Wisconsin Swiss Traditional Music Project Collection, 1986-1991

Container Title
Series: 8. Explorers and Expeditions, 1851-1976
Subseries: 8A. Antarctic, 1906-1976
Scope and Content Note: This subseries encompasses materials on expeditions to Antarctica, by explorers such as Lincoln Ellsworth, George Wilkins, and Richard Byrd, including their correspondence, photographs, and reports relating to their various expeditions as well as other general items. In some cases, there is information on how the AGS used the results from these expeditions for their own maps and publications. Additional photographs from some of these expeditions may also be in the AGSL Photograph Collection; please consult a staff member for more information.
Amundsen, Roald, South Pole Expedition: 1910-1912
Box   262
Folder   1
correspondence, 1910-1912

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Box   276
matchbox from expedition, 1912
Box   262
Folder   2
telegram of congratulations, 1912

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Box   272
Folder   1
British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), photographs of scientific staff members, 1929-1931

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Byrd, Richard E.
Byrd Antarctic Expedition I: 1928-1930
Box   262
Folder   3
"An Extension to the Methods of Plotting Oblique Aerial Photographs" by Harold E. Saunders, undated

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Box   262
Folder   4
Byrd booklet, 1930, undated

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Box   273
Folder   1
certificate acknowledging assistance of AGS, 1930
Box   262
Folder   5
correspondence, 1929-1930

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Box   277
field notebooks, 1929-1930

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Box   262
Folder   6
flag carried on trip, 1931

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Box   262
Folder   7
geological party, angle book 1, 1929

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Box   262
Folder   8
making of map, 1930-1932, undated

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Box   272
Folder   2
Box   262
Folder   9
radio sound readings, 1929-1930

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Box   273
Folder   1
story of Amundsen's matchbox written on signal flag, 1929

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Box   262
Folder   10
"The Flight of Exploration into Marie Byrd Land" by R.E. Byrd, undated

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Box   269
Folder   1
Byrd Antarctic Expedition II: 1933-1934, correspondence, 1933-1936

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Ellsworth, Lincoln, Trans-Antarctic Flights: 1933-1939
Box   269
Folder   2
correspondence, 1931-1938

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Box   262
Folder   11
correspondence, incl. photograph of Ellsworth and Wilkins aboard the submarine Nautilus, 1936-1938

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Box   278
Folder   1
contact prints, 1935
Box   262
Folder   12
edits to Briesemeister map, 1937

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Box   269
Folder   3
flight log and diary, 1935

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Box   262
Folder   13
lantern slides, donation, 1976

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Box   279-281
lantern slides, incl. some from Arctic Flights, undated

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Physical Description: 157 lantern slides 
Access Restrictions: Request the assistance of an archivist to view the lantern slides.
Box   262
Folder   14
map, copy, 1937
Box   274
Folder   1
"Maps of the Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Flight of 1935" and "Physical Map of the Arctic", annotated map, 1937, undated

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Box   438
negatives, 1935-1936

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Physical Description: 84 nitrate negatives 
Access Restrictions: Access to the nitrate negatives is restricted; researchers must use the digital access copies.
Box   282
negatives, used for presentation, 1935

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Physical Description: 23 safety film negatives 
Box   262
Folder   15-16
notes, 1932-1939, , undated

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Box   283-285
Box   272
Folder   3-5
photographs, miscellaneous, 1935

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Box   282
positives, color, incl. some from Arctic Flights, 1926-1936

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Physical Description: 21 film transparencies 
Box   269
Folder   4
rescue mission, RRS Discovery 1935-1936, copies from Sally Douglas, 1971

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Box   269
Folder   5
W.L.G. Joerg's files, 1936-1937, undated

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Friis, Herman R., Japanese Antarctic Research: 1969-1970
Box   262
Folder   17
correspondence and report, 1969-1970

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Box   286
rock that supported the AGS flag, 1970
Box   262
Folder   18
Hobbs, William H., Antarctic names, 1933-1939, undated

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Box   262
Folder   19
Larsen, Carl A., journal, photostat, 1893-1894

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Box   269
Folder   6
Mawson, Douglas, "The Antarctic Cruise of the RRS Discovery 1929-1930", draft report, 1930

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Box   269
Folder   7
Miscellaneous, W.L.G. Joerg's files, 1933-1935, undated

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Riiser-Larsen, Hjalmar
Box   262
Folder   20
Antarctic Expedition: 1932-1933, report, 1934

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Box   262
Folder   21
Norvegia Expedition: 1929-1930, draft report, 1934

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Box   272
Folder   6
Norvegia Expedition: 1929-1930, photograph of crew, 1930

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Ronne, Finn, Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition: 1946-1948
Box   262
Folder   22
Antarctic claims and U.S. Board of Geographic Names, place names, 1948

