Correspondence, 1881-1957, n.d.
Catalog Number: M145.1
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 1 | 1881 - 1910 | |
| 1a | 1891, Expedition to Greenland | ||
| 2 | 1907, Purchase of islands in Casco Bay | ||
| 3 | 1911 - 1920 | ||
| 4 | Post 1920 | ||
| 5 | undated |
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Catalog Number: M145.2
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 6 | 1855 - 1899 | |
| 7 | 1900 - 1919 | ||
| 8 | 1920 - 1939 | ||
| 9 | 1940 - 1949 | ||
| 10 | 1950 - 1956 | ||
| 11 | 1957 - 1958 | ||
| 12 | 1959 | ||
| 13 | 1960 - 1964 | ||
| 14 | 1965 - 1969 | ||
| 15 | 1970 - 1979 | ||
| 16 | 1980 - 2000 | ||
| 17 | undated | ||
| Oversize | Box | C1 | Reproduction of NY Times for September 7, 1909 "Peary discovers the North Pole" |
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Miscellaneous Biographical Material, 1877- , n.d.
Catalog Number: M145.3
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 18 | 1877 - 1889 | |
| Oversize | Box | C1 | 1886 North Polar chart |
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 19 | 1890 - 1909 | |
| 20 | 1891-1892, "Atlantic Walrus" by Langdon Gibson | ||
| 21 | 1892, "Notes on Arctic Birds" by Langdon Gibson | ||
| 22 | 1910 - 1929 | ||
| Oversize | Box | C1 | 1911 Mar 4, Certificate from Congress |
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 23 | 1930 - 1949 | |
| 24 | 1950 - 1969 | ||
| 25 | 1970 - 1993 | ||
| 26 | 2000 Apr 27, 91st anniversary of expedition, Arlington National Cemetery | ||
| 27a | 2001-2009, n.d., Peary's Fryeburg, Maine connection | ||
| 27b | 2009, "The Dash," newsletter of Freeport Historical Society with articles about Peary | ||
| 27c | 2010 Spring, "Peary and His Steamboat Agent: Buying Islands--Quietly," Eagle Island Journal, v.15, no.1 | ||
| 27d | undated |
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Catalog Number: M145.4
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 28 | 1887 - 1899 | |
| 29 | 1900 - 1904 | ||
| 30 | 1905 - 1909 | ||
| 31 | "Extracts from Commander Peary's Personal Diary of his Trip to the North Pole", 1910 | ||
| 32 | 1910 - 1914 | ||
| 33 | 1915 - 1919 | ||
| 34 | 1920 - 1922 | ||
| 35 | "Bird notes from North Greenland" by Langdon Gibson, 1922 |
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Catalog Number: M145.5
| Box | 1 | ||
| Ink Drawings: | |||
| Folder | 36 | Peary in fur clothing, n.d. (one view, two sizes) | |
| Negatives: | |||
| 37 | Miscellaneous, n.d. - subjects unidentified | ||
| Photographs: | |||
| 38 | Bowdoin flag from 1909 Peary polar expedition | ||
| 39 | Bronze bust of Peary presented by Bowdoin class of 1877, n.d. (two views) | ||
| 40 | "Class of 1877, Eagle Island", 1912 Jun 28 | ||
| 41 | "Dogs from Williamsport, PA", 1959 Apr 6 (two views) | ||
| 42 | "Flag Island, Peary's lead dog", n.d. | ||
| 43 | Miscellaneous, n.d. - subjects unidentified | ||
| 44 | Miscellaneous nautical, n.d. with unidentified people and places | ||
| 45 | Peary, Bowdoin class of 1877 photograph | ||
| 46 | Peary in fur clothing with his dogs, n.d. | ||
| 47 | Peary in pleasure boat with unidentified people, n.d. | ||
| 48 | Peary in uniform, signed "R.E. Peary", portrait view, n.d. | ||
| Oversize | Box | C2 | Peary in uniform, titled "Admiral Robert E. Peary, class of 1877", portrait view, n.d. |
| Oversize | Box | C2 | Peary with Captain Roald Amundsen and Sir Ernest H. Shackleton, 1913 Jan 16 (two copies) |
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 49 | Peary with Theodore Roosevelt, n.d. | |
| 50 | Robert Edwin Peary Memorial Monument, erected 1932 | ||
| Portrait Prints: | |||
| Oversize | Box | C2 | Bronze bust of Peary from Century Magazine, 1910 Mar |
| Oversize | Box | C2 | Josephine Diebitsch-Peary seated outdoors with a dog at her side, n.d. |
| Box | 1 | ||
| Folder | 51 | Peary in fur clothing, n.d. | |
| 52 | Peary in uniform, n.d. | ||
| Postcards: | |||
| 53 | Postcard by Albert Operti titled "Commander R.E. Peary, C.E. United States Navy", n.d. (two copies) | ||
| 54 | Postcard (metallic) titled "Launching of the Roosevelt, Peary's Arctic ship, Bucksport, ME 1905" |
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Catalog Number: M145.6
| MRealia | Box | 1 | Pin worn by Commander R.E. Peary '77,when he reached the Farthese North, 87 [degree16', in April, 1906, and piece of fringe of American flag which he unfurled at that point [framed]. |
| MRealia | Box | 1 | Sledge - miniature (six inches long) Inuit sledge, undated, made entirely with a nail. Brought home from North Greenland by Dr. Edward E. Vincent, surgeon of the Peary polar expedition of 1893. |
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