==================== HES POSTING ====================== From: MATT HANNAH - GEOGRAPHY <[log in to unmask]> [Posted by Ross Emmett from H-AMSTDY. Please reply directly to Matt.] Hello- I'm an historical geographer at the dep't. of geography, Univ. of Vermont, and a new subscriber to the listserv. I'm near the beginning of an extended study of Francis A. Walker, the Gilded Age political economist whose rich career involved work as a public servant (director of the 1870 and 1880 U.S. Censuses, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, among other things), educator (President of MIT from 1881 to 1897), and proponent of social scientific "objectivity." I'm hoping to draw on the collective experience of the subscribers to this listserv in order to get a sense for just how many "discourses" Walker became a part of. It's proven easy enough to find intellectual histories in which he plays a significant role (e.g. histories of American social science, histories of political economy). But I've noticed that he also earns a page or two, or perhaps just a paragraph, in an amazing array of other histories (histories of aesthetics and other more "cultural" retrospectives). My problem is that it's much harder to find these briefer links... the few discoveries I've made have been serendipitous. If any of the subscribers to this list can remember seeing Walker mentioned in one of these more obscure places, I'd appreciate your taking a minute to send me a reference or two. Many thanks in advance. Matthew G. Hannah Dept. of Geography, UVM ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]