Norcross-Bartlett Expedition to Northeast Greenland (1931)
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The Norcross-Bartlett Expedition to Northeast Greenland, 1931, also known as the Bartlett-Norcross Expedition sailed on the Effie M. Morrisey with representatives of the Smithsonian Institution, the George Gustav Heye Foundation, the American Museum of Natural History, and the New York Botanical Garden. The objectives of the expedition were to gather flowering plants for the Botanical Gardens, specimens of wild fowl for the Museum of Natural History and narwhal and seals for the Ocean Hall of Life. In addition to this the expedition members carried out oceanographic, hydrographic and meteorological work for the U.S. Navy and the Smithsonian.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| referencedIn | Schooner Ernestina / Effie M. Morrisey Archives image collection, 1894-present | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Archives and Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Robert Abram Bartlett, 1911-1958 | Rauner Special Collections Library | |
| referencedIn | Personal papers of Paul C. Oscanyan, 1919-1945 | National Archives at College Park |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| referencedIn | Effie M. Morrissey article | ||
| referencedIn | Schooner Ernestina History | ||
| referencedIn | Polar Record, v. 1 issue 03, January 1932 article: pp. 18-19 (The Bartlett-Norcross Expedition, 1931 | ||
| referencedIn | John Bartlett Angel |
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| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | American Museum of Natural History. | corporateBody |
| hasMember | Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 | person |
| associatedWith | Effie M. Morrissey (Schooner) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | New York botanical garden | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Smithsonian institution | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Greenland |
| Subject |
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| Greenland |
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