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Richard Walker Papers, 1972-2012.
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Title:
Richard Walker Papers, 1972-2012Creator/Contributor:
Walker, Richard, 1947-, creatorAbstract:
The Papers of Richard Walker document his nearly forty-year career as a Professor of Geography at U.C. Berkeley. Included
are records of his work with Faculty for Human Rights in El Salvador and Central America (FACHRES) in the early 1980s, Save
the University (2009-2012) and other activists groups. The bulk of the collection consists of his correspondence files, which
include both personal and professional communications. Also included are materials relating to his fight for tenure (1980-1982),
his work with Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography and a small representation of general administrative files.
Date:
1972 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- nces--- -- nc-----Human rights -- El Salvador
Human rights -- Central America
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) -- Salvador
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) -- Amérique centrale
Human rights
Universities and colleges -- Faculty
Central America
El Salvador
Antipode
Faculty for Human Rights in El Salvador and Central America (U.S.)
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Geography -- Faculty
Faculty for Human Rights in El Salvador and Central America (U.S.)
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Geography
Walker, Richard -- 1947- -- Archives
Note:
Carton 6-9 UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft
Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Collection processed at the container level in 2013.
Gift; Of Richard Walker; 2013.
Richard Walker is a Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his Doctorate from
John Hopkins University in 1977. Professor Walker's research is focused on economic geography, regional development, capitalism
and politics, cities and urbanism, resources and environment, California, class and race. He served five years as Department
Chair, 1994-1999. Professor Walker retired from the Geography Department in 2012.
Preferred citation: Richard Walker papers, BANC MSS 2013/107, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
faculty papers.Archives.
Physical Description:
print
5 cartons (6.25 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/unprocessed-collections-form
Origin:
No place, unknown, or undeterminedCopyright Note:
Carton 6-9 UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft
Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.