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.
Dates
- [ca. 1955-1985]
Creator
- Warntz, William, 1922- (Person)
Language of Materials
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.
Extent
54 cubic feet. (54 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Correspondence, teaching and administrative materials and studies in the field of geography by William Warntz, professor of geography and regional planning.
Physical Description
Correspondence, teaching materials, notes, reports, professional papers, source materials, manuscripts.
General
- 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
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, January 2014
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by M.E. Warren
- Date
- July 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu