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 22, Number 2, May 1948

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Volume 22, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 22, Number 1, December 1947

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 22, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 21, Number 1, December 1946

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 21, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 20, Number 2, May 1946

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 20, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 20, Number 1, December 1945

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 20, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 19, Number 2, May 1945

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 19, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 19, Number 1, December 1944

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 19, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 18, Number 1, May 1944

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 18, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 17, Number 2, May 1943

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 17, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 17, Number 1, December 1942

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 17, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 16, Number 2, June 1942

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 16, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 16, Number 1, December 1941

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 16, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 15, Number 2, May 1941

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 15, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 15, Number 1, December 1940

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 15, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 14, Number 2, May 1940

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 14, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 13, Number 2, May 1939

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 13, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 13, Number 1, December 1938

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 13, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 12, Number 2, May 1938

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 12, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 12, Number 1, December 1937

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 12, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 11, Number 2, May 1937

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 11, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 11, Number 1, December 1936

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 11, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 10, Number 2, May 1936

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 10, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 10, Number 1, December 1935

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 10, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 9, Number 2, May 1935

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 9, Issue 2 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).
The Monadnock Volume 9, Number 1, January 1935

Clark University Geographical Society

Volume 9, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).