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Isaiah Bowman papers

The papers of Isaiah Bowman describe his work as a geographer in South America (1911,1913, 1941), as member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace (1919), as Director of the American Geographical Society (1915-35), and as advisor to the U.S. State Department for post-war planning (1942-45) especially as participant in the Dumbarton Oaks Conference (1944) and the San Francisco Conference to found the United Nations (1945).

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  • "Bowman (Isaiah) papers"
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  • "The papers of Isaiah Bowman describe his work as a geographer in South America (1911,1913, 1941), as member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace (1919), as Director of the American Geographical Society (1915-35), and as advisor to the U.S. State Department for post-war planning (1942-45) especially as participant in the Dumbarton Oaks Conference (1944) and the San Francisco Conference to found the United Nations (1945)."@en
  • "Papers cover Bowman's work as a geographer in South America (1911,1913, 1941), as member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace (1919), as Director of the American Geographical Society (1915-1935), and as advisor to the U.S. State Department for post-war planning (1942-1945) especially as participant in the Dumbarton Oaks Conference (1944) and the San Francisco Conference to found the United Nations (1945)."
  • "He preserved the papers of each of these missions separately. In 1919 he was a member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace. This work is well-documented with correspondence, notes, printed material, scrapbooks, and memorabilia. Bowman's second mission was as an advisor to what wasknown as the M (for migration) Project. This project, begun in the early 1940s, was designed to study the relocation of refugees. The work of the project resulted in nearly 600 documents analyzing geographic areas throughout the world for their potential in supporting refugees. As an advisorto the project, Bowman received copies of each of the documents. When the project closed down, the M-Project office files were stored in Bowman'soffice at Hopkins and are now a part of his papers. During the 1940s Bowman also served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of State in several capacities. Bowman divided these materials into the series on Department of State advisory committee files, London Mission files, Dumbarton Oaks conference files, and the San Francisco Conference files. Bowman was a prolific author. Copies of many of his books and articles are in the papersas well as research files organized topically to be used in future works."@en
  • "Isaiah Bowman's papers offer a fairly complete view of his many-faceted professional life. There are class notebooks from his early years as a teacher. His early geographical field work in South America is represented by his field notebooks and photographs. Material on his directorship (1915-1935) of the American Geographical Society is found in his correspondence and a scrapbook tribute prepared for him at his retirement. In the correspondence is also material on his presidency (1935-1948) of the Johns Hopkins University. His thoughts on educational administration also can be gleaned from his speeches and writings. Dr. Bowman was also a member of several professional organizations or commissions. There is material on his work with the Economic Cooperation Administration, the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Resource Board, the office of Scientific Research and Development, and the committee on the Structure of the Maryland State government. Several times during his career Bowman served as an advisor to the U.S. government. He preserved the papers of each of these missions separately."
  • "In 1919 he was a member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace. This work is well-documented with correspondence, notes, printed material, scrapbooks, and memorabilia. Bowman's second mission was as an advisor to what was known as the M (for migration) Project. This project, begun in the early 1940s, was designed to study the relocation of refugees. The work of the project resulted in nearly 600 documents analyzing geographic areas throughout the world for their potential in supporting refugees. As an advisor to the project, Bowman received copies of each of the documents. When the project closed down, the M-Project office files were stored in Bowman's office at Hopkins and are now a part of his papers. During the 1940s Bowman also served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of State in several capacities. Bowman divided these materials into the series on Department of State advisory committee files, London Mission files, Dumbarton Oaks conference files, and the San Francisco Conference files. Bowman was a prolific author. Copies of many of his books and articles are in the papers as well as research files organized topically to be used in future works."

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