Guide to the Donald and Miriam MacMillan Collection, 1875-2014
Donald and Miriam MacMillan, as well as archivists in decades past, described the native peoples of the Canadian Arctic and Greenland documented within these holdings as Eskimo. Current archival and library standards recommend the term Inuit; while we recognize that this term is overly broad and will seek to identify more regionally specific and culturally sensitive terminology, we have used "Inuit" for supplied folder titles while "Eskimo" has been retained in titles created by the MacMillans.
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The MacMillans began transferring their papers to Bowdoin College in the 1950s. Donald, Class of 1898, retained a close connection with the College over the course of his career, and the MacMillans were committed to preserving their legacy and ensuring that others would be able to study the Arctic region's archaeology, ethnography, geology, botany, ornithology, and geography.
Their materials were donated throughout the 1980s, with some materials being retained by Bowdoin's Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum for their artifactual and exhibition value, particularly films, audio recordings and photographs, while paper-based research materials were transferred to Special Collections & Archives.
Donald MacMillan died in 1970 and Miriam died in 1987, after her death the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum received the balance of the MacMillan papers, The Miriam MacMillan Bequest, which they processed and transferred to Special Collections & Archives in 1994.
The reprocessing project to physically and intellectually unite two artificially split collections: the Donald Baxter MacMillan Collection (M118) and the Miriam MacMillan Collection (M119) was generously funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation in 2020. Kate Wing, the Archives Processing intern, with student assistance and support from the library's conservation technician who assessed and built enclosures for 31 volumes, completed the integration and description of the two collections between January and December of 2020.
Donald and Miriam MacMillan Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Donald Baxter MacMillan was born November 10, 1874, in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the younger son of Captain Neil MacMillan and Sarah Gardner MacMillan, a shipbuilder's daughter. After receiving his degree from Bowdoin in 1898, MacMillan served as principal of Levi Hall School in North Gorham, Maine (1898-1900). He later taught at Swarthmore Preparatory School in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (1900-1903), and at Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts (1903-1908).
MacMillan's correspondence with Admiral Robert E. Peary (Bowdoin 1877) led to his becoming an assistant to the arctic explorer on Peary's expedition to the North Pole (1908-1909). MacMillan suffered from frozen heels during the expedition, preventing him from reaching the pole with Peary, a goal he never realized except by plane. Over his 46-year career MacMillan made over thirty expeditions to Arctic regions, traveling over 300,000 miles and conducting important work in the fields of botany, ornithology, meteorology, and anthropology. He charted new territory on the coast of Greenland and across the coast of upper Canada in the Canadian Arctic, training students, performing scientific research and studying and aiding the native people of Labrador and Greenland. MacMillan pioneered the use of radios, airplanes, and electricity in the Arctic, brought back films and thousands of photographs of Arctic scenes, and put together a dictionary of the Inuit language, Inuktikut. In the course of his expeditions, MacMillan established three dental clinics and built a schoolhouse for the Moravian station at Nain, Labrador. The MacMillan-Moravian School (established 1929), a residential school for native Labrador children, was provided for by the MacMillans and run in partnership with Dr. Paul Hettasch and Kate Hettasch.
Over the course of his career, Donald MacMillan lectured throughout the United States and wrote several books, including Four Years in the White North (1918), Etah and Beyond (1927), and How Peary Reached the Pole (1934). He also served in the U.S. Navy as Lieutenant (1918-1919), Commander (1941-1945), and Rear Admiral (1954); was Tallman Professor of Anthropology at Bowdoin (1932-1933); and was awarded the F.R.G.S. Special Congressional Medal in 1944. He received honorary degrees from Bowdoin (1918) and Boston University (1937), the Bowdoin Prize (1954), and was educated at Harvard from 1911-1913. Donald MacMillan died on September 7, 1970 and is buried in Provincetown, MA.
Miriam Look MacMillan was born in 1905 in Clinton, Massachusetts, and was the daughter of Moses Jerome Look, a civil engineer, and his second wife, Amy G. Wood Look. Moses Jerome Look and Donald MacMillan were friends, and Miriam looked up to Donald MacMillan and followed his arctic exploration from a young age. They corresponded throughout her young life and were married in 1935 when Miriam was 30.