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Box   262
Folder   23
biographical sketch, undated

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Box   273
Folder   2
blueprints of ship, 1945

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Box   262
Folder   24
correspondence, 1945-1948

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dinner
Box   262
Folder   25
arrangements and invites, 1948

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Box   273
Folder   2
list of persons invited, undated
Box   273
Folder   2
photograph, 1948
Box   262
Folder   26
program and schedule, 1948

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Box   262
Folder   27
letter to J.K. Wright upon return, 1948

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Box   287
map, negative, 1948
Physical Description: 1 glass negative 
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Box   269
Folder   8
Box   262
Folder   28
provisional sketch map, 1948

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Box   262
Folder   29
report on Palmer Land, undated

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Box   262
Folder   30
publication of results, 1948

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Box   262
Folder   31
welcome back event at pier, 1948

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Box   262
Folder   32
Scott, Robert F., memorial, 1906-1914

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Box   262
Folder   33
Wilkes Land Controversy, 1906-1934

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Wilkins, George Hubert, Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic Expedition: 1928-1929
Box   269
Folder   9
correspondence and clippings, 1928-1930

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Box   262
Folder   34
explanatory book and note, 1929

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Box   262
Folder   35
Geographical Review manuscript, 1930

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Box   274
Folder   2
maps, annotated and printed, 1928-1929

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Box   288
notebook, undated

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Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   262
Folder   36
photograph and sketch of Charcot Land, 1910, 1929

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Box   262
Folder   37
report with photographs, 1929

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Box   262
Folder   38
telegram to Isaiah Bowman, 1928

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Subseries: 8B. Arctic, 1851-1940
Scope and Content Note: This subseries contains the materials relating to expeditions to the Arctic regions, such as Northern Canada, Greenland, and the North Pole, by explorers such as Robert Peary, Louise Boyd, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and Isaac Israel Hayes, and contains correspondence, reports, photographs, and other items from these explorers. In some cases, there is information on how the AGS used the results from these expeditions for their own maps and publications. Additional photographs from some of these expeditions may also be in the AGSL Photograph Collection; please consult a staff member for more information.
Box   262
Folder   39
Amundsen, Roald, invitation to speak to AGS, 1906-1922

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Box   262
Folder   40
Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar Flight: 1926, agreement and report, 1926-1928

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Box   439
Angel, John Bartlett, Norcross-Bartlett Expedition: 1933, negatives, 1933

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Physical Description: 38 nitrate negatives 
Access Restrictions: Access to the nitrate negatives is restricted; researchers must use the digital access copies.
Box   262
Folder   41
Angel, John Bartlett, Norcross-Bartlett Expedition: 1933, report with maps and photographs, 1933-1934, undated

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Boyd, Louise A.
Note: See also Special Publication Nos. 18 & 30
Arctic Expedition: 1937
Box   262
Folder   42-43
correspondence, 1936-1940

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Box   262
Folder   44
"Hydrographic Surveys of the Louise A. Boyd Arctic Expeditions" by J.M. LeRoy, undated

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Box   262
Folder   45
"Magnetic Observations of the Louise A. Boyd Arctic Expedition" by J.M. LeRoy, undated

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Greenland Expeditions: 1931-1933
Box   269
Folder   10
contract and insurance policies, 1933

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Box   262
Folder   46-47
correspondence, 1933-1935, undated

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Box   262
Folder   48
photostat message from bottle at Kjerulf Fiord, 1933

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Box   274
Folder   3
sketch and route maps, incl. W.A. Wood sketch of Morainless Glacier, 1931

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Box   262
Folder   49
North Pole Expedition: 1955, photographs and correspondence, 1955-1956

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Box   274
Folder   4
Byrd, Richard E., Flight to North Pole: 1926, chart of route, 1926

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Cook, Frederick A.
Box   262
Folder   50
Arctic expeditions, 1894-1909, undated

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Box   262
Folder   51
general correspondence, 1894-1936

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De Long, George W., Jeannette Arctic Expedition: 1879-1881
Box   262
Folder   52
Box   262
Folder   53
correspondence, 1876-1884

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Volume   72
notebooks, photostats, 1881
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   269
Folder   11
photostat portion of De Long's notebook, 1881

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Ellsworth, Lincoln
Box   279-281
lantern slides, incl. some from Antarctic Flights, undated
Physical Description: 157 lantern slides 
Access Restrictions: Request the assistance of an archivist to view the lantern slides.
Box   289
negatives, 1926
Physical Description: 4 glass negatives 
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Box   438
negatives, 1926

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Physical Description: 11 nitrate negatives 
Access Restrictions: Access to the nitrate negatives is restricted; researchers must use the digital access copies.
Box   289
photographs, 1926
Box   282
positives, color, incl. some from Antarctic Flights, 1926-1936
Physical Description: 21 film transparencies 
Box   262
Folder   54
tribute to Roald Amundsen, 1928

