GEOGRAPHERS ON FILM:
Visual Record and Archival Resource
November 29, 2004
Maynard Weston Dow, Plymouth State University
Home Address: 44 Towne Road, Bristol, NH 03222
(603) 744-8846; E-MAIL: MWD@MAIL.PLYMOUTH.EDU
WEBSITE: http://oz.plymouth.edu/~mwd/
INTRODUCTION
August 1970 marked the origin of Geographers on Film (GOF). Participants speak for the record (varying from ten to
eighty-nine minutes) so that samples of the geographical experience are preserved; the ultimate concomitant goal is full
transcription. The project resulted from teaching thought and methodology courses; students therein would pore over the
writings of cognoscenti to acquire an appreciation for the genesis and development of geography as a field of learning.
After considering the advantage of having Aristotle on film it was decided to secure in a permanent medium something of
the more fertile minds of modern geography. In the beginning concentration was on elder statespersons, thus coverage
spans much of 20th Century geography.
MORPHOLOGY
546 GOF productions include 306 film and videotape GOF interviews (151 hours) of the thought and reflection of 274
geographers, plus 240 GOF Additional Holdings (137.75 hours), which feature distinctive themes (varying from 10-196
minutes) and embody 130 supplemental geographers expanding the number to 394 geographers incorporated within GOF.
Fifty-eight of the GOF films/videos are multiple interviews of thirty selected individuals (e.g. Richard Hartshorne, 1972,
1978, 1979, 1986A, 1986B). Supplementary productions (2.5 hours) include two 1/4" audiotapes (George B. Cressey and
Joseph E. Spencer) and a silent film transformed to VHS. The complete visual portions of GOF (288.83 hours) have been
converted to the readily accessible VHS format and are available for rental.
ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY
Copies of the GOF collection are deposited in the National Gallery of the Spoken Word (NGSW) at Michigan State
University. The Gallery facilitates worldwide utilization of GOF via digitization of the series by providing Internet access
to the audio and selected video images. The NGSW is an expansive repository of aural resources, a NSF-funded online
fully searchable database of significant spoken word collections. It is the first large-scale repository of its kind. Samples
of holdings include Thomas Edison's cylinder recordings, the voices of Babe Ruth and Florence Nightingale, plus Stud
Terkel's timeless interviews. To survey links to the GOF series and an online GOF example type: "Geographers on Film."
Click on www.lib.msu.edu.vincent/gof/ to view "Now Showing: Woman Geographers on Film I: A Retrospective:
Survival in the Male-dominated Academe, 1990. For rental copies of GOF interviews inquire at the Bristol NH and/or
email address listed above.
THEMATIC PRESENTATIONS
To complement GOF, sixteen (16) thematic video presentations have evolved. The process entails electronically
splicing segments of GOF features into productions following specific themes: "Roots and Practice of Northwestern
Geography", GOF Interview Years 1971-1972 (1972): 29 min; "William Morris Davis, Robert P. Beckinsale" (1975)
Edited Banquet Address, Co-author, The Life and Work of William Morris Davis, The History of the Study of Landforms,
vol. 2, 1973. New Haven CT, Oct 10 (1975): 32 min; “Interviews of Berkeley Students” 1932-1950 (1979): 123 min;
"Unity in Diversity, Marvin W. Mikesell" 1979, Archival Footage of Opening Session: The AAG at 75: History and
Prospect, Philadelphia, April 22 (1979): 22 min; "Early 20th Century Harvard Geographers" (1980): 21 min; "Wallace W.
Atwood: Clark Monadnock of the 1920s" (1980): 10 min; "Harvard in the 40s: Recollections of the Demise" (1988): 38
min; "Mr. Sauer: Mentor and Disciples" (1988): 60 min; "The QR: Reflections about the Quantitative Revolution in
American Geography" (1988): 59 min; "Women Geographers on Film I - A Retrospective: Survival in the Maledominated Academe" (1990):; "Women Geographers on Film II" (1991): 58 min; "The Silver Sampler: 25 years of
Geographers on Film" (1994): 36 min; “Interviews of Berkeley Faculty” 1950-1996 (1996): 122 min; "Diffusion of
Geographic Education, K-PhD I" (1996): 38 min; "Diffusion of Geographic Education, K-PhD II" (1998): 86 min; and
Anticipating the Centennial, Geographers on Film Archival Presentations: Political and Urban Geography; Richard
Hartshorne, The Nature of Geography; J. E. Spencer; Gilbert White, the TVA; Beyond the Glass Ceiling; and Women in
the Field, 1971-1996 (2003), 97 min.