From 1938 Miriam began accompanying Donald on expeditions to the Arctic aboard the schooner Bowdoin and became an important member of the crew, which often included faculty and students from Bowdoin and other colleges. While Donald charted new territory, performed scientific research, and led ethnological studies, Miriam took many photographs and films of life in Labrador, Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island, and Greenland. She wrote extensive notes on every trip, which she used later to write published accounts of her experiences: Green Seas and White Ice (1948), Etuk, the Eskimo Hunter (1950), and Kudla and His Polar Bear (1953). She also wrote articles for magazines, including National Geographic and Yachting. Miriam was the chief provisioner of the MacMillan-Moravian School and maintained a close relationship with Kate Hettasch, the school's teacher. Both Nasson College (1960) and Bowdoin College (1980) acknowledged Miriam's contributions to Arctic exploration with honorary degrees. After Donald's death in 1970, Miriam moved to Owl's Head, Maine, to live with her friends, Dr. and Mrs. Edward Morse; she devoted herself to arranging and cataloguing the thousands of photographs, slides, and artifacts that she and MacMillan brought back from the Arctic. Miriam served as honorary curator of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, and worked to promote and raise money for the restoration of the schooner Bowdoin in the early 1980s. Miriam MacMillan received the honorary degree of Sc.D. from Bowdoin College (1980). In 1981, she was accepted into the Explorer's Club, one of only a few women accepted at that time. Miriam died on August 18, 1987 and is buried in Provincetown, MA.
The papers of Donald and Miriam MacMillan (husband and wife) document exploration in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions from the time of Robert E. Peary's successful North Pole expedition (1908-1909), through both World Wars, and into the modern scientific era. Many of the MacMillan's 30 plus maritime expeditions to study the region's archaeology, ethnography, geology, botany, ornithology, and geography are documented, as are those related to World War II North Atlantic efforts.
Materials include correspondence, journals, diaries and other materials relating to expeditions, beginning with Peary's North Pole (1908-1909) expedition, and the MacMillan led Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917); personal correspondence between Donald and Miriam; Donald MacMillan's manuscript drafts for Four Years in the White North (1918), How Peary reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant Donald B. MacMillan (1934) and other published and unpublished works; lecture materials; photographs; a large collection of charts and maps relating to MacMillan's expeditions; an extensive collection of pressed plant specimens from the 1929 expedition to Baffin Land and Labrador; notecards for MacMillan's Inuit language dictionary; and materials concerning the building, use, and restoration of the schooner Bowdoin.
Miriam MacMillan's materials include manuscript drafts for Green Seas and White Ice (1948) and other published and unpublished works, notebooks and diaries kept during arctic expeditions, and scrapbooks chronicling her husband's achievements.
Principal correspondents include Everett Allen, George Borup, Bowdoin College presidents and other personnel, David L. Brainard, William D. Coolidge, Janet and Russell Doubleday, Charles Cabot Easton, Alfred Fenton, A.W. Greely, Gilbert and Melville Bell Grosvenor, Matthew Henson, Katie Hettasch, Robert E. Peary, Rutherford Platt, Marie Peary Stafford.
Organized in 10 series: Correspondence, 1884-1987; Writings, Books, and Articles, 1909-1965; Lectures and Addresses, 1908-1985; Expeditions, Research, and Related Materials, 1908-1969; Diaries, Journals, and Logs, 1891-1961; Subject Files, 1875-2014; Ephemera, Miscellany, and Realia, 1860-1885; Scrapbooks and Clippings, 1849-1991; Photographs, 1897-1975; and Charts and Maps.
For related collections at Bowdoin College see: MacMillan "Thebaud" Collection; the MacMillan-Snyder letters; the MacMillan-Morse Collection; the Maurice C. Tanquary papers (M328), and Walter E. Ekblaw papers (M327)
MacMillan photographs, motion picture films, and objects from Arctic expeditions are preserved in the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.
