Title: Delia West Marble Scrapbooks
Inclusive Dates: 1874-1890

Creator:

• Marble, Delia West

Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 9

Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, American Geographical Society Library

Archival Location:

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

Abstract:

This collection consists of two scrapbooks, compiled by Delia West Marble. One scrapbook relates to Arctic exploration from 1874 to 1884; the other to exploration in Africa from 1889 to 1890.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-agsl-agslmss0009

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Delia West Marble was born in 1848 in New York. She was a conservationist and served on the Board of Directors of the Woman's Land Army of America. Along with Eloise Payne Luquer, she set up the Nature Trail and Museum at the Poundridge Reservation in New York. She died in 1951.

Both scrapbooks in this collection mainly consist of newspaper clippings from the New York Herald.

The scrapbook on Arctic exploration contains clippings pertaining to the geography of the North Pole and expeditions to that region, including those of explorers Isaac I. Hayes, Allen Young, John Franklin, Adolf E. Nordenskiöld, and Frederick Schwatka.

The scrapbook on exploration in Africa largely focuses on the movements of Henry M. Stanley and Emin Pasha in East Africa.

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Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Custodial History

The American Geographical Society (AGS) acquired this scrapbook as a gift from Delia West Marble on March 18, 1942.

Acquisition Information

The American Geographical Society (AGS) donated these scrapbooks to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries in 1978 as part of its entire map and library collections.

Processing Information

Denise Gergetz and Christel Maass (in the UWM Libraries' Archives Dept.) processed the collection in October 2009.

	Scrapbooks,
Volume   1	Arctic Exploration, 1874-1884
Volume   2	Exploration in Africa, 1889-1890