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3 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940.
Frederick Albert Cook papers, 1881-1977
6000 items. 23 containers plus 2 oversize. 10 linear feet. 50 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Physician, explorer, and author. Correspondence, manuscript and printed copies of books and essays, diaries, financial and legal papers, genealogical notes, certificates, maps, and other papers relating primarily to Cook's expeditions to the Arctic (1891-1892 and 1901) with Robert E. Peary and Matthew Alexander Henson, to the Antarctic with Roald Amundsen's Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-1899), to Mt. McKinley (1906), to the North Pole (1907-1909), and around the world (1915-1916); and to the controversy surrounding Cook's claim that he discovered the North Pole.
Frederic William Wile scrapbooks, 1898-1941
250 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. 5 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Journalist, foreign correspondent, and radio commentator. Scrapbooks chiefly containing clippings of news stories, dispatches, and columns written during Wile's career in journalism.
Palmer-Loper family papers, 1667-1994
10,000 items. 34 containers plus 3 oversize. 13.6 linear feet. 11 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Seafaring and merchant families. Correspondence, logbooks and journals, ships' papers, financial and business records, and printed matter documenting the voyages and business activities of Nathaniel Brown Palmer, Alexander Smith Palmer, Richard Fanning Loper, and other members of these maritime families of Stonington, Connecticut.