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Title
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Scrapbooks
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Box
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Volume
1
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1834, , 1885-1910
: This scrapbook contains excerpts from books, journal facsimiles, and
pamphlets pertaining to expeditions and explorers, including George De
Long, George W. Melville, and Sir John Franklin.
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Box
1
Volume
2
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1854-1857
: This scrapbook includes clippings related to Arctic exploration from
books and pamphlets of illustrations and narratives by Elisha Kent Kane.
Subjects covered include Sir John Franklin, Baffin Bay, Melville Bay,
the U.S. Grinnell Expedition, and icebergs.
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Volume
3
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1877-1913
: This scrapbook focuses heavily on Robert Peary and Frederick Cook, and
the exploration of the Polar regions. Included are clippings from The New York Times, The New York Sun, and McClure's
Magazine.
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Volume
4
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1913-1919
: This scrapbook focuses on Arctic and Antarctic exploration, and covers a
wide range of regions and expeditions, including those of Robert Peary,
Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Donald B. MacMilliam, and Vilhjalmur
Stefansson.
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