Digitization of materials related to the Crocker Land Expedition generously funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, 2016.
Processing to physically and intellectually unite the Donald Baxter MacMillan Collection and the Miriam MacMillan Collection generously funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, 2020.
Correspondence of Donald Baxter MacMillan and Miriam Look MacMillan including letters between Donald and Miriam, and incoming and outgoing correspondence with others about expeditions, including Robert E. Peary's expedition to the North Pole, 1908-1909, and the Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-17; also includes correspondence concerning writing and publishing, lecturing, and the establishment of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College in 1967; there is separate run of correspondence from Donald MacMillan to Clifton A. Towle, 1908-1933. Frequent correspondents include Everett Allen, George Borup, Bowdoin College presidents and other personnel, Janet Doubleday, Alfred Fenton, A.W. Greely, Matthew Henson, Katie Hettasch, Robert E. Peary, and Rutherford Platt. There are also letters from many crew members to Donald before he passed away, and Miriam after he passed away.
Arranged chronologically by year; letters without dates are arranged alphabetically.
A downloadable itemized correspondence index is available through the links below.
Correspondence index (Excel)
Correspondence index (PDF)
1884-1905
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1911
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Chronological list of Clifton A. Towle Correspondence
Correspondence between DBM and C.A. Towle, 1908-10
Correspondence between DBM and C.A. Towle, 1911-1916
Correspondence between DBM and C.A. Towle, 1917-1933, n.d.
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This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of books and other writings about Arctic exploration by Donald MacMillan and Miriam MacMillan, and writings by others about Donald MacMillan and the Arctic.
Organized in 3 subseries: Donald MacMillan Manuscripts, Miriam MacMillan Manuscripts, and Writings of Others.
Donald MacMillan's manuscripts include notes, handwritten drafts, and typescripts for published works such as Four Years in the White North (1918), Etah and Beyond (1927), and How Peary Reached the Pole (1934), as well as for unpublished works and translation dictionaries of Inuit languages.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
"1909", t.s., n.d.
"Adolphus W. Greely," (chapter 3 and notes), m.s., t.s., n.d.
"Ah-Tuck-Ta: My Little Polar Bear," m.s., t.s., n.d.
"Andree's Story" (Book review), m.s., 1930
"Arctic Summer, An", t.s., n.d.
"Arctic Tragedy, An" re: Greely, t.s., n.d.
"Arctic Tragedy, An/ A Tragedy of Errors", t.s., n.d.
"Autobiography", t.s., n.d.
"Autobiography", t.s., n.d.
"Autobiography", t.s., n.d.
"Autobiography", t.s., n.d.
"Baffin Island Experience", t.s., n.d.
"Bird Reel, The", t.s., n.d.
"Birds", t.s., n.d.
"Bowdoin - MacMillan Arctic Expedition," t.s., 1934
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The", Cover with Manuscript Notes
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 1-51 ms
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 52-99 ms
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 100-151 ms
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 152-200 ms
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 201-251 ms
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 252-274 ms
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" ms for Ch. 18 and 19
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" ms for Ch. 18
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 1-50 t.s.
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 51-100 ts
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 101-150 ts
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 151-200 ts
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" pp. 201-230 ts
"Bowdoin in Baffin Land, The" Appendix: Ornithology
"Bowdoin in North Greenland, The", m.s., 1923-1924
"The Bowdoin", t.s.
"Canoe Trip, The", t.s., 1911
"Captain William Edward Parry, R. N.," t.s., n.d.
"Caught at 78 Degrees 31 North," t.s., n.d.
"Children of the Far North," handwritten, n.d.
"Children of the Far North," typewritten, n.d.
"Christmas in Labrador," n.d.
"Cruise to Iceland", pp. 1-25, m.s., 1930. Narrative of the 1930 voyage of the "Bowdoin" to Iceland, the Eastern coast of Greenland, and Labrador in the wake of the Norseman under Erik the Red. MacMillan wrote this work aboard the vessel (there is no ms. journal or diary for this journey of the "Bowdoin."
