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Walter E. Ekblaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: M327

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Scope and Content

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

  • Creation: 1913-1918, undated

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Use of Digital Collections

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Biographical/Historical Note

Walter Elmer Ekblaw was born on March 10, 1882 in Champaign County, Illinois. He was one of six children born to Andrew Ekblaw (1854-1923) and Ingrid (Johnson) Ekblaw (1860-1942). He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.A. in 1910. He taught at the University of Illinois from 1910 to 1913. He subsequently became a research associate with the American Museum of Natural History. From 1913 to 1917, he served as geologist and botanist of the Crocker Land Expedition lead by Donald Baxter MacMillan. He attended Clark University where he received a Ph.D. in 1926 and served as a professor of geography at Clark University from 1924 to 1949. He died in 1949 and was buried at the Glen Cemetery in Ford County, Illinois.

Extent

3 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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.

Arrangement

Arranged in notebook number order. Correspondence organized alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically.

Provenance

Transferred from the Bowdoin College Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum in 2016.

Related Materials

Additional volumes related to the Crocker Land expedition digitized from the Donald B. and Miriam MacMillan papers (M118), and the Maurice C. Tanquary papers (M328).

The Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin holds other material from the Crocker Land expedition and mounted an exhibition in 2014.

Sponsor

Digitization of materials related to the Crocker Land Expedition generously funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, 2016.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Walter E. Ekblaw papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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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