Letters Relating to the Hink-Hobbs Dispute, 1944 - 1970

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Letters Relating to the Hink-Hobbs Dispute, 1944 - 1970

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The records include a photostatic copy of a 1944 letter received by Leonard Wilson from Arthur R. Hinks, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society of London. The letter details a dispute between Hinks and Professor William H. Hobbs, Chairman of the University of Michigan's Department of Geology, over the interpretation of Robert E. Peary's scientific achievements at the North Pole. Also included is a 1970 letter received by Herman Friis, Director of the National Archives Center for Polar Archives, from Wilson which briefly details the circumstances of Hink's letter and Wilson's involvement in the dispute.

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National Archives at College Park

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National Archives at College Park

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Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920

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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (born May 6, 1856, Cresson, Pennsylvania – died February 20, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. Though born in Pennsylvania, Peary grew up in in Portland, Maine. He went to a prominent boarding school called Loomis Chaffe. He attende...

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....