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Box   262
Folder   55
Franklin, John, search expeditions, incl. correspondence from Mrs. John Rae, 1873-1894

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Graf Zeppelin Expedition: 1931
Box   262
Folder   56
Ellsworth joins expedition, 1931

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Box   269
Folder   12
Ellsworth's log book, 1931

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Box   274
Folder   5
Ellsworth's maps, 1931

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Box   272
Folder   7
Greely Relief Expedition, photographs of crew members, 1884

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Box   262
Folder   57
Green, Fitzhugh, "The Romance of Modern Exploration", annotated by Earl Hanson, 1929

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Hall, Charles Francis, Polaris Expedition: 1871-1873

Related Material in the UWM Libraries

Box   262
Folder   58
correspondence, 1870-1874

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Box   269
Folder   13
manuscript given to Charles Daly, circa 1870s

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Hayes, Isaac Israel

Related Material in the UWM Libraries
Bradford-Hayes Expedition: 1869
Box   295
journal, aboard the Panther, incl. sketches and maps, 1869

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Physical Description: 1 volume 
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Norse ruins, Kakortok (Qaqortoq), Greenland, sketch map, 1869

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General
Box   290
Folder   1
awards and honors, 1863-1868

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Box   290
Folder   2
cabin plan of SS North Star and charter, 1874, undated

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Box   290
Folder   3
Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, certificate, 1866

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Box   269
Folder   14
miscellaneous correspondence, 1863-1874

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Box   292
newspaper clippings, 1874
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   298
notebook, general information, undated
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   299
notebooks, German and mathematical formulae, undated
Physical Description: 2 volumes 
Box   297
notebooks, miscellaneous notes and poems, 1861, , undated

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Physical Description: 2 volumes 
Box   290
Folder   4
rank promotion by Andrew Johnson, 1866

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Box   295
Satterlee U.S. Army hospital register, 1861-1865
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Open Polar Sea Expedition: 1860-1861
Box   291
bearings copied from field notes, 1861

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Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   290
Folder   5
contract with Masons, 1860

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Box   269
Folder   15
correspondence, 1860-1861

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Box   292
draft of part of The Open Polar Sea, undated
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   293
Inuit stone axe head, undated
Box   294
journal used during expedition, 1860-1861

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Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   295
journal used just prior to start of expedition, 1860

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Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   296
log books, 1861
Physical Description: 3 volumes 
Box   291
memoranda, incl. list of game brought on board the schooner United States, 1861

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Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   297
notebook, esquimaux (Inuit) vocabulary by Peter Jensen, 1861
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   300
notebook, list of materials brought back (see specimen box), 1861, undated
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   300
reckonings, incl. pendulum experiment, 1860, undated
Physical Description: 2 volumes 
Box   262
Folder   59
special meeting, booklet, 1860

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Box   301-303
specimen box, undated

Other Finding Aids Index to specimen box
Box   295
temperature and tide readings, 1860-1861
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   295
weather records, 1860-1861
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   262
Folder   60
Howgate, Henry W., Arctic Expeditions: 1877-1880, correspondence, 1870-1879

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MacMillan, Donald B., Crocker Land Expedition: 1913-1917
Box   304
Folder   1
anemometer records, 1913
artifacts case
Box   305
miscellaneous items, 1865, undated
Box   262
Folder   61
records of Elisha Kent Kane and Robert E. Peary, 1853, 1906

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Box   306
rope from Nansen's ship Fram, undated
Box   307
shipping crate and narwhal horn, undated
astronomical records
Box   308
Folder   1-2
first book, 1916
Box   308
practical astronomy, 1915-1917
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   308
Folder   3-4
second book, 1917
Box   262
Folder   62
Coffin, Percival B. (friend of Elmer Ekblaw)
Box   262
Folder   63
articles by Elmer Ekblaw, 1917-1919

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Box   263
Folder   1
clippings, 1914-1918, undated

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Box   263
Folder   2-4
correspondence, 1911-1930, undated

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Box   269
Folder   16
Box   263
Folder   5
"Crocker Land Expedition to the North Polar Regions", 1913

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Box   263
Folder   6
Illinois Arctic Club, undated

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Box   263
Folder   7
map of the North Pole regions, 1907

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Box   263
Folder   8
publications, 1913-1916

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Box   263
Folder   9-12
correspondence, 1911-1937, undated

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Box   269
Folder   17
financial statement, 1912-1916

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Box   263
Folder   13-16
Box   263
Folder   17
list of foods, undated

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Box   274
Folder   6
maps and photostats of reports, 1902-1938

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Box   263
Folder   18
meteorological and temperature records, 1914-1918

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Box   269
Folder   18
Peary Arctic Club, minute, 1915

