Printed material

Chiefly on Polar themes but not relating to specific explorers or expeditions.

Comprises the following:

MS.7487/1: A picture of Jan Mayen [Island] in 1639 by Sir [William] Martin Conway (1856-1937), mountaineer, explorer of Spitsbergen and art historian, from an unidentified periodical. Early 20th century.

MS.7487/2: "The Hidden Tragedies of the Arctic Whaling Fleet" by Robert Dunn, from Harper's Weekly , plus a cutting showing a photograph of Dunn in 1898. c.1906.

MS.7487/3: "The Poles" by George Fitch, from an unidentified newspaper. 1912.

MS.7487/4: "Recent Explorations in Siberia" by Ales Hrdlicka (1869-1943), from Science. 1913.

MS.7487/5: "Mobilizing the Arctic" by Christian Leden, from The Outlook. c.1917.

MS.7487/6: "Eskimo Marriage, Music and Philosophy" by Gregory Mason, from The Outlook , relating studies by Christian Leden. c.1917.

MS.7487/7: Title page of the journal Bedrock , listing articles published in 1912 including "How could I prove that I had been to the Pole" by H.H. Turner. c.1912.

MS.7487/8: Summary of late 19th century Polar exploration, from an unidentified German publication. c.1903.

MS.7487/9: "Eskimo Dogs for the Market", describing breeding dogs in Grove Park, London, from the Scientific American. 1912.

MS.7487/10: "South Pole Ahoy!", from Life magazine , parody claiming that the South Pole has been reached by the magazine's representatives and mentioning both Robert Peary and Frederick Cook. c.1910.

MS.7487/11: "The Unknown Land", from unknown American newspaper, reporting on the search for the Arctic land-mass Peary claimed to have sighted and named Crocker Land. c.1914.

MS.7487/12: "In the vicinity of St. John's Newfoundland", from unidentified periodical, reproducing photographs by W.A.B. Sclater. Late 19th century - early 20th century.

MS.7487/13: "To a Sea-Bird lying in a case in the Bird Museum, University of Texas", poem by Clyde Walton Hill from unidentified periodical. Late 19th century - early 20th century.

MS.7487/14: "The Ultimate North", poem written by Robert M. Green for a dinner given to Captain Robert Bartlett (member of the Peary expeditions) by Dr. Townsend W. Thorndike. 1915.

MS.7487/15: "The Eskimo Dogs", poem by Alice Jean Cleator, from a periodical concerned with animal welfare. Late 19th century - early 20th century.

MS.7487/16: Extract from "Passing the Icebergs", a poem by "Read". Late 19th century - early 20th century.

MS.7487/17: 2 pages from geography textbooks, each with a map showing the Earth from above the North Pole. Neither map shows Axel Heiberg Land, first reported by Sverdrup in 1903. Late 19th century - early 20th century.

MS.7487/18: Remarks on the proposed admission of the Rev. Dr. Stanley to the place of Dean in the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster. Pamphlet by Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1855), Canon in Residence and later bishop of Lincoln, concerning Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815-1881); no Polar content. 1863.

1863-1915

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Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts