S.A. (computer output)
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Scope and Contents
Completed 1960's, Harvard
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Place Names
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Box 36 |
Place names: research data and analysis
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Box 37 |
Place names: research, analysis
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United States Universities
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Box 38 |
Research analysis
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 38-39 contain U.S. universities, Who's Who, Potential patterns, Macro patterns
of U.S. university football
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Box 39 |
Research analysis
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 38-39 contain U.S. universities, Who's Who, Potential patterns, Macro patterns
of U.S. university football
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Box 40 |
Values research of university students
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 40-41 contain survey forms, computer output, analyses
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Box 41 |
Values research of university students
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 40-41 contain survey forms, computer output, analyses
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Box 42 |
United States migration research tabulations, graphics, computer printout
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Box 43 |
Research analyses
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 43-44 contain U.S. educational establishment/ Who's Who, Universities, 1970's-1980's
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Box 44 |
Research analyses
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 43-44 contain U.S. educational establishment/ Who's Who, Universities, 1970's-1980's
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Geography, the Innocent Science
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Box 45 |
Geography, the Innocent Science
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Manuscripts
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Experiments
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Correspondence with William Bunge
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Map Projection
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Box 46 |
Map projection projects
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Historical mapping
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Q problem on sphere
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Shape of earth
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Box 47 |
Research analysis
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 47-48 contain Contour mapping, Properties of surfaces, Networks, Pressure patterns,
Continentality
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Box 48 |
Research analysis
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 47-48 contain Contour mapping, Properties of surfaces, Networks, Pressure patterns,
Continentality
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Box 49 |
Global patterns
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 49-50 contain Global patterns of populations potential, Global patterns of temperature/pressure
(computer output)
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Box 50 |
Global patterns
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Scope and Contents
Boxes 49-50 contain Global patterns of populations potential, Global patterns of temperature/pressure
(computer output)
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United States Space Economy
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Box 51 |
United States space economy
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Intensification
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Potentials
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Income fronts (data, graphics, manuscripts)
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Miscellaneous
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Box 19 |
Original unpublished materials
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Box 52 |
Original unpublished materials
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Box 52 |
Distances in the man-made environment
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Box 52 |
Translation/commentaries of 19th- and early-20th-century books/papers, from Polish,
German and French
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Box 52 |
Correspondence with publishers
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Box 52 |
Research on Canadian universities and the Canadian space economy
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Box 52 |
Computer research on tall buildings
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Box 20 |
Surface properties research, computer graphics, etc.
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Box 53 |
Surface properties research, computer graphics, etc.
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Box 53 |
Research: U.S. college/football
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Box 53 |
Geography of and for College Students
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Box 53 |
Correspondence and drafts
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Geography Now and Then
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Geographers and What They Do
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Place Names, Probabilities, Priorities
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Box 54 |
Television series, Philadelphia
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Materials/correspondence
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1963-1964 | ||
Boston
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1966-1967 | ||
Box 54 |
Drafts: Breakthroughs in Geography
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Box 19 |
Reprints of publications
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Box 20 |
Warntz TV show on geography
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Box 54 |
Various/translations by Warntz
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Series VI. Maps and Oversized Materials
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Original research maps
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Original finished cartographics for Warntz publications
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