Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924

Person

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

George Borup correspondence

Collection

Identifier: Mss .B67

Dates: 1908-1912

Found in: Research Library Special Collections / George Borup correspondence

More about 'Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924'

Related Names

Small, Jonathan ('Jot') (Associative with Related)

Description

AMNH curator of geology, Hovey was named by AMNH to be Chairman of the “Committee in Charge” that supervised Crocker Land from New York. He headed north in 1915 to bring the men home, but hi ship, George B. Cluett, got stuck in the ice and he ended up spending two years in the Arctic with the expedition team.
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) (Associative with Related)

Description

Edmund Hovey was an AMNH curator who acted as chairman of the “Committee in Charge” that supervised the Crocker Land Expedition from New York. He traveled in 1915 to bring the men home and he ended up spending two years in the Arctic.
Allen, Jerome Lee, 1891-1955 (Associative with Related)

Description

AMNH curator of geology, Hovey was named by AMNH to be Chairman of the “Committee in Charge” that supervised Crocker Land from New York. He headed north in 1915 to bring the men home, but was on the George B. Cluett when it got stuck in the ice and he ended up spending two years in the Arctic with the expedition team.
Tanquary, Maurice Cole, 1881-1944 (Associative with Related)

Description

AMNH curator of geology, Hovey was the Chairman of the “Committee in Charge” that supervised Crocker Land from New York. He then traveled in 1915 to bring the men home and spent two years in the Arctic with the expedition team.
Hunt, Harrison J., 1878-1967 (Associative with Related)

Description

Hovey was Chairman of the Committee in Charge of the Crocker Land Expedition and led a relief effort to the site in 1915.
Ekblaw, W. Elmer (Walter Elmer), 1882-1949 (Associative with Related)

Description

AMNH curator of geology, Hovey was named by AMNH to be Chairman of the “Committee in Charge” that supervised Crocker Land from New York. He headed north in 1915 to bring the men home, but he was on the George B. Cluett when it got stuck in the ice and he ended up spending two years in the Arctic with the Expedition.
MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970 (Associative with Related)

Description

Hovey was the Chairman of the “Committee in Charge” that supervised Crocker Land from New York. He headed north on the George B. Cluett in 1915 to bring the men home, but the ship got stuck in the ice and Hovey ended up spending two years in the Arctic with MacMillan.
Borup, George, 1885-1912 (Associative with Related)

Description

AMNH curator of geology and mentor to Borup, Hovey was named by AMNH to be chairman of the “Committee in Charge” that supervised the expedition from New York.

External Documents

AMNH Library authority record

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