Letterbooks, letters, ca. 1884-1918.

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Letterbooks, letters, ca. 1884-1918.

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The letterbooks (ca. 400 pages each) are for the years 1884-1890 (mostly business-related, some family, and references to Colorado), 1899-1902 (mentions explorations, his arctic drift-cask proposal, the Arctic Club, references to Frederick Cook, and to Bryant's geographical trips), 1902-1903 (relating to his cask project, the American Philosophical Society, with an interesting letter to Robert Peary dated January 15, 1903, p. 52), 1913-1918 (more business-related letters than on geography or exploration). The loose items are letters relating primarily to the American Alpine Club.

4 v. ; ca. 100 items.

American Philosophical Society Library

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American Philosophical Society Library

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American Philosophical Society

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...

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...

Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940

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Explorer, author, and businessman. From the description of Audio materials [sound recording]. [1937-1991] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723117 Physician and polar explor on three expeditions to North Greenland, 1891-1894; part of Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-1899. From the description of Letter from Frederick Albert Cook to S.S. McClure, Ltd., 1894 March 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 70292749 Cook claimed to have been the fir...

Bryant, Henry G. (Henry Grier), 1859-1932

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Bryant and Brinton were both involved with the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1897. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226039816 Henry Grier Bryant was a geographer and explorer. He was commander of Peary's auxiliary expedition (1894) and the Mt. St. Elias (Alaska) expedition (1897). He was president of the American Alpine Club (1911-1913), among other professional affiliations. ...

Arctic Club.

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American Alpine Club

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