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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962. Collection of glass plate negatives, 1900-1940 (bulk 1913-1924).

Title: Collection of glass plate negatives, 1900-1940 (bulk 1913-1924).

The collection contains 282 glass plate negatives documenting arctic exploration and Inuit culture in the early 20th century. Ships shown include the Bear, Corwin, and North Star. Individual and group shots of scientists, "Copper Eskimos," and Inuit peoples include images of Charles D. Brower, Fritz Johansen, Charles Klinkenberg, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and Storker Theodor Storkerson. Illustrated locations in Alaska include Collinson Point, Flaxman Island, Fort Yukon, and Tanana; in the Northwest Territories, Bernard Harbor, Cape Bathurst, and Victoria Island; in the Yukon, Herschel Island; in Greenland, archaeological digs at Osterbygd. Also included are images of Stefansson's 1923-24 trip to Australia and many aerial photographs. Principal photographers are George Hubert Wilkins and the Lomen Bros.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 feet (17 boxes)

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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962. Collection of photographic prints, 1913-1923.

Title: Collection of photographic prints, 1913-1923.

The collection contains over 1100 original photographic prints documenting the Canadian Arctic Expeditions (1913-1918), also the Wrangel Island and Wrangel Island Relief Expeditions (1921-1923). Individual and group photographs of scientists, Eskimos, "Copper" and Mackenzie Eskimos, and Inuits include the following people: Rudolph M. Anderson, Ada Blackjack, Charles D. Brower, Kenneth G. Chipman, Allan Crawford, Milton Galle, Diamond Jenness, Fritz Johansen, Charles Klinkenberg, Edna Klinkenberg, Lorne Knight, Ernest de Koven Leffingwell, Burt. M. McConnell, Frederick W. Maurer, John Munro, Th. Petersen, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and Storker Theodor Storkerson. Also included are images of mission settlements, Hudson's Bay Company outposts, and the Eldorado Mining enterprises. Locations in Alaska include Point Barrow, Baxter Island, Camden Bay, Collinson Point, Flaxman Island, Fort Yukon, Cape Krusenstern, Nome, and Tanana; in the Northwest Territories, Banks Island, Bernard Harbor, and Fort McPherson; in the Yukon, Herschel Island; and in Russia, Wrangel Island. Principal photographers are Lomen Bros., Harold Noice, and George H. Wilkins.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962,. Collection of lantern slides, 1906-1960 (bulk 1913-1918).

Title: Collection of lantern slides, 1906-1960 (bulk 1913-1918).

The collection contains 713 lantern slides, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches and including many that have been hand-colored, used by Stefansson to illustrate his presentations on arctic exploration and culture. Images of native cultures are contrasted with those of early to mid-20th century industry including hydraulic mining, logging, reindeer herding, agriculture, and ranching. Images of Hudson's Bay Company and Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited holdings are included. Ships and boats shown included the Alaska, Aurora, Bear, Belvedere, Corwin, Mary Sachs, and North Star. Individual and group shots of scientists, "Copper Eskimos," Inuit peoples, and aborigines include images of Ada Blackjack, Charles D. Brower, Milton Galle, James Francis Hurley. Fritz Johansen, Charles Klinkenberg, Erroll Lorne Knight, Frederick W. Mauer, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Storker Theodor Storkerson, and Olive Rathburn Wilcox. Additionally, there is aerial photography of forts, settlements, mission settlements, and landscapes. Illustrated locations in Alaska include Baxter Island, Flaxman Island, Fort Yukon, "Masonland" (home of Beatrice and Willoughby Mason), Point Barrow, and Tanana; in the Northwest Territories, Bernard Harbor, Cape Bathurst, Collinson Point, Mackenzie, and Victoria Island; in the Yukon, Herschel Island; in Antarctica, the Adélie Coast; in Russia, Wrangel lsland; in Greenland, archaeological digs at Osterbygd. Also included are images of Stefansson's 1923 trip to Australia and French Polynesia and Stefansson teaching in Dartmouth College's Northern Studies Program. Principal photographers of the original photographs are George Hubert Wilkins, James Francis Hurley, P.E. Corell, and the Lomen Bros.

ArchivalResource: 5 feet (13 boxes)

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