The bulk of the Collection is held in Birmingham. Records of a more personal and domestic nature are held by Michael P Conzen in Chicago.
School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences
(Contact Jeremy Whitehand)
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CORRESPONDENCE - Professional
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LECTURE MATERIALS
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PUBLICATIONS - by M.R.G.C.
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RESEARCH MATERIALS
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Individual research projects (Alnwick, Whitby, Newcastle, Ludlow, etc.)
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Japanese castle towns
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Bibliographic index cards
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PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION - Professional (English countryside, student excursions)
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SLIDE COLLECTION - (estimated 5-6,000 slides; predominantly urban; many world areas)
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BOOK COLLECTION (Reference, general, philosophy, human geography, settlement geography, urban geography & history, urban morphology, local history, architecture & planning)
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PAMPHLET COLLECTION
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LARGE-FORMAT ATLAS COLLECTION (general, historical, regional, urban)
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MAP COLLECTION (estimated 50,000 maps; possible 25,000 of them town plans)
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Historic town plans (printed, blue-prints, tracings)
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Topographic map series (various scales, esp. Britain, Europe, Japan)
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Urban plans (city engineer-type, cadastral, architectural)
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POSTCARD COLLECTION (pre-domestic urban views, numerous countries)
Chicago
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Contact Michael P. Conzen. Access possible)
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DIARIES (1926-1998)
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ADDRESS BOOKS
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CORRESPONDENCE (personal)
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EXCURSION NOTEBOOKS (March 1930 - Jan. 1958)
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FIELD BOOKS (1944-1958)
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SKETCH BOOKS (1944)
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DRAWINGS (landscapes, still lifes, persons - especially cartoons)
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MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS
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PHOTOGRAPHS (personal, family)
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CARTOGRAPHICAL EQUIPMENT (1940s-1970s)
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FINANCIAL/HOUSEHOLD RECORDS