Collection of lantern slides, 1906-1960 (bulk 1913-1918).

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Collection of lantern slides, 1906-1960 (bulk 1913-1918).

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The collection contains 713 lantern slides, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches and including many that have been hand-colored, used by Stefansson to illustrate his presentations on arctic exploration and culture. Images of native cultures are contrasted with those of early to mid-20th century industry including hydraulic mining, logging, reindeer herding, agriculture, and ranching. Images of Hudson's Bay Company and Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited holdings are included. Ships and boats shown included the Alaska, Aurora, Bear, Belvedere, Corwin, Mary Sachs, and North Star. Individual and group shots of scientists, "Copper Eskimos," Inuit peoples, and aborigines include images of Ada Blackjack, Charles D. Brower, Milton Galle, James Francis Hurley. Fritz Johansen, Charles Klinkenberg, Erroll Lorne Knight, Frederick W. Mauer, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Storker Theodor Storkerson, and Olive Rathburn Wilcox. Additionally, there is aerial photography of forts, settlements, mission settlements, and landscapes. Illustrated locations in Alaska include Baxter Island, Flaxman Island, Fort Yukon, "Masonland" (home of Beatrice and Willoughby Mason), Point Barrow, and Tanana; in the Northwest Territories, Bernard Harbor, Cape Bathurst, Collinson Point, Mackenzie, and Victoria Island; in the Yukon, Herschel Island; in Antarctica, the Adélie Coast; in Russia, Wrangel lsland; in Greenland, archaeological digs at Osterbygd. Also included are images of Stefansson's 1923 trip to Australia and French Polynesia and Stefansson teaching in Dartmouth College's Northern Studies Program. Principal photographers of the original photographs are George Hubert Wilkins, James Francis Hurley, P.E. Corell, and the Lomen Bros.

5 feet (13 boxes)

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Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962

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Frank Hurley, born James Francis Hurley in Sydney, Australia, on October 15 1885, was a photographer and cinematographer. He left school without qualifications and worked in a steel mill before completing his education at the University of Sydney. He then worked for a firm of photographers but soon left to join the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 (leader Douglas Mawson). He took photographs of wildlife and was also a member of the party of three that sledged to the South Magnetic Po...

Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918)

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With the goal of finding a continent north of the Canadian Archipelago, Vilhjalmur Stefansson organized the Canadian Arctic Expedition. Stefansson had already distinguished himself as an explorer and ethnologist by spending 18 months with the Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta, learning their language and customs during the Anglo-American expedition of 1906-1907. Furthermore, during an expedition from 1908 to 1912, he made notoriety by discovering a group of fair-haired natives on Victoria Island that...

Maurer, Frederick W.

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Maurer joined the crew of the Belvedere in 1911. He met Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1912 and became a member of Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition in 1913, sailing on the Karluk. When the Karluk sank, he spent six months on Wrangel Island with the other crew members. He returned to Wrangel Island in 1921 as a member of the expedition led by Allan R. Crawford and financed by Stefansson. From the description of Adventures on an Arctic whaler, 1911-1912. (New Hampshire Newsp Project)....

Corwin (Ship)

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Aurora (Ship)

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Built on the Hugli by Foreman 1789, 573 tons. Free trader of London in 1820, later lost between Canada and England. Voyages: (1) From Bengal 1801. Capt Mungo Gilmore. Kedgeree 5 Apr 1801 - 22 Jul St Augustine's Bay - 19 Sep St Helena - 24 Dec Deptford. (2) From China 1817. Capt Thomas Heaviside. Whampoa 21 Feb 1817 - 25 Mar Second Bar - 6 Jul St Helena - 2 Sep Blackwall. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000081.0x0...

Lomen Bros.

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The Lomen family was well known in Alaska for an entreprenurial spirit. Their interests varied from reindeer herding to law practice. The five Lomen brothers, Carl Joys, Alfred Julian, Harry, George, and Ralph helped create a reindeer industry, outfitted the Norwegian explorer Amundsen and participated in the birth of bush aviation in Alaska. Judge G.J. Lomen of St. Paul, Minnesota, moved to Nome after vacationing with a son, Carl, in the early 1900's. In 1903, they were joined by his wife, Juli...

Wrangel Island Relief Expedition (1923)

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Wilkins, George Hubert, Sir, 1888-1958

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Sir George Hubert Wilkins (b. October 31, 1888, Hallett, South Australia-d. November 30, 1958, Framingham, Massachusetts), polar explorer, geographer, photographer, and consultant for the United States Military. He was internationally recognized for his expeditions to the Arctic and Anarctic from 1913 to 1939. Wiklins was the navigator aboard the first airplane to fly over the Arctic Sea (1928); navigator aboard the first airplane to fly over the Antarctica (1933); and led the Nautilus sub...

North Star (Ship)

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Corell, P. E.

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Australasian Antarctic expedition (1911-1914)

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The Expedition, led by Douglas Mawson, established bases at Macquarie, Cape Denison and the Shackleton Ice Shelf. It surveyed 1000 miles of coastline and explored the south magnetic polar area. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225787033 Members of the Expedition, led by Douglas Mawson, produced an unpublished magazine entitled 'Adelie Blizzard' From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia...

Storkerson, Storker Theodor, 1883-1940.

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Storkerson was born in Norway in 1883. He was a member of the Anglo-American Arctic Expedition of 1906-1907, which was commanded by Ernest de Koven Leffingwell and Ejnar Mikkelsen, and a member of Stefansson's 1908-1912 expedition to eastern Alaska. He was also a member of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918; during the winter of 1917-1918, when Stefansson was ill with typhoid, Storkerson was in command of the expedition. From the description of Papers, 1913-1948. (Dartmouth ...

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Mason, Beatrice.

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Belvedere (Ship : 1861)

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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson was born on November 3, 1879 in Arnes, Manitoba, Canada. He attended the University of North Dakota from 1897-1902. He was voted the best orator in 1900, and also worked for the school newspaper. In 1930 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, only the third such degree awarded. He then transferred to the University of Iowa and graduated in 1903 with a degree from the School of Liberal Arts. He next enrolled at Harvard, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in 1...

Noice, Harold

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Noice commanded a relief expedition to Wrangel Island in 1923. He had been a member of Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1918. From the description of Papers, 1922-1926. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237352323 ...

Hudson's Bay Company

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Brower, Charles D., 1863-1945

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Trader and author. From the description of Charles D. Brower diary, 1886-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453438 ...

U.S. Anthropological Expedition (1906-1907)

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U.S. Canadian Scientific Expedition (1908-1912)

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Wrangel Island Expedition (1921-1923)

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Johansen, Fritz.

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Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923

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Knight was a member of the Stefansson Exploration and Development Company's expedition to Wrangel Island. His diaries, in which he describes his experiences as a member of the expedition, were recovered on the island after his death. The diaries were damaged by Harold Noice, who had led an expedition to Wrangel Island in an attempt to rescue Knight and his companions. From the description of Papers, 1921-1939. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 238639771 ...

Galle, Milton.

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Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited

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Mary Sachs (Ship)

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Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983

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Ada Delutuk Blackjack was born on May 10, 1898 in the Iñupiat village of Spruce Creek, in what was then known as the District of Alaska. Her mother sent her to Nome when she was eight years old. There, Methodist missionaries taught her to read, write, and sew. Also called Ada Blackjack Johnson, she married, had children with, and divorced a man named Johnson. Far from home and without money, she was forced to place their only surviving son, Bennett, in an orphanage and found work as a seamstress...

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Wilcox, Olive Rathburn.

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Klinkenberg, Charles.

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