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Diaries, Journals, and Logs, 1891-1961, undated

 Series
Identifier: M118.05

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Series Description:

This series contains diaries, journals, field notes, log books, and various notebooks written by Donald MacMillan, Miriam MacMillan, and other expedition members. Includes journals from the Peary North Pole Expedition of 1908-1909, the Crocker Land Expedition of 1913-1917, and various expeditions to Labrador, Greenland, and other Arctic destinations. Also includes full and partial copies of some items.

Dates

  • Creation: 1875 - 2014
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1908-1987

Creator

Extent

12 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Organized in 2 series: Diaries, Journals and Logs, Originals; Diaries, Journals and Logs, Copies. Arranged chronoligically.

Existence and Location of Copies

Journals from the Crocker Land Expedition have been digitized and are accessible through the links in the finding aid. Digitization of materials related to Crocker Land Expedition funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, 2016.

Related Materials

Additional volumes related to the Crocker Land Expedition are in the Maruice C. Tanquary papers (M328), and Walter E. Ekblaw papers (M327).

The history of the Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) and resources that document the expedition may be found via the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum's website.

Additional materials related to the 1934 and 1937 MacMillan expeditions are in the Alfred Otto Gross Papers, and, for 1937, also in the MacMillan-Thebaud Collection

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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