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Box 86

 Container

Contains 22 Results:

Schooner Bowdoin and DBM at the helm of a ship, 1946 (two photos)

 File — Box: 86, Folder: 22
Identifier: M118.09
Series Description: From the Series:

This series includes photographs of Donald MacMillan at Bowdoin, Donald and Miriam MacMillan at events and on expeditions, many images of the schooner Bowdoin and the schooner Gertrude Thebaud, and various photos of expedition crew members.

Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987

1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, prospectus, 1912-1914

 File — Box: 86, Folder: 3
Identifier: M118.04.01
Series Description: From the Series: This series contains materials related to expeditions led by Donald MacMillan with crew including Miriam MacMillan, geologist and botanist Walter Ekblaw, ichthyologist Alfred Weed, ornithologist Alfred O. Gross, geologist George Borup, ornithologist-turned-dentist Dr. Adelbert Fernald, botanist Rutherford Platt, and many Bowdoin students and alumni. Included are crew and provisioning lists; licenses, permits, manifests, bills of health, and customs forms; contracts between MacMillan and...
Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987

Biographical: Honorary membership certificate, The Adventurers' Club, 1931

 File — Box: 86, Folder: 4
Identifier: M118.06.01
Subseries description: From the Sub-Series:

This series contains information on wide-ranging subjects relating to the MacMillans, including biographical material, certificates of membership and recognition for Donald and Miriam MacMillan, research notes, press releases, MacMillan Arctic Association papers, information about Zenith short wave radio, and papers regarding the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.

Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987

Biographical: Masonic Resolution of Respect, 1970; Arctic Circle certificate, 1954

 File — Box: 86, Folder: 5
Identifier: M118.06.01
Subseries description: From the Sub-Series:

This series contains information on wide-ranging subjects relating to the MacMillans, including biographical material, certificates of membership and recognition for Donald and Miriam MacMillan, research notes, press releases, MacMillan Arctic Association papers, information about Zenith short wave radio, and papers regarding the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.

Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987

Biographical: State of Maine recognition certificate, MLM, 1986

 File — Box: 86, Folder: 6
Identifier: M118.06.01
Subseries description: From the Sub-Series:

This series contains information on wide-ranging subjects relating to the MacMillans, including biographical material, certificates of membership and recognition for Donald and Miriam MacMillan, research notes, press releases, MacMillan Arctic Association papers, information about Zenith short wave radio, and papers regarding the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.

Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987

Calendars with photos of Schooner BOWDOIN, 1960, 1979

 File — Box: 86, Folder: 7
Identifier: M118.06.01
Subseries description: From the Sub-Series:

This series contains information on wide-ranging subjects relating to the MacMillans, including biographical material, certificates of membership and recognition for Donald and Miriam MacMillan, research notes, press releases, MacMillan Arctic Association papers, information about Zenith short wave radio, and papers regarding the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.

Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987

Color print by C. J. A. Wilson, 1938, signed by Donald and Miriam MacMillan 

 File — Box: 86, Folder: 8
Identifier: M118.06.02
Series Description: From the Sub-Series:

The schooner Bowdoin was designed (specifically for Arctic exploration), under the direction of MacMillan, by William H. Hand. The schooner was built, in 1921, in East Boothbay, Maine at the Hodgdon Brothers Shipyard. This series contains documents, plans, correspondence, articles, reports, and ephemera concerning the building of the schooner Bowdoin, her use in World War II, her stints at Mystic Seaport and in Camden Harbor, and her restoration.

Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987

"Dash to the Pole", proof

 File — Box: 86, Folder: 9
Identifier: M118.07
Series Description: From the Series: This series contains a chart of Frobisher Bay showing the track of the Franklin Research Expedition in the 1860s, book jackets, dinner menus, programs, invitations, genealogical material for the MacMillan and Look families, and other ephemeral material. In addition, the series contains greeting and holiday cards, some hand drawn by Kate Hettasch, drawings and paintings by various artists, and postage stamps depicting the Arctic. Other notable items include: a reward certificate from Sir John...
Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987

"Night of Exploration Dinner", program, signed by Lowell Thomas and Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1961

 File — Box: 86, Folder: 10
Identifier: M118.07
Series Description: From the Series: This series contains a chart of Frobisher Bay showing the track of the Franklin Research Expedition in the 1860s, book jackets, dinner menus, programs, invitations, genealogical material for the MacMillan and Look families, and other ephemeral material. In addition, the series contains greeting and holiday cards, some hand drawn by Kate Hettasch, drawings and paintings by various artists, and postage stamps depicting the Arctic. Other notable items include: a reward certificate from Sir John...
Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987

"Night of Exploration Dinner", program, 1962

 File — Box: 86, Folder: 11
Identifier: M118.07
Series Description: From the Series: This series contains a chart of Frobisher Bay showing the track of the Franklin Research Expedition in the 1860s, book jackets, dinner menus, programs, invitations, genealogical material for the MacMillan and Look families, and other ephemeral material. In addition, the series contains greeting and holiday cards, some hand drawn by Kate Hettasch, drawings and paintings by various artists, and postage stamps depicting the Arctic. Other notable items include: a reward certificate from Sir John...
Dates: 1875 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1908-1987