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1 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Churchill River (N.L.)--Discovery and exploration.

  1. Lewis Varick Frissell papers, 1917-1970

    650 items. 5 containers. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Explorer and cinematographer. Correspondence, diary, drafts of writings, film scripts and other production materials, business papers, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Frissell's explorations and the production of the films, The Great Arctic Seal Hunt (1928) and The Viking (1931). Later materials relate to Frissell's disappearance in a shipwreck while on location for The Viking and attempts by members of his family to ascertain and publicize the facts of his career.