Harold McCracken collection, 1909.

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Harold McCracken collection, 1909.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42065031

The Harold McCracken Collection consists of two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about Dr. Frederick A. Cook and the controversy surrounding his claims to the first ascent of Mt. McKinley and to being the first man at the North Pole. The scrapbooks were assembled in 1909 by Herbert L. Bridgman and donated to the archives by McCracken.

1 ms. box .2 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7443882

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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