Giles B. Harber papers, 1881-1884.

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Giles B. Harber papers, 1881-1884.

1881-1884

http://libcat.dartmouth.edu/record=b1511120~S1

Correspondence, photographs, sketches, and newsclippings relating to the discovery and return of the bodies of George Washington DeLong and others from the ship Jeannette.

1 box : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 x 32 x 7 cm.

eng, Latn

Dartmouth College Library

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Jeannette (Ship)

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USS Jeannette was a naval exploration vessel which, under the command of George W. De Long, undertook an ill-fated 1879–1881 voyage to the Arctic. After being trapped in the ice and drifting for almost two years, the ship and its crew of 33 were released from the ice, then trapped again, crushed and sunk some 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) north of the Siberian coast. The entire crew survived the sinking, but 11 died while sailing towards land in a small cutter. The other 22 reached Siberia...

Harber, Giles B. (Giles Bates), 1849-1925

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U.S. naval officer, of Youngstown, Ohio; retired in 1911; came out of retirement during World War I to conduct naval units at Georgetown University. From the description of Admiral Giles B. Harber collection, ca. 1869-ca. 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70958088 ...

De Long, Emma Jane Wotton, 1851-1940

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Emma Jane Wooton De Long was born March 11, 1851 and died November 25, 1940. She commissioned the sculptor Leonard Craske to design a monument for the grave of her late husband, Lt. Commander George W. De Long, leader of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition in 1879-82. William Bradford accompanied this expedition as a painter and was present at the ship's departure from San Francisco to the polar regions. From the description of Emma Wotton De Long papers, 1928-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat ...

St. Clair, Harry Hull.

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De Long, George Washington, 1844-1881

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George Washington De Long (b. August 22, 1844, Manhattan, New York-d. October 31, 1881, Matvay Hut, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia), United States Naval Officer and explorer. He graduated form the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1865, then rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In 1879 he commanded an expedition on board the gunboat "USS Jeannette" designed to discover a faster way to traverse the North Pole by going through the Bering Strait. During the summer of 188...