"Cruise to Iceland" pp. 26-60, m.s., 1930
"Cruise to Iceland" pp. 61-91, m.s., 1930
"Cruise to Iceland" pp. 92-126, m.s., 1930
"Cruise to Iceland" pp. 127-162, m.s., 1930
"Cruise to Iceland" pp. 163-204, m.s., 1930
"De Long," n.d.
"Debt We Northern Men Owe to Radio, The", n.d.
"Discovery of America", n.d.
Eskimo Language: Greenland, bound t.s.
Eskimo Language: Greenland, "Conversational Eskimo in South Greenland", t.s.
Eskimo Language: Greenland, misc m.s.
Eskimo Language: Labrador, Hudson Bay, Baffin Land, Noun Affixes
Eskimo Language: Labrador, Hudson Bay, Baffin Land, Vocabulary: "Abdomen"-"Impossible" ms pages
Eskimo Language: Labrador, Hudson Bay, Baffin Land, Vocabulary: "Impudence"-"Rock" ms pages
Eskimo Language: Labrador, Hudson Bay, Baffin Land, Vocabulary: "Rock"-"Youth" ms pages
Eskimo Language: Labrador, Hudson Bay, Baffin Land, Vocabulary by Type, bound t.s.
Eskimo Language: Labrador, Ungava Bay, Baffin Land, General Conversation: "Abandon"-"Come" m.s.
Eskimo Language: Labrador, Ungava Bay, Baffin Land, General Conversation: "Abandon"-"Come" ts.
Eskimo Language: Labrador, Ungava Bay, Baffin Land, General Conversation: "Come"-"Deserted" ts.
Eskimo Language: Labrador, Ungava Bay, Baffin Land, General Conversation: "Desire"-"Further" ts. "Eskimo Place Names and Aid to Conversation," (H.P. Miscel, No. 10, 575. Published by the Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, 1943)
Eskimo Language: "Polar Eskimos", t.s.
"Eskimo Language: Labrador, Ungava Bay, Baffin Land" General Conversation: "Walk"-"Wrong" ms
"Eskimo Place Names and Aid to Conversation", revised pages for section "Eskimo Place Names Found on Northern Charts", bound t.s.
"Eskimo Place Names and Aid to Conversation", "Controversial Eskimo", "Etah and Beyond…" (Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1927), misc. pages
"Eskimo Place Names and Aid to Conversation", copy of book
"Eskimo Place Names and Aid to Conversation," revised and complete edition, bound t.s.
"Eskimo Place Names and Aid to Conversation," by Donald B. MacMillan, published by the Hydrographic Office of the U.S. Navy, 1943
"Eskimo Place Names and Aid to Conversation," by Donald B. MacMillan, published by the Hydrographic Office of the U.S. Navy, 1943, c. 2
"Eskimo Place Names and Aid to Conversation", revised and corrected pages, 78p.
"Esquimau of Labrador, The" n.d.
"Etah and Beyond", pp. 67-150, (incomplete), m.s., 1927
"Etah and Beyond", pp. 151-250, (incomplete), m.s., 1927
"Etah and Beyond", pp. 251-300, m.s., 1927
"Etah and Beyond", pp. 301-350, m.s., 1927
"Etah and Beyond", pp. 351-400, m.s., 1927
"Etah and Beyond", pp. 401-450, m.s., 1927
"Etah and Beyond", pp. 451-522, m.s., 1927
"Etah and Beyond", pp. 204-361 (incomplete: missing pp. 243-283), t.s. 1927
"Etah and Beyond", pp. 20-48 for last chapter (1928 London ed.?), m.s., 1927
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918) ms and corrected ts, pp. 1-50
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918) ms and corrected ts, pp. 51-100
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918) ms and corrected ts, pp. 101-150
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918) ms and corrected ts, pp. 151-279
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918)ts, pp. 1-50
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918) ts, pp. 51-100
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918) ts, pp. 101-181 (incomplete)
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918)ts for Ch. 11 (later ed.)
