Henry C. Walsh photograph album of "The Last Cruise of the Miranda"
Collection
Identifier: PPC .W358
Scope and Contents
Photo album of Captain Frederick Albert Cook's Arctic Expedition of 1894 to Greenland. The ship, Miranda, foundered at sea and the members of the expedition were rescued by the schooner, Rigel. Handwritten note included states that the album was assembled by Henry Collins Walsh in 1895.
Dates
- 1894-1895
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.
Extent
66 Photographic Prints (1 photograph album in 1 box)
General
Includes field photographs.
Condition Note
Condition reviewed 2010 poor; pages removed from album; album has red rot
General Note
Possible subject terms: Greenland -- Discovery and exploration. >> Greenland -- Photographs.
- Title
- Henry C. Walsh photograph album of "The Last Cruise of the Miranda", 1894-1895
- Author
- Iris Lee, 2010
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017). Minimal level collection record created with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Hidden Collections grant, 2010.
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]
