Photograph of Donation of Putnam Polar Expedition Papers

Friis, Herman Ralph, 1905-1989

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Herman Ralph Friis (b. December 11, 1905, Chicago, Illinois-d. September 23, 1989, Fairfax, Virginia), geographer, cartographer, educator, archivist, served with the in Antarctica with the U.S. Naval Support Force in 1960 and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition in 1969 and 1970. He also served as Director of the Center for Polar Archives in the National Archives and Records Service....

Burke, Frank G., 1927-2015

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Rhoads, James Berton, 1928-2015

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James Berton "Bert" Rhoads (September 17, 1928 – April 7, 2015) was the fifth Archivist of the United States. He was born on September 17, 1928, in Sioux City, IA. Rhoads received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and earned his Ph.D. from American University in Washington, DC. Rhoads joined the National Archives in 1952 and held a number of positions before he was eventually promoted to Deputy Archivist in 1966. Rhoads first served as Acting Archivist from March...

Nef, Evelyn Stefansson, 1913-2009

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Evelyn Stefansson Nef, also known as Evelyn Baird, (b. Evelyn Schwartz, July 24, 1913, New York City-d. December 10, 2009, Washington, D.C.), puppeteer, author, Arctic explorer, researcher, librarian, philanthropist, and psychotherapist, was the wife of fellow Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. After Stefansson's death, she married John Ulrich Nef, economic historian from the University of Chicago. She began a practice in psychotherapy in Washington, D.C., at the age of 63. ...

Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982

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John Alexander Pope (b. August 4, 1906, Detroit, Michigan-d. September 18, 1982, Washington, D.C.), Director Emeritus of the Freer Gallery of Art and Oriental porcelains and bronzes expert. At the age of 21, Pope sailed on the Schooner Effie M. Morrissey with the Baffin Island Expedition in 1927, under the leadership of George Putnam. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University. Shortly after graduation from Yale, he served in 1929 as a secretary to the American Red Cross Missi...