Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935

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Adolphus Washington Greely was born in Massachusetts in 1844. He served throughout the American Civil War and remained in the army at its close. In 1881 he was appointed to lead the United States International Polar Year Expedition, 1881-1884 to Ellesmere Island. He retired from the Army in 1908 and died in Washington in 1935

From the guide to the Adolphus Greely collection, 1912-1927, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)

Epithet: American explorer

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General Adolphus Washington Geely was born March 27, 1844, in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was a soldier, explorer, scientist and author. In 1881, Greely served as the commander of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. Later, he headed the U.S. Weather Service and supervised construction of 3,900 miles of telegraph line and ocean cable in Alaska that established the first successful long-distance wireless from Nome to St. Michael. Fort Greely and Greely Point, Alaska are both named for him. He died October 20, 1935, in Washington, D.C.
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referencedIn Cleveland Abbe papers, 1851-1952. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Charles S. McClain papers, 1884-1944 Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn List of men who died at Cape Sabine, undated. Maine Historical Society Library
referencedIn Henry T. Mayo Papers, 1866-1972, (bulk 1900-1918) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Adolphus W. Greely Papers, 1844-1871, 1908-1909. Peabody Essex Museum
referencedIn Julius R. Frederick Papers, ca. 1874-1978 (bulk 1881-1904). Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
creatorOf The Adolphus W. Greely papers, 1864-1935. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Vol. XXXIII, 1870-1898.includes:ff. 1-28, 66 George Robert Charles Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1870-1881.ff. 32-304 b passim Sir George Grove, musicologist: Letters to Mary Gladstone: 1873-1894.f. 42 Joseph Joachi..., 1870-1898 British Library
creatorOf Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935,. General A.W. Greely photograph collection [graphic], 1900-1905. Alaska State Library
referencedIn William Woodville Rockhill papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Report of cable operations, U.S. cable-ship Burnside : Alaskan and Alaskan-Washington cables, Jan. 1903 to Nov. 1904, 1903-1904. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Greely, A. W. (Aldolphus Washington), 1844-1935. Letter, 1929 Dec. 27, to Harold G. Rugg / A.W. Greely. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Records of the Army Staff. 1903 - 2009. Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Military Personnel, Defense Department and Other Government Officials, Royalty, and Heads of State. 1964-1974. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Harry Payne Whitney Collection of Letters of William C. Whitney, 1757-1942, (bulk 1883-1904) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn San Francisco earthquake photograph collection. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Sam Schaefler historical and literary letters and documents, 1674-1970s Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn George W. Goethals Papers, 1890-1954, (bulk 1907-1927) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf United States. Army. Signal Corps. Signal Corps Historians' Collection, 1870-1971 (bulk 1940-1969). U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Gratz, Simon. Alphabetical collection, 1677-1910. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Stuart, George E. George E. Stuart collection of archaeological and other materials, 1733-2006. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Allen, James. James Allen photograph collection. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
creatorOf Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Gillman" to "Halpine". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Mayo, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1856-1937. Papers, 1866-1972 (bulk 1900-1918). Library of Congress
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Bassett Jones (collector) records, 1818-1938. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Scientists Collection, 1563-1973 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf A. W. Greely Papers, 1753-1997, (bulk 1880-1935) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Immigration Restriction League (U.S.) records, 1893-1921 Houghton Library
creatorOf Adolphus Greely collection, 1912-1927 Scott Polar Research Institute
creatorOf Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935. Letter to Messrs. Roberts Bros. Washington, DC. 1896 Oct. 15. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Ralph Morris collection of autographs and portraits Houghton Library
referencedIn Stickney, William, 1878-1924. Papers, 1897-1930. New Hampshire Newspaper Project
creatorOf Henry G. Bryant. Correspondence books, 1897-1913. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935. Adolphus Washington Greely letters to S. S. McClure 1890-1892. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Hoadley, Frederick H. Journal, 1882. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Forbes, W. Cameron (William Cameron), 1870-1959. Collection of family and historical documents, ca. 1680-1900 Houghton Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCCXX (ff. 248). Oct.-Dec. 1888.includes:f. 1 Sir Robert Arundell Hudson, GBE; political organizer: Letters to W. E. Gladstone: 1888.ff. 3, 94 Sir Balthazar Walter Foster, 1st Baron Ilkeston 1910; MP; physician: Correspondence with W. E. G... British Library
