The Monadnock (Clark Geographical Society)

In the mid-1920s, Clark University Geographical Society (CUGS) member John Gould Curtis argued for the establishment of a magazine that would keep alumni in contact with students. Beginning in 1927 with an initial run of over five decades, The Monadnock fulfilled this goal. Circulation to alumni around the world had exceeded 600 by the end of its run in the mid-1980s.

In 2014, thanks to the generous support of the alumni and the Graduate School of Geography (GSG), a new issue of The Monadnock was published in fall of that year. The magazine’s re-launch was spurred by the interest of current Ph.D. students in learning more about, and sharing, the history and traditions of CUGS, as well as the desire to strengthen bonds with alumni. The magazine continues to this day

In choosing the name Monadnock nearly 90 years ago, CUGS opted for a word of “distinctive New England origin” that is also “fundamentally geographic.” Like the first editors of the magazine, the present editors hope that their endeavor lives up to the scientific connotations of monadnock: that the magazine may have a “resistance to the wear of time and adversity, and a standard above the general level and dull routine” that will allow it to run for at least another half-century.

Adapted from text by Christopher Knudson, Doctoral Student, May 2014

"The Clark University Graduate School of Geography is still young. Nevertheless, those of us who know it have full confidence that it is really the center of modern geographic sciences in the Americas, if not the entire world… We have every essential for a strongly cemented academic, social and professional bond. Now…is the most auspicious time for the establishment of a firm union."

— The Monadnock, December 1927, Vol II, No. 1

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The Monadnock Volume 35, Number 2, May 1961

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 35, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 35, Number 1, December 1960

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 35, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 34, Number 2, May 1960

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 34, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 34, Number 1, December 1959

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 34, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 33, Number 2, May 1959

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 33, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 33, Number 1, December 1958

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 33, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 32, Number 2, May 1958

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 32, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 32, Number 1, December 1957

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 32, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 31, Number 2, May 1957

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 31, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 31, Number 1, December 1956

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 31, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 30, Number 2, May 1956

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 30, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 30, Number 1, December 1955

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 30, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 29, Number 2, May 1955

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 29, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 29, Number 1, December 1954

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 29, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 28, Number 2, May 1954

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 28, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 28, Number 1, December 1953

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 28, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 27, Number 2, May 1953

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 27, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 27, Number 1, December 1952

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 27, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 26, Number 1, December 1951

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 26, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 25, Number 2, May 1951

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 25, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 25, Number 1, December 1950

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 25, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 24, Number 2, May 1950

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 24, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 24, Number 1, December 1949

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 24, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 23, Number 2, May 1949

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 23, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 23, Number 1, December 1948

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 23, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).