XOE_CPNWS0082apcg Guide to the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers records 1935-2010 Association of Pacific Coast Geographers records Finding aid prepared by Joseph Shay Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies © 2011
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XOE_CPNWS0082apcg Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Association of Pacific Coast Geographers records 1935-2010 5 linear feet The Association of Pacific Coast Geographers was founded in 1935 to promote geographical education, research, and knowledge. The collection documents the Association's activities. Collection materials are in English.

Founded in 1935 by a gathering of geographers including graduate students and faculty from universities, normal schools, and junior colleges, the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers has a long and rich history promoting geographical education, research, and knowledge. Since 1952 it has also been the Pacific Coast Regional Division of the Association of American Geographers, serving AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, WA, BC, and YT.

The Association of Pacific Coast Geographers records consist of a large selection of administrative files including committee and officers' files, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, and directories. There are also records from the association's annual meetings, arranged according to location, including photographs depicting various association officers and activities, as well as publications and communications including newsletters, yearbooks, and compilations of essays.

The Association of Pacific Coast Geographers records are organized according to the following series arrangement:

Series I. Administrative Files 1935-2003 Series II. Annual Meetings 1938-2008 Series III. Photographs 1992-2003 Series IV. Publications / Communications 1935-2010

The collection is open to the public.

Association of Pacific Coast Geographers records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

Donated by the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, date unknown.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Association of Pacific Coast Geographers--Archives Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources Northwest Coast of North America--History--Sources Geography--Pacific States--History--Sources Science Bellingham