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Box   263
Folder   19
Peary-Cook controversy, 1918, undated

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Box   263
Folder   20
Peary's flag, 1932-1933, undated

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Box   272
Folder   8
Box   263
Folder   21
Piugaattoq murder, 1921

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Box   263
Folder   22
proposal for expedition, undated

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Box   269
Folder   19
prospectus, draft, undated

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Box   263
Folder   23
records brought back, artifacts case, 1918-1920, undated

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Box   263
Folder   24
relief effort, 1916-1917

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Reports
Donald B. MacMillan
Box   263
Folder   25-28
geographical, 1919-1928, undated

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Box   263
Folder   29
Box   263
Folder   30
Edmund O. Hovey, summary, 1915

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Elmer Ekblaw
Box   263
Folder   31
Box   263
Folder   32-36
Box   264
Folder   1-2
Box   264
Folder   3-5
geological and physiographical, 1930, undated

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Box   264
Folder   6-7
mammalogical, undated

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Box   264
Folder   8-9
ornithological, undated

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Box   269
Folder   20
Oversize Folder   92-94
scrolls, height/depth readings?, 1913-1914, undated
Box   264
Folder   10
statement to contributors, 1913

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Box   269
Folder   21
statement to contributors, draft, undated

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Box   264
Folder   11
subject cards for Ekblaw manuscript, 1931-1935

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Box   264
Folder   12
summary of controversy, American Museum of Natural History and AGS, 1919

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Box   304
Folder   2
weather records, 1913-1914
Mikkelsen, Ejnar and Leffingwell, Ernest de Koven, Anglo-American Polar Expedition: 1906-1908
Box   269
Folder   22-23
correspondence, 1906-1911

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Box   269
Folder   24
report and summary of expedition, 1907-1908

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Miscellaneous
Box   264
Folder   13
envelope from Fletcher's Ice Island T-3, 1957

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Box   272
Folder   9
photographs, incl. Ellsworth and Amundsen, undated

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Peary, Robert E.
Box   309
Arctic Expedition to the North Pole, notes by George Borup, 1908-1909

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Physical Description: 4 volumes 
Box   310
Auxiliary Expedition, photographs, 1894

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Physical Description: 1 photograph album 
Box   311-313
Auxiliary Expedition, photographs of Henry G. Bryant, incl. list of photographs, 1894

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Physical Description: 3 photograph albums 
Box   314
block of wood cut from keel of SS Roosevelt, circa 1909
Box   269
Folder   25
clippings, incl. Otto Sverdrup and Evelyn Baldwin, 1902

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Box   264
Folder   14
controversy of speech by Henry T. Helgesen, 1916

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Box   264
Folder   15
correspondence, 1886-1927

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Box   269
Folder   26
correspondence, 1890-1905

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Box   269
Folder   27
expedition plan, 1898

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Box   269
Folder   28
Greenland Expedition, correspondence, 1891, undated

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Box   264
Folder   16
letter from Luella Agnes Owen (1852-1932) regarding the "Ironstone of Cape York", 1895

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Box   269
Folder   29
list of books aboard the SS Roosevelt, 1905

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Box   264
Folder   17
murder of Ross Marvin, 1928

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Box   264
Folder   18
Peary-Cook controversy, correspondence, 1909

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Box   264
Folder   19
Peary-Cook controversy, replies of Council to questionnaire, 1909

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Box   264
Folder   20
Peary, Josephine D., 1894-1905

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Box   264
Folder   21
Peary Relief Expedition, 1892, undated

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Box   272
Folder   10
photograph of Peary with flag made by his wife, 1909

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Box   272
Folder   11
photographs of Peary not used, 1903

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Oversize Folder   95
profile of Greenland icecap, sketches, undated

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Box   264
Folder   22
recognition of Peary by the 61st Congress, 1910-1911

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Box   264
Folder   23
Robert Bartlett's log book on SS Roosevelt, 1909

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Box   264
Folder   24
telegram of congratulations, 1909

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Box   264
Folder   25
telegram sent to Charles P. Daly, circa 1892

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Box   264
Folder   26
Potter, Edwin A., items from John Franklin Expedition, 1930

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Box   264
Folder   27
Putnam, George P., Baffin Land Expedition: 1928, correspondence, 1927-1928

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Rae, John
Box   264
Folder   28
correspondence, 1881-1891

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Box   269
Folder   30
rebuttal article by Rae, 1891

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Box   275
Folder   2
tracings of discoveries in the Arctic, maps, 1851

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Box   269
Folder   31
Rasmussen, Knud, Thule Expeditions: 1912-1933, correspondence, 1925-1934

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Box   264
Folder   29
Schwatka, Frederick G., Arctic Expedition: 1878-1880, sketches of Camp Daly, 1878-1879