November 29, 2004
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GOF RENTAL FEES and POLICIES
[10-19 min = $15], [20-29 min = $20], [30-39 min = $25],
[40-49 min = $30], [50-80 min = $35], plus an estimate of $5.00 mailing
GOF videos are NOT to be duplicated (copied) as
rental fees are the sole source of support for the series.
LISTING OF 308 GOF FEATURES
(A= Audio Only, C = Color, M = Monochrome) – November 29, 2004
-----------------------------------------------------------------Robert T. Aangeenbrug (1991) - C: 36 minutes
Ronald F. Abler (l985) - C: 35 minutes
Ronald F. Abler (2003) - C: 71 minutes
John S. Adams (l983) - C: 10 minutes
John A. Agnew (2004) - C: 56 minutes
Nigel J. R. Allan (1993) - C: 50 minutes
James R. Anderson (l978) - M: 10 minutes
Alice C. Andrews (1992) - C: 23 minutes
Homer Aschmann (l981) - M: 11 minutes
John P. Augelli (1988) - C: 26 minutes
Phillip Bacon (1995) - C: 42 minutes
W. G. V. Balchin (l982) - C: 8 minutes
David G. Basile (l984) - C: 18 minutes
Robert B. Beckinsale (l975) - M: 11 minutes
Robert S. Bednarz (1997) - C: 56 minutes
Sarah W. Bednarz (1996) - C: 36 minutes
Elizabeth P. Beetschen (1996) - C: 48 minutes
Robert J. Bennett (l982) - C: 10 minutes
Mildred Berman (1989) - C: 37 minutes
Brian J. L. Berry (l971) - C: 11 minutes
Brian J. L. Berry (2004) - C: 96 minutes
Mary Lynne Bird (1997) - C: 59 minutes
Stephen S. Birdsall (1996) - C: 55 minutes
Barry C. Bishop (l986) - C: 26 minutes
James M. Blaut (l975) - M: 10 minutes
Brian W. Blouet (1998) - C: 68 minutes
Richard G. Boehm (1994) - C: 50 minutes
John R. Borchert (l975) - M: 11 minutes
Barbara Borowiecki (l986) - C: 27 minutes
Kenneth E. Boulding (l983) - C: 15 minutes
Osa Brand (2001) - C: 48.5 minutes
Anthony J. Brazel (1996) - C: 40 minutes
Jan O. M. Broek (l970) - M: 9.5 minutes
Lawrence A. Brown (l981) - M: 10 minutes
Lawrence A. Brown (l995) - C: 31 minutes
Stanley D. Brunn (1991) - C: 41 minutes
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John E. Brush (l986) - C: 23 minutes
William W. Bunge (l976) - M: 53 minutes
William W. Bunge (l976) - M: (edited to 22 minutes)
Meredith F. Burrill (l972) - M: 9 minutes
Ian Burton (l973) - M: 12 minutes
Anne Buttimer (l978) - M: 10 minutes
Karl W. Butzer (l980) - M: 10 minutes
George O. Carney (1998) - C: 56 minutes
George F. Carter (l970) - M: 9 minutes
Michael Chisholm (l982) - C: 10 minutes
Richard J. Chorley (l982) - C: 10 minutes
Andrew H. Clark (l971) - M: 11 minutes
William A. V. Clark (l998) - C: 65 minutes
Saul B. Cohen (l977) - M: 10 minutes
Saul B. Cohen (1992) - C: 44 minutes
Mary McRea Colby (l972) - M: 11 minutes
Alice Coleman (l982) - C: 10 minutes
Michael P. Conzen (1995) - C: 26 minutes
J. T. Coppock (1992) - C: 38 minutes
George B. Cressey (1958) - A: 43 minutes
Raymond E. Crist (l973) - M: 11 minutes
Susan L. Cutter (1997) - C: 55 minutes
Donald C. Dahmann (2003) - C: 86 minutes
Michael J. Dear (1997) - C: 53 minutes
Harm J. de Blij (l976) - M: 10 minutes
Harm J. de Blij (l985) - C: 24 minutes
George J. Demko (l983) - C: 13 minutes
William M. Denevan (1988) - C: 22 minutes
Donald R. Deskins, Jr. (l975) - M: 11 minutes
Anthony R. de Souza (1993) - C: 45 minutes
Samuel N. Dicken (l978) - M: 9 minutes
Maynard Weston Dow (1998) - C: 76 minutes
Roger M. Downs (1993) - C: 40 minutes
