Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1862, July 22 | Born, Springfield, Mo |
| 1885 | M.S., Northwestern College, Naperville, Ill. |
| 1885-1886 | European travels |
| 1887-1891 | High school principal and superintendent of city schools, Kansas |
| 1893-1894 | Meteorologist for Robert E. Peary's second expedition to North Greenland |
| 1896 | Published The Search for the North Pole. Chicago: E. B. Baldwin |
| 1897 | Unsuccessful attempt to join Andree Arctic balloon flight in Spitzbergen |
| 1898-1899 | Second-in-command and meteorologist, Wellman Polar Expedition to Franz Josef Land |
| 1901-1902 | Leader, Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition |
| 1915 | Prepared intelligence report for United States government concerning foreign agents Bernhard Dernberg, Franz von Papen, and Karl Boy-Ed |
| 1926-1932 | Historian, Office of Naval Records and Library, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. |
| 1933, Oct. 25 | Died, Washington, D. C. |