Scrapbook 1912-13: pp.377a-end., 11/02/1912-02/04/1913
Series-level Scope and Content Note
Note: To facilitate locating material and use of the printed index, folder numbers are assigned to each page group described in the finding aid.
Dates
- 11/02/1912-02/04/1913
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Extent
From the Collection: 7 Linear Feet (14 Hollinger Document Cases, 5 Slim Document Cases)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
Contains pp.377a-end of FG's scrapbook for 1912-1913. Note: Items are described in order of appearance and are not necessarily chronological. The following pages include - 1. pp.377a-385, includes certificate of membership issued to FG by a fraternity; correspondence to FG from the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company re coverage during the Crocker Land Expedition; correspondence from friend R.P. Waters. 2. pp.387-391, newsclippings re Roald Amundsen, Robert F. Scott, and the Crocker Land Expedition. 3. pp.393a-c, includes printed invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, acting secretary, U.S. Navy. 4. pp.394-402 blank. 5. pp.403a-407, includes, printed handbill by the National American Woman Suffrage Association; TL to FG from New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.; TL from Burreille's Press Clipping Bureau re clippings about FG; newspaper clipping re Roald Amundsen; ALS to FG from "Uncle John" (12/26/1912). 6. pp.409-418 blank. 7. 419a-d, a. Printed "Index to Ordnance Pamphlets" Revised 1912. b. Printed special order from George von L. Meyer, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, requesting all officers on duty in Washington to pay respects to U.S. president on 1/1/1913. c. b/w photograph, men building and igloo. d. TL to FG from Bartlett Trust Bank, St. Joseph's, Mo. (1/27/1913). 8. pp. 421-430 blank. 9. pp. 431a-435, includes 2 long fold-out prints of Arctic scenes, captioned, "The Lure of the Frozen Desert"; printed playbill for documentary film about Robert F. Scott, entitled, "The Undying Story of Captain Scott and the Animal Life of the Antarctic," shown at the Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., week of 5/12/1913; various newspaper clippings re FG and the Crocker Land Expedition, and Roald Amundsen. 10. pp.437-447, TLS carbon from FG to Charles E. Green (1/24/1913); ACS from Robert E. Peary to FG; 3 TLS from FG to Donald B. MacMillan re equipment for the expedition (2/1/1913-2/4/1913). 11. pp.448-end blank.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
GREEN, FITZHUGH, SR. - SCRAPBOOK 1912-13 PP.377A-END: Album
GREEN, FITZHUGH, SR. - CROCKER LAND EXPEDITION: INSURANCE 1913: Typed Letter Signed
AMUNDSEN, ROALD - NEWSCLIPPINGS (1913): Printed Item
SCOTT, ROBERT F. - NEWSCLIPPINGS (1913): Printed Item
CROCKER LAND EXPEDITION - NEWSCLIPPINGS 1913: Printed Item
WINTHROP, BEEKMAN - INVITATION TO GREEN, FITZHUGH, SR. (1913): Printed Item
GREEN, FITZHUGH, SR. - INVITATION FROM WINTHROP, BEEKMAN (1913): Printed Item
WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL AMERICAN - HANDBILL (1913): Printed Item
NAVY (U.S.) - ORDNANCE, INDEX TO PAMPHLETS, 1912: Printed Item
MEYER, GEORGE VON L. - SPECIAL ORDER 1913: Printed Item
PHOTOGRAPH(S) - ARCTIC: IGLOO BUILDING (C.1913): Photograph
ARCTIC - PRINTS: "LURE OF THE FROZEN DESERT": Printed Item
SCOTT, ROBERT F. - FILM DOCUMENTARY, ADVERTISEMENT (1913): Printed Item
GREEN, CHARLES E. - CORRES. FROM GREEN, FITZHUGH, SR. (1913): Typed Letter Signed
GREEN, FITZHUGH, SR. - CORRES. TO GREEN, CHARLES E. (1913): Typed Letter Signed
PEARY, ROBERT E. - CORRES. TO GREEN, FITZHUGH, SR. (1913): Autographed Letter
GREEN, FITZHUGH, SR. - CORRES. FROM PEARY, ROBERT E. (1913): Autographed Letter
MACMILLAN, DONALD B. - CORRES. FROM GREEN, FITZHUGH, SR. (1913): Typed Letter Signed
GREEN, FITZHUGH, SR. - CORRES. TO MACMILLAN, DONALD B. (1913): Typed Letter Signed
Repository Details
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