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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Canadian Arctic Expedition: 1913-1918
Box   264
Folder   30
American Nautical Almanac, bound in seal skin, 1916

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Box   264
Folder   31
Karsten Andersen's observations, 1916

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Box   264
Folder   32
John Hadley's account of the HMCS Karluk, 1914

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Box   269
Folder   32
report by Storker Storkersen, 1915

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Box   317
Folder   1
"Stefansson Polar Trip: A Tender Foot (Che Cha Co) Developed in the Arctic" by E. Lorne Knight, circa 1919

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Box   316
Storker Storkersen's narrative of 5th ice trip and drift, 1918

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Box   264
Folder   33
Storker Storkersen's narrative of 5th ice trip and drift, partial draft, 1918

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General
Box   264
Folder   34
correspondence, 1907-1912

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Box   269
Folder   33
diary, photostat, 1908

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Box   264
Folder   35
diary, photostat, 1909-1912

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Box   264
Folder   36
sketch of Ellef Ringnes Island, 1920

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Box   264
Folder   37
translations of Norwegian research in Greenland, 1932-1933

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Wrangel Island Expedition: 1921-1923
Box   264
Folder   38
correspondence, photostats, 1922-1923

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Box   315
diary of E. Lorne Knight, photostat, 1921-1923
Physical Description: 2 volumes 
Box   264
Folder   39
Ivan Melnyk letter regarding fate of Charles Wells, 1925

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Box   264
Folder   40
Stein, Robert, Expedition to Ellesmere Land: 1899, correspondence, 1896-1899

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Box   272
Folder   12
U.S. Coast Guard, Marion Expedition to Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, photographs of crew members, 1928

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Wilkins, George Hubert
Detroit Arctic Expeditions: 1926-1928
Box   318
clippings, 1926-1928
Physical Description: 3 volumes 
Box   264
Folder   41-44
clippings, copies, 1926-1928
Box   265
Folder   1-3
correspondence, 1926-1928

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Box   275
Folder   3
maps with annotations, 1928

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Box   319
notebook, 1928

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Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   265
Folder   4
reports, drafts, photostats, 1926-1927

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Box   265
Folder   5-6
reports, general, 1926-1927

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Box   265
Folder   7
request for funding, 1925

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Box   269
Folder   34
telegram and clippings regarding sightings of land, 1928

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Box   265
Folder   8
General, reaction to Amundsen's criticism of V. Stefansson, 1927, undated

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Trans-Arctic Submarine Expedition: 1931
Box   265
Folder   9
correspondence, 1930, undated

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Box   269
Folder   35
correspondence, 1929-1932, undated

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Box   265
Folder   10
proposal for new expedition, 1937

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Subseries: 8C. Other Regions, 1871-1976
Scope and Content Note: This subseries includes the correspondence, reports, and photographs from expeditions and explorers who journeyed to locations other than polar regions, ranging from the United States, Asia, Africa, and South America. It includes materials from explorers such as Isaiah Bowman, Victor Von Hagen, and William Morris Davis, who led the Transcontinental Excursion of 1912. Additional photographs from some of these expeditions may also be in the AGSL Photograph Collection; please consult a staff member for more information.
Africa
Box   265
Folder   11
Ansorge, William J., summary of itineraries in Angola, 1903-1910

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Box   270
Folder   1
Chaillé-Long, Charles, correspondence, 1879-1910, undated

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Box   265
Folder   16
Cook, O.F., Liberia, 1893
Box   265
Folder   12
Du Chaillu, Paul B., correspondence, 1892-1903

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Box   265
Folder   16
Holub, Emil, South Africa, 1893

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McKiernan, Gerald
Box   270
Folder   2
biographical sketch, undated

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Box   270
Folder   3
Box   270
Folder   4
correspondence, 1875-1878

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Box   320
diary and narrative journal, 1874-1879

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Physical Description: 3 volumes 
Box   265
Folder   13
geographical notes, 1874-1878

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Box   270
Folder   5
Box   272
Folder   13
photographs, 1878-1879, undated

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Box   265
Folder   14
portions of journals, 1874-1879

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Box   265
Folder   15
Box   270
Folder   6
Asia, Von Hagen, Victor W., Royal Persian Road, 1968-1976

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Box   265
Folder   17
Bolivia, Peck, Annie S., expedition to Bolivian Andes (not funded), 1899-1912

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Brazil
Fawcett, Percival H., Brazil Expedition: 1925
Box   265
Folder   18
correspondence, 1924-1927

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Box   270
Folder   7
proposal, 1925, undated

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Box   265
Folder   19
request for financial support, 1919

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Rice, Hamilton
Oversize Folder   96
annotated maps and charts, 1919-1923
Box   270
Folder   8
seventh expedition to the Amazon, 1924-1925

