Baldwin family

Born in 1862 in Springfield, Missouri, Evelyn Briggs Baldwin was a meteorologist and Polar explorer who accompanied Robert E. Peary on his North Greenland expedition in 1892-1894. He also took part in the Wellman expedition to Franz Josef Land and directed the Baldwin-Ziegler polar expedition of 1901-1902. Baldwin was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and an amateur genealogist.

From the guide to the Baldwin family genealogical research papers, 1872-1924, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)