creatorOf Adolphus W. Greely papers Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Frederick F. Kislingbury collection 1881-1919 1881-1891 Kislingbury, Frederick F. collection William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Brainerd, Betty, 1888-1984. Papers, 1895-1963. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935. Letters, 1912, to Charles W. Furlong. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935. Letter, 1886, May 5 : Washington, D.C., to Mr. Bowen. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Grosvenor Family Papers, 1827-1981, (bulk 1872-1964) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn George Sabin Gibbs Papers, 1896-1947 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Breckinridge Family Papers, 1752-1965 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Todd, A. L. (Alden L.), 1918-. Papers, 1959-1961. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973. Papers, ca. 1907-1973. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926. Houghton Library
referencedIn Augustus Mendon Lord collection, Lord (Augustus Mendon) collection, (bulk 1876-1908), 1778-1908 John Hay Library, Special Collections
creatorOf Sherman, Edwin Allen, 1829-1914. Edwin Allen Sherman papers, 1872-1971, (bulk 1896-1913). UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Robert Cushman Murphy journals, 1907-1971, 1907-1971 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection Bancroft Library
referencedIn Plummer, E. H. Letters to E.H. Plummer, 1906, May 11-28. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Hotze, Henry, 1833-1887. Papers of Henry Hotze [manuscript], 1861-1866, 1959-1972. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Harvard University. Autograph File, G. 1641-2009. Houghton Library
referencedIn Adolphus Greely collection, 1912-1927 Scott Polar Research Institute
referencedIn Gunsaulus, Frank Wakeley, 1856-1921. Letter to H. P. Harrison. Chicago, IL. 1917 February 1. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Records of the Weather Bureau. 1735 - 1989. Letters Received National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Henry Clay Family Papers, 1732-1927, (bulk 1814-1852) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935. Handbook of Alaska; proofsheets. National Geographic Society Library
creatorOf Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935. Scrapbooks of articles, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, etc., principally on polar and sub-polar countries, regions, peoples and subjects published mainly between 1885 and 1929, as well as the literature on polar exploration and explorers for the same period. National Geographic Society Library
referencedIn Johnson, P. W. Diary, 1884 May 1--August 27. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Washington Irving Chambers Papers, 1871-1943, (bulk 1911-1919) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Elihu Root Papers, 1863-1937, (bulk 1899-1937) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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associatedWith Greely, Henrietta Hudson Cruger Nesmith. Henrietta Hudson Cruger Nesmith Greely papers. 1878-1918 person
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correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
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associatedWith Johnson, P. W. person
associatedWith Jones, Bassett, collector. person
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correspondedWith Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906 person
associatedWith Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924. person
correspondedWith Long, Francis, -1916 person
correspondedWith Long, Francis, d. 1916 person
associatedWith Lord, Augustus Mendon, 1861-1941 person
associatedWith Lord, Augustus Mendon, 1861-1941 person
correspondedWith Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937 person
associatedWith Mawson Douglas 1882-1958 person
associatedWith Mayo, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1856-1937. person
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correspondedWith Melville, George W. (George Wallace), 1841-1912 person
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correspondedWith Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914 person
correspondedWith Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 person
correspondedWith Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 person
associatedWith Rudmose-Brown Robert Neal 1879-1954 person
associatedWith Rugg, Harold Goddard, 1883-1957. person
associatedWith Schaefler, Sam, 1920-, person
correspondedWith Scribner, Charles, 1854-1930 person
associatedWith Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922. person
associatedWith Sherman, Edwin Allen, 1829-1914. person
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correspondedWith Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 person
associatedWith Todd, A. L. (Alden L.), 1918- person
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associatedWith United States. Army. Department of the Columbia. corporateBody
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associatedWith United States. Weather Bureau. corporateBody
associatedWith Whitney, Harry Payne, 1872-1930 person
associatedWith Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904. person
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