Chris Drake (1998) - C: 28 minutes
Dorothy Drummond (1997) - C: 51 minutes
Ashok K. Dutt (1997) - C: 73 minutes
W. Gordon East (l982) - C: 10 minutes
Edward B. Espenshade, Jr. (l972) - M: 11 minutes
Edward B. Espenshade, Jr. (1993) - C: 80 minutes
John E. Estes (1995) - C: 36 minutes
Wilma B. Fairchild (l971) - M: 10 minutes
Edward A. Fernald (1995) - C: 41 minutes
T. W. Freeman (l982) - C: 11 minutes
Kenneth E. Foote (2004) - C: 55 minutes
Roland J. Fuchs (l983) - C: 10 minutes
William L. Garrison (l972) - M: 10 minutes
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Arthur Getis (2001) - C: 68 minutes
Norton S. Ginsburg (l971) - M: 11 minutes
Norton S. Ginsburg (l995) - C: 52 minutes
Clarence J. Glacken (l980) - C: 21 minutes
Patricia Gober (2001) - C: 86.5 minutes
Reginald G. Golledge (1988) - C: 20 minutes
Michael F. Goodchild (1991) - C: 37 minutes
Jean Gottmann (l982) - C: 10 minutes
Peter R. Gould (l971) - M: 10 minutes
William L. Graf (1991) - C: 37 minutes
Derek Gregory (l984) - C: 17 minutes
Stanley Gregory (l982) - C: 10 minutes
Charles F. Gritzner (1996) - C: 51 minutes
Gilbert M. Grosvenor (1987) - C: 31 minutes
Jeanne Kay Guelke (1991) - C: 32 minutes
Peter Haggett (l982) - C: 10 minutes
Peter Haggett (2000) - C: 68 minutes
Peter Hall (l982) - C: 11 minutes
Edwin H. Hammond (l973) - M: 10 minutes
Susan Hanson (1990) - C: 33 minutes
Susan W. Hardwick (1999) - C: 70 minutes
F. Kenneth Hare (l985) - C: 14 minutes
Robert A. Harper (1996) - C: 39 minutes
Chauncy D. Harris (l971) - M: 10 minutes
Chauncy D. Harris (l986) - C: 30 minutes
John Fraser Hart (l972) - M: 10 minutes
John Fraser Hart (1987) - C: 30 minutes
Richard Hartshorne (l972) - M: 30 minutes
Richard Hartshorne (1978) - C: 27 minutes
Richard Hartshorne (l979) - M: 13 minutes
Richard Hartshorne (l986A) - C: 60 minutes
Richard Hartshorne (l986B) - C: 60 minutes
David W. Harvey (l972) - M: 10 minutes
David W. Harvey (l983) - C: 16 minutes
R. Leslie Heathcote (1992) - C: 37 minutes
Nicholas Helburn (l972) - M: 9 minutes
John Hemming (l982) - C: 9 minutes
Leslie Hewes (l973) - M: 10 minutes
A. David Hill (l974) - M: 10 minutes
A. David Hill (l995) - C: 37 minutes
R. D. Hill (1992) - C: 38 minutes
George W. Hoffman (1987) - C: 23 minutes
Gail A. Hobbs (1999) - C: 50 minutes
David J. M. Hooson (l980) - M: 10.5 minutes
John House (l982) - C: 10 minutes
G. Donald Hudson (l971) - M: 11 minutes
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John C. Hudson (1994) - C: 41 minutes
Robert E. Huke (1998) - C: 62 minutes
J. Rowland Illick (l985) - C: 57 minutes
Walter Isard (l985) - C: 18 minutes
Preston E. James (l970) - M: 9 minutes
Preston E. James (l979) - M: 13 minutes
Preston E. James (l984) - C: 22 minutes
Donald G. Janelle (1994) - C: 57 minutes
George F. Jenks (1989) - C: 26 minutes
Carl L. Johannessen (1991) - C: 77 minutes
Hildegard B. Johnson (l976) - M: 11 minutes
Hildegard B. Johnson (l986) - C: 30 minutes
Ronald J. Johnston (l982) - C: 10 minutes
Clarence F. Jones (l972) - M: 17 minutes
Terry G. Jordan (l984) - C: 15 minutes
Sidney R. Jumper (1998) - C: 65 minutes
P. P. Karan (1995) - C: 35 minutes
Robert W. Kates (1995) - C: 56 minutes
Ella O. Keene (l981) - M: 15 minutes
Ying-Cheng (Harry) Kiang (1995) - C: 43 minutes
Clarissa T. Kimber (l986) - C: 29.5 minutes
