On the History of Publications of the Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers

Southeastern Geographer V ol. X X X V III, N o . 2, N o v e m b e r 1998, pp. 150-166 O N T H E H IS T O R Y O F P U B L IC A T IO N S O F T H E S O U T H E A S T E R N D IV IS IO N , A S S O C IA T IO N O F A M E R IC A N G E O G R A P H E R S James O. Wheeler T o v irtu a lly all o f h is id io sy n c ra sie s, I, a fte r m u c h th o u g h t, h a v e a p p lie d w h a t a n o th e r a u th o r o n c e to ld m e w as th e m o s t sa cre d w o rd in a g rea t e d ito r’s v o c ab ulary. T h a t w o rd is “ stet.” —Kurt Vonnegut INTRODUCTIONAND PURPOSE. T h e 5 0 th a n n iv e r s a r y ( 1 9 4 7 - 1 9 9 7 ) o f th e fo u n d in g o f th e S o uth ea ste rn D ivisio n o f th e A sso c ia tio n o f A m e ric a n G e o g ra p h e rs (S E D A A G ) a ffo rd s th is o p p o rtu n ity to c h ro n ic le so m e h ig h lig h ts o f th e p u b lic a tio n h isto ry o f th is D iv isio n , o n e o f n in e reg io n a l d iv isio n s o f th e A sso c ia tio n o f A m e ri­ c a n G e o g ra p h e rs .1 T h is p a p e r re v ie w s th e p u b lic a tio n o f S E D A A G ’s a n n u a l v o l­ u m e , Memorandum Folio, fro m 1950 th ro u g h 1966, a n d its re g io n a l jo u rn a l, th e Southeastern Geographer, fro m 1961 to th e p rese n t. T h e Southeastern Geographer “h a s b e c o m e o n e o f th e p ro fe ssio n ’s m o st re s p e c te d re g io n a l jo u rn a ls ” (Ja m e s a n d M a rtin , 1978, p . 174). MEMORANDUMFOLIO. T h ree y e a rs a fte r th e in itia l m e e tin g fo u n d in g S E D A A G in th e sp rin g o f 1947 in B irm in g h am , A la b a m a , th e first v o lu m e o f Memorandum Folio w a s p u b lis h e d o n A u g u s t 2 5 , 1 9 5 0 , c o m p ile d a n d e d ite d b y J o s e p h R . S c h w e n d e m a n , S r., U n iv e rsity o f K e n tu ck y , C h a irm a n o f S E D A A G .2 T h e p u rp o se o f th is v o lu m...