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series I Administrative Files 1935-2003 1/1 Certificate of Incorporation 1962 1/2 Constitution and By-Laws 1936-1998 Committee Files 1/3 Executive Committee 1986-2003 1/4 Nominating Committee 1959-1985 1/5 Annual Chair Committee Meeting Items 1991-1992 Awards Committee 1/6 Committee Items and Correspondence 1968-1997 1/7 Geopub Awards 1973-1977 1/8 Stella Louie Award 1976-1984 1/9 Distinguished Service Awards 1984-1992 Membership Committee 1/10 Committee Items and Correspondence 1971-1996 1/11 Membership Lists and Correspondence 1972-1978 Yearbook Committee 1/12 Ad hoc Yearbook Committee 1983-1984 1/13 Committee Items and Correspondence 1977-1996 1/14 Correspondence re: yearbook articles for reprinting 1971-1990 1/15 Correspondence with O.S.U. Press 1964-1988 1/16 Materials on History of Geography Department 1986-1989 Officer's Files 1/17 List of Officers, Meeting Places 1935-1999 President's Files 1/18 Notes for Incoming Presidents 1958-1991 1/19 Daniel Arreola 1997-1998 1/20 Joan Clemens 1996-1997 1/21 Court, Arnold 1978-1979 1/22 William Crowley 1993-1994 1/23 Robert Durrenberger 1973-1975 1/24 Larry Ford 1983 1/25 Chris Field 1975-1976 1/26 Lay T. Gibson 1981-1986 1/27 Richard M. Highsmith Jr. 1965 1/28 Martin Kaatz 1969-1970 1/29 Earl W. Kersten 1983-1984 1/30 Terrill J. Kramer 1989-1990 1/31 David W. Lambis 1980-1981 1/32 Bill Loy 1988-1989 1/33 Dan Luten 1970-1971 1/34 Elliot McIntire 1995-1996 1/35 Tom McKnight 1968-1969 1/36 Howard Nelson 1972-1973 1/37 Clyde Patton 1967 1/38 Edward Price 1968 1/39 Larry Price 1984-1985 1/40 Phil Pryde 1990-1991 1/41 Lester B. Rowntree 1992-1993 1/42 Jim Scott 1991-1992 1/43 Dan Stanislawski 1971-1972 2/1 Rod Steineri 1988-1989 2/2 William Thomas 1977-1978 2/3 Margaret Trussell 1985-1988 2/4 Alvin Urquhart 1979-1980 2/5 Phil Wagner 1972-1973 Secretary/Treasurer's Files 2/6 James Ashbaugh 1968-1970 2/7 Dale Courtney 1962-1964 2/8 Howard J. Critchfield 1955 2/9 Art Earick 1971-1973 2/10 John F. Gaines 1975-1977 2/11 Paul F. Griffin 1960 2/12 Gary Klee 1979-1981 2/13 Fritz Kramer 1965-1968 2/14 Terrill Kramer 1981-1986 2/15 Robert L. Monahan 1964-1967 2/16 Margaret Trussell 1977-1978 2/17 Nancy Williamson 1989 Editor's Files 2/18 John Gaines 1967-1973 2/19 Robert L. Monahan 1977 2/20 James W. Scott 1979-1987 2/21 Rod Steiner 1975 General Officer's Files Newsletter Editor 2/22 Items re: Appointment of Yearbook Editor 1987 2/23 Newsletter Editor Correspondence 1968-1977 2/24 Newsletters and Pacifica Correspondence 1995-1996 2/25 Treasurer's Reports 1951-1998 2/26 Regional Councilor Materials 1970-1992 2/27 Archivist's Materials 1968-1998 Women Geographers 2/28 Women Geographer's Group 1986-1995 Correspondence 2/29 Regular Correspondence 1968-1971 2/30 Fiscal Year 1986-1987 2/31 Fiscal Year 1987-1988 2/32 Fiscal Year 1988-1989 2/33 Email Correspondence 1995-1996 2/34 IGC Washington 1992 2/35 AAG 1995-1996 Financial Materials 2/36 Account Book 1966-1968 2/37 Account Book 1972-1979 2/38 Account Book 1979-1980 2/39 Account Book 1981-1984 2/40 IRS Materials 1968-1969 2/41 Tax Exemption Application 1970 Membership Lists and Directories 3/1 Membership Lists 1951-1952 1954 1956-1957 1959 3/2 Membership Lists 1963 1965 1968-1970 1972 1975-1976 3/3 Membership Lists 1976-1979 3/4 Membership Lists 1980-1981 1986 1988 1991 1996 1999 Series II Annual Meetings 1938-2008 3/5 San Diego 1938 3/6 UBC Vancouver 1949 3/7 Salt Lake City 1950 3/8 USC 1951 3/9 Cheney 1951 3/10 Corvallis 1952 3/11 Santa Barbara 1953 3/12 WSU Pullman 1954 3/13 UW Seattle 1956 3/14 Stanford 1957 3/15 Eugene 1960 3/16 San Francisco 1961 3/17 UW Seattle 1962 3/18 Los Angeles City College 1963 3/19 Berkeley 1964 3/20 Portland 1965 3/21 Riverside, CA 1966 3/22 Chico, CA 1967 3/23 Bellingham 1968 3/24 San Fernando State College 1969 3/25 Santa Cruz 1970 3/26 Victoria B.C. 1971 3/27 Hayward 1972 3/28 San Diego 1973 3/29 Corvallis 1974 3/30 Fresno 1975 3/31 Tucson 1976 3/32 Hilo, Hawaii 1977 3/33 Portland 1978 3/34 Santa Barbara 1979 3/35 Reno 1980 3/36 Moscow, ID 1981 3/37 Long Beach 1982 3/38 Eureka, CA 1983 3/39 Cheney 1984 3/40 UCLA 1985 3/41 Eugene 1986 3/42 Davis 1987 3/43 San Diego 1988 3/44 Fairbanks, AK 1989 3/45 Chico, CA 1990 3/46 Tucson 1991 3/47 Bellingham 1992 3/48 Berkeley 1993 3/49 Northridge 1994 3/50 Sonoma State University 1995 3/51 Sacramento 1996 3/52 Spokane 1997 3/53 Flagstaff, AZ 1998 4/1 Reno 1999 4/2 Arcata, CA 2000 4/3 Santa Barbara, CA 2001 4/4 San Bernardino, CA 2002 4/5 Portland 2003 4/6 San Luis Obispo, CA 2004 4/7 Phoenix 2005 4/8 Eugene, OR 2006 4/9 Long Beach 2007 4/10 Fairbanks, AK 2008 4/11 Business Meeting Minutes 1954-1967 Series III Photographs 1992-2003 Annual Meeting Photographs 4/12 Photographs from Helen Proctor 1994-1997 4/13 Annual Meeting 1995 4/14 Spokane, Bill Loy 1997 4/15 Annual Meeting, Joan Clement 1997 4/16 Annual Meeting, Bill Loy 1998 4/17 Annual Meeting, Bill Loy 1999 4/18 Annual Meeting, Bill Loy 2003 Officer's Photographs 4/19 President and other officer's photographs 1992 Series IV Publications / Communications 1935-2010 4/20 Applied Geographers preliminary issues 1978-2009 4/21 Blumenstock Memorial Volume materials 1967-1968 4/22 Materials regarding the Death of Jeremy Anderson 1987 Newsletters 4/23 Newsletters 1940s 4/24 Newsletters 1950s 4/25 Newsletters 1960s 4/26 Newsletters 1970s 4/27 Newsletters 1980s 4/28 Newsletters 1990s 4/29 Newsletters 2000-2010 Yearbooks 5 Index 1941-1949 5 An Author Index of Articles and Abstracts in the Yearbooks of the APCG vols. 1-10 1935-1948 5 Yearbooks 1935-1942 1947-1967 1969-1990 1994-1996 2007-2008 2010 Sauer Volume 5 Sauer and Geographic Influences correspondence 1977-1981 5 Special Sauer Volume Materials 1984-1986 5 Kenzer, Martin S., ed. Carl O. Sauer: A Tribute. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press for the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (includes negatives) 1987 5 Court, Arnold, ed. Eclectic Climatology: Selected Essays Written in Memory of David I. Blumenstock, 1913-1963. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press 1968