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MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Donald and Miriam MacMillan collection

 Collection
Identifier: M118
Abstract The papers of husband and wife Donald Baxter MacMillan (Bowdoin 1898, 1874-1970) and Miriam Look MacMillan (1905-1987), document exploration in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions from the time of Robert E. Peary’s successful North Pole expedition (1908-1909), through both World Wars, and into the modern scientific era. Materials include the MacMillans' personal and professional correspondence, log books and journals, published and unpublished writings, notebooks, scrapbooks, lecture...
Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987

MacMillan-Snyder letters

 Collection
Identifier: M289
Abstract

Letters written by Donald B. and Miriam L. MacMillan to Emma and William H. Snyder, with occasional newspaper clippings, photographs, and other printed material included.

Dates: 1931-1953, undated

MacMillan-"Thebaud" collection

 Collection
Identifier: M120
Abstract

The collection contains letters, journals, Thebaud ship's log, ornithological notes, articles and addresses, photographs, lists, and clippings, all relating to the voyage and written by various crew members.

Dates: 1937

Maurice C. Tanquary papers

 Collection
Identifier: M328
Abstract

Includes 10 journals from the Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1917, with almost daily entries during various months in his Tanquary's personal journal, measurements and notes on geographical position, interactions with Inughuit team members, lists of supplies and materials, hand sketched maps, natural and animal observations.

Dates: 1913 - 1917

Walter E. Ekblaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: M327
Abstract

Materials relating to the 1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence sent before and during the expedition, field notebooks with scientific observations (geology, botany, ornithology, etc.), personal journals, as well as many inserts found within the notebooks.

Dates: 1913-1918, undated

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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American 4
Arctic regions -- Description and travel 2
Personal correspondence 2
Arctic regions -- Popular works 1
Dictionaries 1