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“Hall of History” to Feature Geographers on FilmOne of the special events at the Centennial Meeting will be the AAG “Hall of History,” which will feature, among many exhibits, the Geographers on Film (GOF) series. GOF is an outstanding collection of videotaped interviews of prominent geographers (plus other holdings) on the history of geography, produced by Maynard Weston Dow, Professor Emeritus from Plymouth State College. This remarkable collection will be presented in the AAG’s Centennial Theater, in the Hall of History, where Wes Dow, Geoffrey Martin, and other AAG historians and archivists will be available to discuss the films and answer questions. The Dow Collection features contributors whose work spans much of 20th Century geography. It includes 298 interviews with prominent geographers over a period of nearly 35 years (about 25 percent of whom are now deceased). It also includes 246 recorded conference sessions and special events dealing with the history of the discipline and the development of geographical thinking in America and internationally. The scope of this collection makes it a significant contribution to the history and sociology of science and a treasure of intellectual discourse. Over the years, GOF has received financial support from the Association of American Geographers, the National Science Foundation, Plymouth State College, and the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation of Boston. This support has supplemented the modest rental fees that have permitted Wes and Nancy Dow (series videographer since 1982) to create a unique archival resource that provides understanding to the intellectual history of our discipline. Wes Dow maintains more complete details on the contents of the collection at http://oz.plymouth.edu/~mwd. On behalf of all geographers and others interested in the history of geography, the AAG Centennial Coordinating Committee (chaired by Don Janelle and Stan Brunn) expresses its gratitude to Wes and Nancy Dow and to the Michigan State University Library, and encourages you to take advantage of the opportunity to view and discuss many of these fascinating films at the AAG Centennial Meeting’s Hall of History. Don Janelle, Co-Chair
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