Records, 1911-1921.

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Records, 1911-1921.

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Records of the Crocker Land Expedition led by Donald B. MacMillan relate primarily to its funding through subscription, and to planning various aspects of the expedition; many of the records were prepared by expedition administrator, Edmund O. Hovey. Also, requisitions for supplies and other financial records. Collection includes correspondence written from Greenland and elsewhere between Hovey and Elmer Ekblaw, two members of the expedition party to Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen, who assisted the expedition. Of special interest are duplicates of the journal written by Hovey, leader of the Relief Party, and a summary of the expedition describing their experiences, observations, and ways of coping with difficulties, 1913-1917.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924

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Edmund Otis Hovey was a geologist and museum curator. He joined the American Museum of Natural History in 1894 as assistant curator in the Dept. of Geology and Paleontology, becoming associate curator in 1901 and curator in 1910. He was also acting administrator of the museum for two brief periods. Hovey's main areas of interest were volcanoes, earthquakes and meteorites. He traveled all over the world, taking photographs and collecting specimens from major geological ev...

Ekblaw, Walter Elmer, 1882-

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Freuchen, Peter, 1886-1957

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Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen (b. February 2, 1886, Nykøbing Falster, Denmark-d. September 2, 1957, Anchorage, Alaska) was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist. He is notable for his role in Arctic exploration, especially the Thule Expeditions...

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...

Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917)

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The purpose of the expedition, led by Donald B. MacMillan, was to explore the supposed land northwest of Grant Land, named Crocker Land. From the description of Arctic field photographs, 1913-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155515582 The purpose of the Crocker Land Expedition was to explore the land mass in the Arctic northwest of Grant Land that was observed by Admiral Peary in 1906. The expedition was organized in cooperation with the American Geographical Society and...

Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933

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MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970

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Leader of the Crocker Land Expedition. From the description of Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915. 1914-1917. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 15046950 From the description of [Lists of photographs of the Crocker Land Expedition]. [between 1913 and 1917?] (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 15046958 From the description of Geographical report of the Crocker Land Expedition / by Donald B. MacMillan. 1...