Leslie J. King (l973) - M: 11 minutes
George Kish (l976) - M: 11 minutes
Fred B. Kniffen (l976) - M: 13 minutes
James C. Knox (1988) - C: 33 minutes
Clyde F. Kohn (l971) - M: 10 minutes
William A. Koelsch (l998) - C: 71 minutes
Walter M. Kollmorgen (l970) - M: 8 minutes
A. W. Kuchler (l984) - C: 15 minutes
David A. Lanegran (1995) - C: 65 minutes
John B. Leighly (l970) - M: 9 minutes
George K. Lewis (l985) - C: 47 minutes
Peirce F. Lewis (l976) - M: 10 minutes
Peirce F. Lewis (l985) - C: 24 minutes
Gordon R. Lewthwaite (l981) - M: 10 minutes
Neal G. Lineback (1997) - C: 62 minutes
Diana M. Liverman (2003) - C: 79 minutes
John F. Lounsbury (l976) - M: 10minutes
David Lowenthal (l983) - C: 9 minutes
Fred E. Lukermann (l971) - M: 20 minutes
Daniel B. Luten (l981) - M: 10 minutes
Laurence C. Ma & Allen G. Noble (l983) - C: 15 minutes
J. Ross MacKay (1987) - C: 16 minutes
Walther Manshard (1992) - C: 40 minutes
Duane F. Marble (1988) - C: 29 minutes
Melvin G. Marcus (l976) - M: 10 minutes
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James F. Marran (1996) - C: 58 minutes
Geoffrey J. Martin (l978) - M: 10 minutes
Geoffrey J. Martin (l998) - C: 78 minutes
Kenneth C. Martis (2001) - C: 63 minutes
E. Cotton Mather (l975) - M: 10 minutes
E. Cotton Mather (1994) - C: 54 minutes
J. Russell Mather (1991) - C: 44 minutes
O. Orland Maxfield (1996) - C: 81 minutes
Harold M. Mayer (l972) - M: 9 minutes
Harold M. Mayer (l983) - C: 10 minutes
F. Webster McBryde (l979) - M: 13.5 minutes
Harold H. McCarty (l971) - M: 20 minutes
Robert W. McColl (l972) - M: 10 minutes
Shannon McCune (l973) - M: 11 minutes
Ian McHarg (l978) - M: 10 minutes
William R. Mead (l982) - C: 10 minutes
Donald W. Meinig (l971) - M: 10 minutes
Marvin W. Mikesell (l971) - M: 11 minutes
Marvin W. Mikesell (1994) - C: 43 minutes
Edward J. Miles (l983) - C: 10 minutes
E. Joan Wilson Miller (2000) - C: 61 minutes
E. Willard Miller (l985) - C: 25 minutes
E. Willard Miller (1997) - C: 76 minutes
Julian V. Minghi (1983) - C: 10 minutes
Janice J. Monk (1988) - C: 23 minutes
Mark Monmonier (1996) - C: 55 minutes
Richard L. Morrill (l971) - M: 10 minutes
Richard L. Morrill (l986) - C: 17 minutes
Robert W. Morrill (1995) - C: 37 minutes
Peter O. Muller (1988) - C: 24 minutes
Robert A. Muller (1988) - C: 18 minutes
Rhoads Murphey (l975) - M: 10 minutes
Alexander B. Murphy (2001) - C: 67.5 minutes
Bryan J. Murton (1987) - C: 31 minutes
Sarah K. Myers (l976) - M: 10 minutes
Peter H. Nash (l977) - M: 10 minutes
Salvatore J. Natoli (l985) - C: 35 minutes
Salvatore J. Natoli (l998) - C: 70 minutes
M. Duane Nellis (1997) - C: 45 minutes
Allen G. Noble & Laurence C. Ma (l983) - C: 15 minutes
J. Warren Nystrom (l972) - M: 10 minutes
Judy M. Olson (1990) - C: 19 minutes
Gunnar Olsson (2000) - C: 89 minutes
Antony R. Orme (2004) - C: 62 minutes
Risa I. Palm (l974) - M: 10 minutes
James J. Parsons (l973) - M: 10 minutes
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William D. Pattison (l975) - M: 11 minutes
Clyde P. Patton (l970) - M: 11 minutes
G. C. K. Peach (l982) - C: 10 minutes
G. Etzel Pearcy (l973) - M: 9 minutes
J. Richard Peet (l975) - M: 10 minutes
Karl J. Pelzer (l976) - M: 11 minutes
Allen K. Philbrick (l986) - C: 29 minutes
Philippe H. Pinchemel (1979) - M: 10 minutes
Forrest R. Pitts (1992) - C: 38 minutes
