Geoscience and Man Volume 39

 



Table of Contents

 

Preface
R.A. Detro and H.J. Walker

Introduction-Meredith Frederic Burrill (1902-1997): A Biographical Sketch
R.A. Detro and H.J. Walker

Section I. Geographical Names

Introduction
Randall A. Detro

1. The Language of Geography (1968)
2. Reorganization of the United States Board on Geographical Names (1945)
3. United States Board on Geographical Names (1946)
4. Geographic Names (1947)
5. Principles Underlying Domestic Place Names Decisions (1949)
6. Toponymic Generics in the United States (1954)
7. East is North in Montreal (1956)
8. A Suggested Program of State Gazetteers (1956)
9. Toponymic Generics I (1956)
10. Toponymic Generics II (1956)
11. Antarctic Geographic Names (1957)
12. Localized Toponymic Generics (1957)
13. Terminology of Virginia's Geographic Features (1957)
14. Generic Terms in United States Watercourse Names (1958)
15. Toponymy and Cultural History (1959)
16. Topocomplex and Bedeutungsfeld (1960)
17. A Geographic Name from a Wood Name (1961)
18. Toponymy and Lexicography (1962)
19. Use and Preparation of Specialized Glossaries (1962)
20. 75th Anniversary-1890-1965, The Board on Geographic Names (1965)
21. Some Problems in Cartographic Toponymy (1966)
22. DoD Geographic Names Responsibilities (1968)
23. Context as a Fifth Dimension in Geography (1970)
24. A Projected United Nations Gazetteer Series (1973)
25. Names That Pass in the Slight (1981)
26. Differing Perceptions of Landscape Elements (1982)
27. 1890-1990: A Century of Service, United States Board on Geographic Names (1990)
28. The Wonderful World of Geographic Names: Things Learned and Things Yet to be Learned (1991)
29. Toponymic Research Methodology (n.d.)
30. New Zealand Field Trip Toponyms (n.d.)

 

Section II. Standardization of Geographical Names

Introduction
Richard R. Randall

31. Official Standardization of Geographic Names in the United States (1949)
32. Draft Programme for Achieving International Uniformity in the Writing of Geographic Names (1950)
33. Some Considerations in International Standardization of Geographic Names (1955)
34. Developments in International Standardization of Geographic Names Since the 5th Congress in 1955 (1955)
35. Suggested Programme for International Standardization of Geographic Names (1958)
36. Recent Developments in International Standardization of Geographic Names: Progress Between the Second and Third United Nations Regional Cartographic Conferences (1961)
37. Standardization of Geographic Names in Australia (1961)
38. The Nature and Scope of the Proposed International Conference on Geographic Name Standardization (1963)
39. Standardizing Antarctic Geographic Names (1964)
40. Preparations for the Forthcoming United Nations Conference on Standardization of Geographical Names (1967)
41. International Geographical Name Standardization: The 1967 Conference (1968)
42. International Aspects of Geographic Name Standardization (1968)
43. The 1967 United Nations Conference on Standardization of Geographic Names: Its Origins and Some of Its Legacy (1968)
44. The New Look in Geographic Name Standardization (1969)
45. Standardization of Geographic Names around the World (1969)
46. United Nations Support of Geographic Name Standardization (1970)
47. International Cooperation by National Geographic Name Standardizing Agencies: Recent Developments (1971)

 

Section III. Weather, Fire, Industry, and Other Topics

Introduction
H. Jesse Walker

48. Forecasting Afternoon Humidity with Special Reference to Forest-Fire Weather in New England. Abstract (1926)
49. Weather and Fires from the Standpoint of the Meteorologists (1927)
50. Curved Top Bar Graphs of Rainfall (1929)
51. Forest-Fire Protection Work in Quebec. Book Review (1932)
52. Ninth Annual Fire Weather Report for the State of Oregon. Season 1932. Book Review (1933)
53. Geography and the Relief Problem in Texas and Oklahoma (1936)
54. Commodity Year Book, 1939. Book Review (1939)
55. Implications of Social and Economic Planning in the South from the Viewpoint of Economic Geography (1939)
56. The Teaching of Economic Geography (1940)
57. Soil Temperature in the Matanuska Valley of Alaska: Observations of 1941 (1943)
58. Philip Sidney Smith, 1877-1949. Obituary (1949)
59. Careers in the Social Sciences (1954)
60. The Columbus Atlas. Book Review (1955)
61. The Way of the World. Book Review (1954)
62. Quickie Cartograms (1955)
63. Geography and Natural Resources Administration in the United States (1957)
64. Offshore Geography of Northwestern Europe. Book Review (1963)
65. Do You Know Where? A Geographic Guide. Book Review (1964)
66. The History of Geography: Papers by J.N.L. Baker. Book Review (1964)
67. Indian Place Names of New England. Book Review (1964)
68. Indian Place Names in New Jersey. Book Review (1965)
69. Arch Clive Gerlach, 1911-1972. Obituary (1974)
70. The Origin and Preservation of the Multiple Nomination Principle (1993)

 

Appendices

A. Selected Acronyms
B. Meredith Frederic Burrill's Writings

 

 

 

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