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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.

2. Finn Ronne and Edith M. Ronne papers, 1900-2012

   15,800 items. 45 containers plus 1 classified and 2 oversize. 18.4 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. 6,614 digital files (17.88 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Antarctic explorer and his wife, writer, lecturer, and the first American woman in Antarctica. Correspondence, reports, photographs in both printed and digital formats, flight logs, diaries, writings, lectures, clippings, and other items relating to Finn Ronne's scientific expeditions to Antarctica including Richard Evelyn Byrd's expedition of 1933-1935, the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1946-1948, the United States Antarctic Service Expedition of 1939-1941, and the expedition for the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.

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