Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Memorabilia, 1876 - 1918

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Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Memorabilia, 1876 - 1918

1876-1918

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This series consists of brochures, flyers, invitations, menus, thank you cards, business cards, greeting cards, schedules, plans, maps, tickets, and programs for cultural events collected and maintained by Robert E. Peary. Included are poems dedicated to Robert E. Peary such as “A Godspeed to Peary” by Richard Le Gallienne; “The Frozen Grail: To Peary and his Band” by Elsa Barker; “Peary at the Pole” by Lambert R. Thomas; “Ultima Thule” by William Ellery Leonard; “The Pole is Found at Last!” by Charles R. Carter (1909); “I want to go sailing with Peary” by Martin Green; and “Peary” by Charles Clinton Jones. There are also artifacts such as cigars; a pen used by President William H. Taft to sign the Peary Act; a Bible in a velvet cover; a chip from the keel of the SS Roosevelt; two cuffs; a decorative card holder with the initials of Robert E. Peary; and Robert E. Peary's Bowdoin College suitcase containing correspondence with the Peary Arctic Club (1908).

5 linear feet and 5 linear inches

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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...