Notes containing record of the 1912 Transcontinental Excursion celebrating theth 50 anniversary of the founding of the American Geographical Society., [c 1912]

Notes containing record of the 1912 Transcontinental Excursion celebrating theth 50 anniversary of the founding of the American Geographical Society. Chisholm was one of three British geographers nominated by the Royal Geographical Society, part of an exclusive party of 43 European geographers, who traversed the USA for some 8 weeks covering around 21,000 km in a trip that highlighted facets of the geography of the USA and demonstrated the growing status of American academic geography. As well as recording details of the physical and human geography of the USA, the contents give an idea of the contested methodology of the subject between the differing national schools of geography represented. Lists of books recommended are noted, as are photographs taken; [c1912]; ms, 1 bound notebook [brought by Kenneth Maclean, 14 April 2011].