The Islands of the East Indian Archipelago and of the Southwestern Pacific., 1943

This collection is concerned with Morden’s expeditions to Alaska, Central Asia, and Southwest Africa and contains detailed field notes written by both William and Irene. The field notes include details of their travels, supply lists, budgets, and descriptions of artifacts and specimens gathered. There are also a number of drafts of articles and books written by both Morden and Irene about their experiences abroad. The William J. Morden papers also include correspondences which are arranged alphabetically. The majority is between Morden and fellow explorers but there are also letters to and from organizations/institutions such as the Academy of Sciences in Leningrad. Much of the correspondence has to do with the organizational details of the expeditions. Box 1 contains a detailed container list. Also in this collection is an assortment of Morden’s personal maps. A portion of them were annotated with routes and dates which are related to the Morden-Clark Asiatic expedition as well as his travels to Africa and Alaska. The map collection comes with a complete inventory.