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Box   265
Folder   20
Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition: 1913-1914, photograph, copy, 1914

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Canada
Bryant, Edward S., Labrador Expedition: 1908
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maps, annotated, 1907-1916, undated

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Box   265
Folder   21
narrative and notes on trip, 1908, 1931

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Box   440
negatives, Mt. Komaktorvik, 1908

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Physical Description: 24 nitrate negatives 
Access Restrictions: Access to the nitrate negatives is restricted; researchers must use the digital access copies.
Box   265
Folder   22
"Northeastern Part of Labrador and New Quebec" by A.P. Coleman, 1921

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Box   265
Folder   23
notebooks, 1908

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Physical Description: 2 volumes 
Box   321
Box   275
Folder   4
photographs, panoramas, 1908

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Box   265
Folder   24
Comer, George, Hudson Bay, 2nd book journal, 1905

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Box   265
Folder   25
Forbes, Alexander, Labrador Expedition, incl. "Log of the Ramah", 1930-1931

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Note: See also boxes 159-160
Box   270
Folder   9
Radford, Harry V., Expedition to Northern Canada, 1908-1911

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Box   265
Folder   26
Wood, Walter A., Yukon Expedition, 1939

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Central Borneo, Lumholtz, Carl
Box   322
coconut dipper (from Lumholtz?), undated
Box   265
Folder   27
miscellaneous, undated
Box   323
panoramas, 1915-1916
Box   324
tapa cloth (from Lumholtz?), undated
Physical Description: 1 bark cloth 
Colombia, Cabot, Thomas D., Cabot Colombian Expedition: 1939
Box   265
Folder   28
angle book of Walter A. Wood, 1939

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Box   265
Folder   29
Box   265
Folder   30
Guatemala-Honduras, Ashmead, Percy, Economic Survey: 1919, correspondence, 1919

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Himalayas, De Terra, Helmut, Expedition to the Himalaya and Karakorum
Box   270
Folder   10
correspondence, 1930-1933, undated

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Box   275
Folder   5
Box   265
Folder   31
Mexico, Lumholtz, Carl, Expedition to Mexico, 1890-1895

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Miscellaneous
Box   265
Folder   32
Beebe, William, 1923-1925

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Bryant, Henry G.
Box   325-326
around the world trip, vols. 3-4, circa 1908

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Physical Description: 2 photograph albums 
Box   327
expedition to St. Augustine River, Labrador, 1912

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Physical Description: 1 photograph album 
Box   328
Labrador trip, 1891

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Physical Description: 1 photograph album 
Box   329
scrapbook of Peary-Cook clippings, 1909-1920
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   330
trip to Lappland/Scandinavia and surrounding areas, 1910

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Physical Description: 1 photograph album 
Box   265
Folder   33
Byrd, Richard E., Trans-Atlantic Flight, flag carried on trip, 1927

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Box   265
Folder   34
Explorers and Expeditions, correspondence and summary of expeditions

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Galliéni, Joseph Simon, Madagascar lecture, 1905
Heath, Edwin R., Bolivia, Heath River, 1910
Pöch, R., Kalahari expedition, 1909
Prynne, Charles M., African expedition of W.N. McMillan, 1903
Riker, C.L., Newfoundland, international breakwater, 1912
summary of AGS expeditions: 1878-1923, undated
Box   265
Folder   35
Riis, Serge M., Riis Expedition-Darwin Centenary Commemoration, 1936

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Mt. Everest, British Expedition
Box   272
Folder   14
photographs from the book The Conquest of Everest, 1954

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Box   437
Folder   10
photographs from the book The Conquest of Everest, negative, 1954
Physical Description: 1 safety film negative 
Box   265
Folder   36
New Guinea, Mjöberg, Eric, 1917-1919

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Box   265
Folder   37
Patagonia, Davis, William Morris, financial support, 1904

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Peru
Box   270
Folder   11
Bingham, Hiram, Yale Peruvian Expedition, 1912

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Miller O.M., Peruvian Expedition
Box   265
Folder   38
correspondence, 1927-1928

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Box   265
Folder   39
Box   270
Folder   12
Shippee, Robert and Johnson, George R., Peruvian Expedition, 1930-1931, undated

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Von Hagen, Victor W., Inca Highway Expedition
Box   331
AGS flag, 1953-1954
Box   437
Folder   10
negative, 1953-1954
Physical Description: 1 safety film negative 
Box   438
negatives, 1953-1954

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Physical Description: 11 nitrate negatives 
Access Restrictions: Access to the nitrate negatives is restricted; researchers must use the digital access copies.
Box   272
Folder   15
photographs, 1953-1954

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Box   265
Folder   40
press releases, 1952-1955

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Somalia, Smith, Arthur Donaldson, Expedition to British Somaliland
Box   265
Folder   41
correspondence, 1898-1900, undated

