Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington) 1844-1935 creator mixed material monographic eng 46,000 149 3 73.6 Correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, diaries, speeches, lectures, manuscripts and galley proofs of Greely's books and articles, notes, military papers, biographical material, Greely (Greeley) and Nesmith family papers, financial records, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, maps, memorabilia, and other papers relating primarily to his military career and exploration of the polar regions. Documents his service as a Civil War soldier; career in the U.S. Army Signal Corps; command of the U.S. Army's Dept. of the Columbia, Northern Division, and Pacific Division; leadership of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884); direction of the construction of telegraph wire and cables worldwide; and supervision of relief work after the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. Subjects include the development of Alaska, polar regions, radio, United States Civil Service Commission, U.S. government role in science, Ute Indian journey of 1906, and reorganization of the U.S. Weather Bureau. Includes Greely's Civil War diary (1864); Henrietta Hudson Cruger Nesmith Greely papers; and a journal kept by a mate on the schooner United States on the Hayes Arctic Expedition (1860-1861). Correspondents include Henry T. Allen, Roald Amundsen, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Biederbick, Edward William Bok, David L. Brainard, William E. Chandler, Frank Moore Colby, Maurice Connell, Thomas A. Edison, Jesse Walter Fewkes, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Minnie L. Gardiner, William A. Glassford, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, William Babcock Hazen, S.P. Langley, Francis Long, Marchese Guglielmo Marconi, George W. Melville, William Mitchell, Robert E. Peary, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Scribner, and William H. Taft. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Photographs and prints transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Explorer, U.S. Army officer, and author. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010151 Allen, Henry T. (Henry Tureman) 1859-1930 Correspondence Amundsen, Roald 1872-1928 Correspondence Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922 Correspondence Biederbick, Henry -1916 Correspondence Bok, Edward William 1863-1930 Correspondence Brainard, David L. (David Legge) 1856-1946 Correspondence Chandler, William E. (William Eaton) 1835-1917 Correspondence Colby, Frank Moore 1865-1925 Correspondence Connell, Maurice Correspondence Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 Correspondence Fewkes, Jesse Walter 1850-1930 Correspondence Frelinghuysen, Frederick T. (Frederick Theodore) 1817-1885 Correspondence Gardiner, Minnie L Correspondence Glassford, William A. (William Alexander) Correspondence Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey 1875-1966 Correspondence Hazen, William Babcock 1830-1887 Correspondence Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906 Correspondence Long, Francis -1916 Correspondence marchese Marconi, Guglielmo 1874-1937 Correspondence Melville, George W. (George Wallace) 1841-1912 Correspondence Mitchell, William 1879-1936 Correspondence Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin) 1856-1920 Correspondence Scribner, Charles 1854-1930 Correspondence Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 Correspondence Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930 Correspondence Greeley family United States. Army. Department of the Columbia. United States. Army. Northern Division. United States. Army. Pacific Division (1904-1911) United States. Army. Signal Corps. United States. Weather Bureau. United States Civil Service Commission. United States (Schooner) Hayes Arctic Expedition (1860-1861) Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884) Disaster relief California San Francisco Earthquakes California San Francisco Fires California San Francisco Radio San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 Science and state United States Ship's papers 19th century Telegraph Ute Indians Alaska History 1867-1959 Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Polar regions Discovery and exploration United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Nesmith family Army officers Authors Explorers Greely, Henrietta Hudson Cruger Nesmith. mm 79023945 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010151 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010151.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010151 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010151.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 790410 20260227111655.0 mm 79023945