[PW] Re: Classroom geography books 1909-1922

[Dan Clinton]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Winters, Murl" <WintersM at evangel.edu>
To: <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:28 PM
Subject: [PW] Re: Classroom geography books 1909-1922


>I cannot answer the question asked, but if you go to www.loc.gov and use
> the Advanced Search screen, you can limit the search to Geography
> Textbooks (limit to Subject: All (KSUB)) and to a specific year of
> publication (Publication Information KPUB). I tried Geography Textbooks
> AND 1900 and found 9 were published in that year.
> I looked at the Helps and did not notice a way of searching for an
> inclusive date range, although I just may have missed it.
> Murl Winters
> Associate Library Director
> Evangel University
> Springfield, MO 65802
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org
> [mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
> schmidt at tarleton.edu
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:47 PM
> To: stumpers
> Subject: [PW] Classroom geography books 1909-1922
>
> A colleague is seeking a list of the most common geography books
> used in public schools for the years 1909-1922. The purpose of this
> search is to find a photograph of the daughter of Esther Eneutseak,
> named Columbia. The family performed at Eskimo Villages associated
> with World's Fairs in the latter part of the 19th century and into
> the early 1900s. In one interview published in the Kansas City Star on
> January 13, 1909: "A daughter born in Chicago is named Columbia.
> Her picture is in the late geographies, her mother says." In
> 1922, a Los Angeles Times article mentioned that "the present
> generation" knew Columbia from their geography lessons. While
> numerous pictures of Columbia are available, the one used in
> American classrooms for geography textbooks -- probably to represent
> Eskimo life in Labrador or other far North climates has not
> been identified.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Barbara Schmidt
>
>
>
>
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