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918)ts for Ch. 11 (later ed.), copy 2
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918) Original ts of 1950 revision (incomplete)
"Four Years in the White North" (New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1918) Misc. fragments, 18 p
"Greely Expedition, The" handwritten m.s., n.d.
"Greely Expedition, The" t.s., pp. 1-58, n.d.
"Greely Expedition, The" miscellaneous notes and typescripts, n.d.
"Greely Story, The" t.s., n.d.
"Greenland," m.s. and t.s., n.d.
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft , m.s., t.s., pp. 001-85, n.d.
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, m.s., t.s., pp. 086-169, n.d.
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, m.s., t.s., pp. 170-216, notes, fragments, n.d.
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s. pp. 079-125
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s. pp. 126-170
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s. pp. 171-225
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s. pp. 226-250
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s. pp. 251-290
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s. pp. 291-325
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s. pp. 326-350
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s. pp. 351-[377]
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s., Chapters 1-10
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s., Chapters 11-21
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s., Chapters 22-32
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s., Chapters 33-43
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s., Chapters 44-50
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s., Chapters 51-55
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, t.s., extracts
"How Peary Reached the Pole: The Personal Story of His Assistant, Donald B. MacMillan"/"North Pole Expedition" Draft, Galleys, n.d.
"Hunting Polar Bears with the Polar Eskimos," m.s., t.s., 1919
"Hunting Records in the Far North," t.s., n.d.
"Hunting Walrus with the Polar Eskimos," m.s. and t.s., 1919
"Hunting with the Polar Eskimos," n.d., 1919
"Ice Bound in the Far North," (Article), n.d.
"Introduction," 1927
"Justice," re: Greely, n.d.
"Kah-Da: Life of a Northern Greenland Eskimo Boy" (Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930) ms fragments
"Kah-Da: Life of a Northern Greenland Eskimo Boy" (Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930) typescript
"Labrador trip in 1910"
"Launching of the Ship, The" [comedic anecdotes], t.s., n.d.
"Little America" by Byrd (Book Review), t.s., n.d.
"Locked in at Refuge Harbor, North Greenland," t.s., n.d. (2 copies)
Magazine articles by DBM, clippings, published, 1915-1931, n.d.
"Me-Tik -- A Smith Sound Eskimo Boy," Chapter 1, t.s., n.d.
"Me-Tik -- A Smith Sound Eskimo Boy," Chapter 2, m.s.., n.d.
Memorial for Robert Bartlett by DBM, n.d.
"Miracle, A," 4 versions, t.s., n.d.
Miscellaneous drafts and notes for books, n.d.
Miscellaneous drafts and notes for books, n.d.
Miscellaneous drafts and notes for books, n.d.
Miscellaneous fragments, n.d.
"Most Unforgettable Character, A," (Article about Matthew Henson), two copies, t.s., n.d.
"Musk-Oxen," n.d.
"My Moving-Picture Sledge Trip," n.d.
"Near Loss of the Bowdoin, The" n.d.
"North Greenland Expedition, 1923-1924", pp. 15-106, incomplete, n.d.
"North Pole Expedition," extracts, n.d.
"North Pole" (Article), incomplete t.s., n.d.
"North Pole, The" children's book m.s., t.s., n.d.
"North Pole, The" fragments, m.s., n.d.
"North Pole, The" notes on DeLong, m.s., t.s., n.d.
"North Pole, The", m.s., n.d.
"North Pole, The", t.s., version 1, n.d.
"North Pole, The", t.s., version 2, n.d.
"North Pole, The", t.s., version 3, n.d.
"North Pole, The", t.s., version 4, n.d.
"North Pole, The", t.s., version 5, n.d.
"North With Captain Mac, or A Cruise on the Bowdoin," m.s.,t.s., n.d.
"North With Captain Mac, or A Cruise on the Bowdoin," t.s., n.d.
"Operation North Pole," (Article), t.s., n.d.
"Peary , the Man Who Refused to Fail", t.s., 4 versions, n.d.
"Peary Goes to Conger", m.s., t.s., n.d.
"Peary the Indomitable", m.s., t.s.
"Peary", m.s., n.d.