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Box   270
Folder   13
manuscript map, undated

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South America
Bowman, Isaiah
Box   265
Folder   42
Central Andes Expedition, 1913-1914

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Box   265
Folder   43
Copiapó Mining Co., journal by James Saunderson, 1827-1906

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Box   332
diary, original, 1907

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Box   265
Folder   44
diary, photocopy, 1907

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Box   333
diary, typed and carbon copies, 1907
Box   334
notebooks, 1911-1941, undated
Box   265
Folder   45-47
notes, 1911-1913, undated

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Box   413
Folder   10-15
photographs, incl. photos from Desert Trails of Atacama, circa 1907-1913

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Box   266
Folder   1
rhizome specimen found north of Tiahuanaco, 1913
Jefferson, Mark, European Colonization in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
Box   266
Folder   2
correspondence, 1917-1925

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Box   266
Folder   3
Box   266
Folder   4
Marbut, Curtis Fletcher, soil investigation, 1923

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Tibet
Box   266
Folder   5
Hedin, Sven, correspondence, 1920-1921

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Box   270
Folder   14
Lamb, Gene, Expedition to Northern Tibet, 1931-1934

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Nichols, Francis H., Expedition to Lhasa
Box   266
Folder   6
biography, 1904, undated

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Box   270
Folder   15
correspondence from Nichols, 1903-1904

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Box   266
Folder   7
documentation regarding Tibetan manuscript, 1906-1915

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Box   270
Folder   16
finances and settlement of estate, 1902-1908

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Box   271
Folder   1
financial support, 1902-1905

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Box   266
Folder   8
list of items given to AGS, undated

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Box   266
Folder   9
Box   271
Folder   2
safety of Nichols, 1904

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Box   271
Folder   3
summary of expedition, undated

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Box   266
Folder   10
Rockhill, William Woodville, correspondence, 1890-1907

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United States
Bowman, Isaiah
Box   266
Folder   11
Far West, field notebook, 1930

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Box   334
Western Trip, notebooks, 1921-1932
Note: See also box 182, folder 18
Box   266
Folder   12-13
Burg, Amos, Colorado River Trip, postcards, 1938

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Box   266
Folder   14
Dall, William H., Alaska, letter of introduction, 1875

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Davis, William Morris, Transcontinental Excursion of 1912
Box   336
bronze medallion, rubbing, and photographs, 1912

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Box   271
Folder   4
Box   275
Folder   1
Box   266
Folder   15
clippings and articles, 1912, undated

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Box   266
Folder   16
correspondence
Box   266
Folder   17-29
Box   267
Folder   1-8
Box   268
Folder   1
23 Oct 1912 - 14 Nov 1914

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Box   268
Folder   2
dinner and reception
Box   271
Folder   5
Box   268
Folder   3
invitations and programs, 1912

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Box   275
Folder   1
photograph, 1912
Box   271
Folder   6
Box   268
Folder   4
guidebook, copy, 1912

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Box   268
Folder   5
instructions, undated

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Box   268
Folder   6
interview with William Morris Davis, 1911

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Box   268
Folder   7
itineraries, 1911-1912, undated

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Box   271
Folder   7
list of excursionists and payments, 1911-1912, undated

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Box   268
Folder   8
list of maps, undated

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Box   268
Folder   9
mailing information, 1912, undated

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Box   271
Folder   8
map of route, undated

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Box   268
Folder   10
memorial volume, undated

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Box   268
Folder   11
miscellaneous, 1912, undated

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Box   438
negatives, 1912

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Physical Description: 6 nitrate negatives 
Access Restrictions: Access to the nitrate negatives is restricted; researchers must use the digital access copies.
Box   268
Folder   12
photographs
Box   272
Folder   16
excursionists, 1912, 1932

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Box   272
Folder   17
miscellaneous copies, 1912
Box   275
Folder   1
Niagara Falls group shot, 1912
Box   272
Folder   18
photographs of expedition and maps, 1912

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Box   272
Folder   19-20
portraits, 1911-1912, undated

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Box   268
Folder   13
registration forms (blank), undated

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Box   268
Folder   14
Box   268
Folder   15
Powell, John W., Colorado River Expedition
Box   271
Folder   9
diary of John F. Steward, copy, 1922
Box   271
Folder   10
diary of John F. Steward, "Through the Canyon of the Colorado", 1871

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Box   272
Folder   21
photograph of camp by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, 1871/2

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Stuck, Hudson, Ascent of Mount McKinley (Denali)
Box   268
Folder   16
correspondence, data, and photograph, 1910-1913
Box   335
diaries of Hudson Stuck, 1913

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Physical Description: 2 volumes 
Box   271
Folder   11
Venezuela, De Booy, Theodoor, correspondence, 1918-1919

