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100 1 _aGreely, A. W.
_q(Adolphus Washington),
_d1844-1935.
245 0 0 _aA.W. Greely papers,
_f1753-1959
_g(bulk 1880-1935).
300 _a46,000
_fitems.
300 _a149
_fcontainers plus
_a3
_foversize.
300 _a73.6
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 11 series. Series 1: Personal File, 1864-1925; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1851-1933; Series 3: Letters to Henrietta Hudson Cruger Nesmith Greely, 1878-1884; Series 4: General Correspondence, 1807-1939; Series 5: Letterbooks, 1887-1905; Series 6: Military Papers, 1863-1921; Series 7: Article, Book and Speech File, 1869-1927; Series 8: Miscellany, 1753-1959; Series 9: Scrapbooks, 1881-1935; and Series 10: Addition, 1826-1997; and Series 11: Oversize, 1753-1959.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
506 _aRestrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aSubjects 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).
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
544 _3Photographs and prints
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
544 _3Some maps
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Geography and Map Division.
545 0 _aExplorer, U.S. Army officer, and author.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010151
600 1 0 _aAllen, Henry T.
_q(Henry Tureman),
_d1859-1930
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aAmundsen, Roald,
_d1872-1928
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBell, Alexander Graham,
_d1847-1922
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBiederbick, Henry,
_d-1916
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBok, Edward William,
_d1863-1930
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBrainard, David L.
_q(David Legge),
_d1856-1946
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aChandler, William E.
_q(William Eaton),
_d1835-1917
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aColby, Frank Moore,
_d1865-1925
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aConnell, Maurice
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEdison, Thomas A.
_q(Thomas Alva),
_d1847-1931
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFewkes, Jesse Walter,
_d1850-1930
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFrelinghuysen, Frederick T.
_q(Frederick Theodore),
_d1817-1885
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGardiner, Minnie L.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGlassford, William A.
_q(William Alexander)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGrosvenor, Gilbert Hovey,
_d1875-1966
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHazen, William Babcock,
_d1830-1887
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLangley, S. P.
_q(Samuel Pierpont),
_d1834-1906
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLong, Francis,
_d-1916
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMarconi, Guglielmo,
_cmarchese,
_d1874-1937
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMelville, George W.
_q(George Wallace),
_d1841-1912
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMitchell, William,
_d1879-1936
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPeary, Robert E.
_q(Robert Edwin),
_d1856-1920
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aScribner, Charles,
_d1854-1930
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Theodore,
_d1858-1919
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTaft, William H.
_q(William Howard),
_d1857-1930
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aGreeley family.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bDepartment of the Columbia.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bNorthern Division.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bPacific Division (1904-1911)
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bSignal Corps.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bWeather Bureau.
610 2 0 _aUnited States Civil Service Commission.
610 2 0 _aUnited States (Schooner)
611 2 0 _aHayes Arctic Expedition
_d(1860-1861)
611 2 0 _aLady Franklin Bay Expedition
_d(1881-1884)
650 0 _aDisaster relief
_zCalifornia
_zSan Francisco.
650 0 _aEarthquakes
_zCalifornia
_zSan Francisco.
650 0 _aFires
_zCalifornia
_zSan Francisco.
650 0 _aRadio.
650 0 _aSan Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
650 0 _aScience and state
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aShip's papers
_y19th century.
650 0 _aTelegraph.
650 0 _aUte Indians.
651 0 _aAlaska
_xHistory
_y1867-1959.
651 0 _aArctic regions
_xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 _aPolar regions
_xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
600 3 4 _aNesmith family.
656 7 _aArmy officers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aAuthors.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aExplorers.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aGreely, Henrietta Hudson Cruger Nesmith.
_tHenrietta Hudson Cruger Nesmith Greely papers.
_f1878-1918.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010151
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010151.3
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