Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1856 - 1920
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Roy Chapman Andrews papers, 1987 Accession
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A54
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of Andrews' correspondence, manuscripts, and transcripts of Andrews' broadcasts and talks from 1934 to1944. It also contains one folder of family and biographical documents and newspaper clippings received from Charles Gallenkamp, Andrews' biographer, in 1990. The majority of the administrative papers' correspondence concerns requests for speaking engagements about Andrews' explorations, requests for articles, and letters from the public and from companies...
Dates:
1920-1947; Majority of material found within 1934-1944
Exploration tales for soldiers and sailors : YMCA lecture series. [microform]
Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #56
Dates:
1917 - 1919
Museum matters, 1906-1912
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents
Primarily correspondence between E. O. Hovey and museum administrators or staff. Also contains meeting minutes, departmental reports, an invitation to meet Commander Robert Peary, and "Index to Letters."
Dates:
1906-1912
Robert Peary photographic slides of North Pole copied from lantern slides, undated.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 394
Abstract
Photographic copies of the lantern slides made by Robert Peary during his expedition to the North Pole (1908-1909). Used to raise money for further exploration.
Dates:
undated
Stored dog sledge, undated
Item — Object: 50
Identifier: Mem_inv_1370
Scope and Contents
Dog sledge that possibly belonged to Robert Peary.
Dates:
Usage: undated
Whip, undated
Item — Object: 3
Scope and Contents
Whip possibly used by Robert Peary in either one or all his North Pole expeditions between 1898 and 1909. It was collected by Lincoln Ellsworth.
Dates:
Usage: undated
American Museum of Natural History
Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192