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Subseries: 8D. Proposals and Requests, 1865-1940
Scope and Content Note: The contents of this subseries is mostly made up of correspondence, reports, and proposals from explorers and scientists requesting funding for expeditions, proposing their own expeditions, asking to join expeditions, or commenting on expeditions in general. The expeditions here are global in scope. The AGS may or may not have given their support to these expeditions.
Proposals for Exploration
Box   271
Folder   12
correspondence, general

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Arctowski, Henryk, climatological research, 1914
Bauendahl, Captain, Polar expedition, 1900
Cheyne, J.P., Arctic expedition of 1880, Rupert T. Gould, 1932
Curtis, George C., Labrador, 1907
Holm, Frits V., Central Asia, 1909
Holt, Henry, questions on Arctic exploration, 1894
Hunter, F. Fraser, Arabia, 1910
Jaggar, T.A., volcano research, 1908
Kruckman, Arnold, aeronautic world map, Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1914
Luhrs, John, railroad to the North Pole, 1897
Rotch, A. Lawrence, atmospheric exploration, 1906
Snow, W. Parker, disagreement with C.F. Hall's expedition, 1865
Stephens, Eli and Lewis, Arctic, 1898
Stevens, Morte I., Mt. McKinley, 1904
Willis, Bailey, Spanish America, 1915
Wurth, A., geographical facts, 1900
Box   268
Folder   17
Demorest, Max, North Greenland Expedition: 1939-1940, proposal, 1937-1938

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Box   268
Folder   18
Pauly, Antonio, South Pole Expedition, memo, 1926

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Requests for AGS Support
Box   268
Folder   19
Americas, Morison, Samuel E., History of the Voyages of Columbus Project, 1939-1940

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Box   268
Folder   20
Antarctica, U.S. Antarctic Expedition, 1939

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Box   268
Folder   21
Arctic, Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition to the North Pole, 1901-1905

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Box   268
Folder   22
Arctic, Roumanian Greenland Expedition, 1925-1927

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Box   268
Folder   23
Cooper, Merian C., "Empty Quarter of Arabia", photostat, circa 1926
Dominian, Leon, Asia Minor proposal, 1917
Horn, R.W., Central Asia, 1913
Box   271
Folder   13
Asia Minor (Palestine), Huntington, Ellsworth, 1908-1914

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Box   268
Folder   24
Borneo, Lumholtz, Carl, 1912

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Box   268
Folder   25
Brazil, Dyott, George M., 1927-1931

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Canada
Box   268
Folder   26
Cary, Austin, Bowdoin Expedition to Labrador, 1890-1892

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Box   268
Folder   27
Gross, William A.O., Bowdoin-Kent's Island Expedition, 1937

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Box   268
Folder   28
Tanner V., Expedition to Labrador, 1938

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Box   268
Folder   29
Wheeler E.P., Expedition to Labrador, 1940

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Box   268
Folder   30
Central America-West Indies, Outhwaite, Leonard, volcano research, 1931

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Box   268
Folder   31
Mexico, Kidder, A.V., air survey of Yucatan, 1930

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Miscellaneous
Box   268
Folder   32
requests to join expeditions

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Allen, J.C., 1935
Blaha, Albert J., 1938
Cooke, Richard, 1938
MacLean, Haddon, 1936
Marquand, Allan, 1934
Murphy, James A., 1938
Pupko, Harry, 1937
Sproat, William E., 1937
Box   271
Folder   14
unfunded expedition requests

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Baldwin, Evelyn B., Arctic, 1913
Davidson, George, Arctic incl. balloon expedition, 1893-1896
Ellsworth, Lincoln, Hudson Bay, 1914
Folster, George T., Second Fahnestock Expedition, 1939
Kinzel, William R., Gran Chaco, Argentina, 1902
McGrath, Sterling, South America, 1940
Murchison, Roderick, Arctic, 1865
Sallsten, William, around-the-world-trip, 1939
Sterling, Clarence, Arctic, 1865
Thorgren, Emil, South America, 1940
South America
Box   268
Folder   33
Cardona, Edmond, proposed railway, 1906

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Box   268
Folder   34
Church, George Earl, 1883

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Box   268
Folder   35
Orton, James H., 3rd South American Expedition, 1874

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United States
Box   271
Folder   15
Parker, Herschel, Belmore Browne, and J.H. Cuntz, Expeditions to Alaska and Mt. McKinley, correspondence, 1910-1912

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Box   272
Folder   22
Parker, Herschel, Belmore Browne, and J.H. Cuntz, Expeditions to Alaska and Mt. McKinley, photographs, 1910

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Box   268
Folder   36
Pierrepont, Henry E., Adirondacks boundary issue, 1880-1895

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Box   268
Folder   37
Venezuela, Anthony, Harold E., Pacaraima-Venezuela Expedition, 1931

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