Philip W. Porter (1992) - C: 42 minutes
J. M. Powell (1992) - C: 56 minutes
Allan R. Pred (l980) - M: 10 minutes
Edward T. Price, Jr. (l973) - M: 10 minutes
Merle C. Prunty, Jr. (l973) - M: 10 minutes
Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher (1994) - C: 39 minutes
Hallock F. Raup (l973) - M: 10 minutes
Alice T. M. Rechlin (1988) - C: 33 minutes
Douglas Richardson (2003) - C: 87.5 minutes
Walter W. Ristow (l984) - C: 15 minutes
Arthur H. Robinson (l972) - M: 10 minutes
Arthur H. Robinson (l984) - C: 33 minutes
David J. Robinson (2000) - C: 58 minutes
John F. Rooney, Jr. (l978) - M: 10 minutes
Harold M. Rose (l972) - M: 8 minutes
Gerard Rushton (1991) - C: 32 minutes
Thomas F. Saarinen (1992) - C: 50 minutes
Robert D. Sack (1997) - C: 44 minutes
Rickie Sanders (2004) - C: 54 minutes
C. L. (Kit) Salter (1987) - C: 33 minutes
Marie E. Sanderson (1998) - C: 31 minutes
Carl O. Sauer (l970) - M: 27.5 minutes
Joseph E. Schwartzberg (1988) - C: 25 minutes
Theodore Shabad (l981) - M: 10 minutes
Martha B. Sharma (1996) - C: 23 minutes
Hal Shelton (1985) - C: 60 minutes
Eric S. Sheppard (1997) - C: 60 minutes
Ruth I. Shirey (1996) - C: 80 minutes
Karl A. Sinnhuber (1992) - C: 25 minutes
Neil Smith (2000) - C: 57 minutes
Lawrence M. Sommers (l981) - M: 10 minutes
Lawrence M. Sommers (2001) - C: 80 minutes
Joseph Sonnenfeld (1994) - C: 36 minutes
Joseph E. Spencer (l970A) - M: 20 minutes
Joseph E. Spencer (l970B) - A: 105 minutes
J. Alfred Steers (l982) - C: 11 minutes
David R. Stoddart (l979) - M: 10 minutes
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Joseph P. Stoltman (1997) - C: 37 minutes
Kirk H. Stone (l973) - M: 11 minutes
Edward J. Taaffe (l971) - M: 11 minutes
Keiichi Takeuchi (1992) - C: 37 minutes
Peter J. Taylor (l982) - C: 11 minutes
Baleshwar Thakur (1992) - C: 44 minutes
Richard S. Thoman (l980) - M: 10 minutes
William L. Thomas (l972) - M: 10 minutes
Norman J. T. Thrower (1992) - C: 35 minutes
Waldo R. Tobler (1992) - C: 33 minutes
Stanley W. Trimble (2004) - C: 72 minutes
Yi-Fu Tuan (l972) - M: 9 minutes
Yi-Fu Tuan (1996) - C: 74 minutes
Billie L. Turner, II (1993) - C: 35 minutes
Edward L. Ullman (l972) - M: 18 minutes
James E. Vance, Jr. (l981) - M: 9 minutes
Herman Th. Verstappen (1992) - C: 24 minutes
George Vuicich (2002) - C: 43 minutes
Philip L. Wagner (l973) - M: 11 minutes
Philip L. Wagner (1994) - C: 36 minutes
H. J. Walker (l986) - C: 26 minutes
William H. Wallace (1994) - C: 47 minutes
David Ward (l976) - M: 10 minutes
David Ward (1995) - C: 44 minutes
William Warntz (l973) - M: 12 minutes
J. Wreford Watson (l982) - C: 12 minutes
John W. Webb (l975) - M: 10 minutes
Guido G. Weigend (1988) - C: 34 minutes
Robert C. West (l973) - M: 8 minutes
James O. Wheeler (l998) - C: 43 minutes
Gilbert F. White (l972) - M: 15 minutes
Gilbert F. White (l984) - C: 18 minutes
Thomas J. Wilbanks (1991) - C: 22 minutes
Alan G. Wilson (l982) - C: 11 minutes
Harold A. Winters (1987) - C: 23 minutes
Michael J. Wise (l982) - C: 11 minutes
Shue Tuck Wong (l998) - C: 53 minutes
Joseph S. Wood (2003) - C: 68 minutes
Maurice Yeates (l983) - C: 10 minutes
Donald J. Zeigler (1999) - C: 69 minutes
Wilbur Zelinsky (l971) - M: 11 minutes
Wilbur Zelinsky (l984) - C: 31.5 minutes
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