Summary Information

Title: George W. Melville Scrapbooks
Inclusive Dates: 1881-1903

Creator:

• Melville, George W. (George Wallace), 1841-1912

Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 7

Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (3 boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, American Geographical Society Library

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, American Geographical Society Library (Map)

Abstract:

This collection includes four scrapbooks from the library of George W. Melville. Three scrapbooks focus on Arctic exploration, including one on the Jeannette Expedition, and another on the "Drift Casks Project" for determining Arctic currents. A fourth scrapbook contains Melville's personal correspondence.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-agsl-agslmss0007