"Peary, a Leader of Men", t.s., n.d.
"Peary, as a Leader", 4 versions, t.s., n.d.
"Peary, at the Big Land", m.s., t.s., n.d.
"Polar Eskimo, The" n.d.
"Polaris Drift, The", m.s., t.s., n.d.
"Quest of the North Pole/Polar Quest," chapter outline and m.s., n.d.
"Religion of the Polar Eskimos"/Religion of the Primitive Polar Eskimos," t.s., n.d.
"Robert E. Peary," t.s., n.d.
Schooner Bowdoin, "To be recorded on tape at Mystic"
"Seconds of Eternity or A Crazy Walrus Hunt," 8 versions, t.s., n.d.
"Sir Wilfred Grenfell," t.s., n.d.
Teacher's Manuals by DBM: Iceland, Icebergs and Glaciers, Labrador, Hunting with the Polar Eskimos, n.d.
"Teaching navigation to students aboard schooner Bowdoin," m.s., n.d. (incomplete)
"Thanksgiving at the Top of the World," t.s., m.s., n.d.
"Thanksgiving Day at Cape Columbia," n.d.
"Touring Off the Beaten Track in Iceland," [DBM], n.d.
"Tragedy of Errors, A", n.d.
Tribute for George Borup by DBM, n.d.
"Tribute to Matthew Hensen", two versions, t.s., n.d.
"Unsuccessful Attainment of a Porpoise Steak," n.d.
Untitled (Article), m.s., t.s., n.d.
"Untitled" manuscript, n.d.
Untitled, m.s., [1939]
Untitled, [advertisement for a cabin boy], t.s.
"Value of Arctic Work, The," t.s., n.d.
"Visit to the Polar Eskimos, A", n.d.
"Walrus, The" n.d.
"Walrus Hunt," n.d.
"Why Go North"/"The True Value of Arctic Work" t.s., n.d.
"World's Record, The" m.s., t.s., n.d.
Miriam MacMillan's manuscripts include undated notes, handwritten drafts, and typescripts for Green Seas and White Ice (1948), Etuk the Eskimo (1950), and Kudla and his Polar Bear (1953), as well as many unpublished works.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
"Birth of a Berg," (13 versions), t.s., n.d
"Bowdoin Returns to Far Northern Waters, The" t.s., n.d.
"Bowdoin's Mascot - The Polar Bear," t.s., n.d.
"Cape Cod's Captain Bangs," t.s., n.d.
"Cap'n Bangs Drops Anchor," t.s., n.d.
"Captain Bertie Bangs", notes, n.d.
"Captain Bertie Bangs," t.s., n.d.
"Christmas in Labrador," t.s., n.d.
"Etuk the Eskimo Hunter", original corrected t.s., Intro and pp. 1-70, n.d.
"Etuk the Eskimo Hunter", original corrected t.s., pp. 71-148, n.d.
"Great Arctic Tragedy, The," 4 copies, t.s., n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," Chapter 1, early versions, t.s., n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," Chapter 2, early versions, t.s., n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," Chapter 3, early versions, t.s., n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," Chapters 5-7, early version, t.s., n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," t.s., introduction by Lowell Thomas titled "To the Arctic with Miriam MacMillan"
"Green Seas, White Ice," t.s., pp. 1-50, n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," t.s., pp. 51-99, n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," t.s., pp. 100-152, n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," t.s., pp. 153-200, n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," t.s., pp. 201-249, n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," t.s., pp. 250-303, n.d.
"Green Seas, White Ice," t.s., pp. 304-[344], n.d.
"Greenlands Ice Palaces," t.s., n.d.
"Katie Hettasch - Mother to Forty Children!" MLM, n.d.
"Kudla and His Polar Bear," 1st Draft, t.s.
"Kudla and His Polar Bear," 2nd Draft, t.s., n.d.
"Kudla and His Polar Bear," 3rd (final) Draft, t.s., n.d.
"I Married an Explorer: I Married the Arctic," t.s., n.d.
Icebergs - notes and drafts, n.d.
"Labrador," n.d.
Labrador - notes, n.d.
