Papers, 1922-1926.

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Papers, 1922-1926.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237352323

Collection consists of correspondence, newspaper articles, and other material critical of Stefansson and the expedition to Wrangel Island that he financed. Includes some letters from Joseph Francis Bernard, who had attempted a rescue mission to Wrangel Island in the Teddy Bear.

1 box (0.2 ft.)

Dartmouth College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7119453

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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 ...

Teddy Bear (Ship)

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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...

Bernard, Joseph Francis, 1878-1972.

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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...