Abstract
A century ago, the American Geographical Society (AGS), then a half-century old, helped give birth to the Association of American Geographers (AAG), succored the fledgling association, and long rendered it invaluable support. By the mid-twentieth century, the shoe was on the other foot: a mature and much larger AAG was being urged to lend help to the AGS. This article details their intertwined histories and personnel and reflects on their differing takes on geography as a specialized academic discipline and as a comprehensive amateur enterprise. *An earlier draft of this article was prepared for a panel discussion at the AAG centennial annual meeting in Philadelphia in March 2004. My thanks to Mary Lynne Bird for generating it and to David Hooson for delivering it.
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