Papers, 1905-1985.

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Papers, 1905-1985.

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Papers and photographs relating to his career as a whaler in the Arctic. Includes an interview with Vilhjalmur Stefansson and correspondence between Stefansson and Webster T. Gault.

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Dartmouth College Library

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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...

Gault, Webster T.

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Eber, Dorothy

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Comer, George N. (George Nixon), -1877

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Ship's captain. Comer was captain of a whaling ship and collector of ethnographic artifacts of Hudson Bay Eskimos for the American Museum of Natural History. He lived from 1858 to 1937. From the description of Journals, 1875-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511614 ...