Harriman Alaska Expedition collection, 2002.

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Harriman Alaska Expedition collection, 2002.

Videotape and accompanying press kit. The videotape, "The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced," is a documentary concerning two scientific expeditions to Alaska, over 100 years apart. The original Harriman expedition in 1899 included 25 scientists, writers, and artists, among them Louis Agassiz Fuertes. A Smith College expedition in 2001 retraced Harriman's route. The film describes these two expeditions, noting the environmental damage and the change in society's attitudes over the intervening years.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7907946

Cornell University Library

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Harriman Alaska Expedition 1899

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The expedition was sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Photograph, [ca. 1899]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532497 The Expedition was financed by Edward Henry Harriman as a combination pleasure cruise and scientific expedition from May to August 1899. From the description of Arctic field photographs, 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155517798 Originally proposed as a hunting expedition, Edward Harriman tr...

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927

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Artist, naturalist. From the description of Louis Agassiz Fuertes exhibit items, 1982-1983. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74897982 From the description of Louis Agassiz Fuertes pencil drawing, [ca.1900]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 77010685 Louis Agassiz Fuertes was an ornithologist and a painter of birds. He was a resident lecturer at Cornell University for several years. From the description of Louis Agassiz Fu...