Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1865, June 10 | Born, Hortonville, Sullivan County, N.Y. |
| 1885-1886 | Student, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N.Y. |
| 1889 | Married Libby Forbes (died 1890) |
| 1890 | Graduated (M.D.) University Medical College, New York, N.Y. |
| 1891-1892 | Surgeon and ethnologist, North Greenland expedition led by Robert E. Peary |
| 1893 | Led Greenland expedition aboard the Zeta |
| 1897-1899 | Surgeon and ethnologist, Belgian Antarctic expedition led by Adrien de Gerlache, aboard the Belgica |
| 1900 | Published Through the First Antarctic Night (New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. xxiv, 478 pp.) |
| 1901 | Surgeon, Robert E. Peary's Greenland expedition aboard the Erik |
| 1902 | Married Marie Fidell Hunt (divorced 1923) |
| 1906 | Claimed attainment of the summit of Mount McKinley, Alaska |
| 1907, July 3 | Sailed from Gloucester, Mass., for Greenland aboard the John R. Bradley in preparation for polar expedition |
| 1908 | Published To the Top of the Continent (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. xxi, 321 pp.) |
| 1908, Apr. 21 | Claimed discovery of the North Pole |
| 1909, Sept. 1 | Telegram from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, announcing Cook's claim |
| 1909, Sept. 6 | Robert E. Peary's counterclaim message received |
| 1911 | Published My Attainment of the Pole (New York: Polar Publishing Co. xx, 640 pp.) |
| 1915-1916 | Led round-the-world expedition, focusing on anthropological study in Borneo |
| 1917 | Conducted geological exploration in Wyoming |
| 1923 | Convicted of mail fraud in connection withPetroleum Producers' Association stock issue |
| 1925-1930 | Inmate, United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kans.; editor of prison newspaper, Leavenworth New Era (later called New Era) |
| 1940, Aug. 5 | Died, New Rochelle, N.Y. |