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Baxter, Rupert, "Bowdoin Scientific Expedition..." notes, June 28, 1891 [typescript photocopy]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: M105.1

Series Description:

From the Series:

Includes a log, a journal, two diaries, and notes from the 1891 Expedition. These accounts range from brief daily records of the expedition's progress to detailed observations of the environment and native peoples, and descriptions of events. Also included are photocopies and transcripts of notes found in the Churchill Falls bottle left by the Bowdoin expedition to record visitors to the falls. The bottle was retrieved and preserved in 1960 and is now kept by the Labrador Heritage Society of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Dates

  • Creation: 1891 - 1960

Creator

Access Restrictions:

No restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet

From the Collection: 2 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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

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