Robert E. Hancock Antarctic collection, 1907-1977.

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Robert E. Hancock Antarctic collection, 1907-1977.

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Books, memorabilia, periodicals, newsletters, clippings, videotapes, stamps, and related items. There are also 11 reels of film in the collection which document the voyages of the icebreaker ship, then USS Atka, to Antarctica. With the films are movie subject worksheets as well as an original diary of film subjects, shots, and dates of filming. There is also one tape of Robert Hancock's father's 70th birthday. Other subject include: helicopters, military aircraft, Antarctica photographs, Seattle, Newfoundland, Argentina, United States Army, United States Navy, USS Atka, Our Lady of the Snows medallion carried from the South Pole to the North Pole and blessed by Pope John Paul VI, John Lovejoy, Northeast Passage, Robert E. Hancock.

12 boxes.

Florida State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7631239

Florida State University

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