Manuscript fragments, notes, t.s., n.d.
"Miriam's Story," t.s., n.d.
"The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met," 3 versions, t.s., n.d.
"My Arctic Husband," t.s., n.d.
"My Farthest North," t.s., n.d.
"My Life with Captain Mac," t.s.,n.d.
"Our Visit to Greely's Starvation Camp," t.s., n.d.
"The President's Desk," t.s., n.d.
"The Record-Smashers, (Ashoken Dam)," n.d.
"Seafaring Arctic Wife," MLM, n.d.
"Struggles of an Arctic Author," MLM, n.d.
Manuscripts of others includes manuscripts and typescripts about Donald MacMillan and the Arctic. Included are the typescript for Everett Allen's Artic Odyssey and works by Rutherford Platt, Lymon Anson, Stuart Hotchkiss, and more.
Arranged alphabetically by author's last name.
Allen, Everett S., "Arctic Odyssey: The Life of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan," t.s., pp. 1-100 and cover, n.d.
Allen, Everett S., "Arctic Odyssey: The Life of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan," t.s., pp. 101-200, n.d.
Allen, Everett S., "Arctic Odyssey: The Life of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan," t.s., pp. 201-300, n.d.
Allen, Everett S., "Arctic Odyssey: The Life of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan," t.s., pp. 301-350, n.d.
Allen, Everett S., "Arctic Odyssey: The Life of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan," t.s., pp. 351-419, n.d.
Allen, Everett S., "Arctic Odyssey: The Life of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan" Book reviews & newsprint
Allen, Everett S., "Arctic Odyssey: The Life of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan," Galley, n.d.
Allen, Everett S., Untitled article re: Matthew Henson, t.s., n.d.
Anson, Lyman, "Alias Dannie Baxter," t.s., n.d.
Burch, Ernest S., Jr., "The Traditional Labrador Eskimos", Princeton Univ., Dept. of Economics and Sociology, for A.B. degree, Apr. 22, 1960 (no. 72)
Cook, Stanton A., "A short history of the Arctic whale fisheries", term paper for Harvard Univ., Jan. 8, 1950 (no. 73)
Finnie, Richard, various letters and manuscripts with photographs, n.d.
Hettasch, Paul, "How the Spanish Flu Wiped Out One Third of the Eskimo Population of Labrador", n.d.
Hotchkiss, Stuart T., "'Bowdoin' Fights the War," t.s., 1942-1943
Jackson, John P., "Tragedy on the Delta" [account of the loss and death of George W. Delong in his 1879 attempt to reach the N. Pole] (no. 75)
Jackson, John P., Sketches and illustrations for "Tragedy on the Delta" (no. 76a)
Kolhmeister, Benjamin and Knoch, George, "Journal of a voyage from Okkak, on the coast of Labrador to Ungava Bay...in 1811", London, for the Brethren's Society for the furtherance of the Gospel among the heathen, 1814. Ts which DBM had copied from the volume found in the Rare Book Section of the Library of Congress (no. 74)
Peck, E.J., "Some Samples of Baffin Land Eskimo…", 1913
Platt, Ruthorford, "Most Modern House in the World is Near the North Pole," t.s., 1955
Platt, Ruthorford, "Presto! Goes the Eskimo," 1955
Platt, Ruthorford, "Unforgettable Character," t.s., 1965
Rasmussen, Chr., "Gronlandsk Sproglaere, (translated by Lt. D.C. Nutt) pp. 1-68
Rasmussen, Chr., "Gronlandsk Sproglaere, (translated by Lt. D.C. Nutt) pp. 69-161
Rasmussen, Chr., "Gronlandsk Sproglaere, (translated by Lt. D.C. Nutt) Cover
Thomas, Lowell, "Operation North Pole", 1957
Unattributed book review extracts for MLM's books, n.d.
Unattributed book review for Everett Allen's Arctic Odyssey, 1962
Unattributed editorials, 1949, 1954, n.d.
Unattributed, "How MacMillan Picks His Men", n.d.
Weed, Alfred C. "A Summer in Labrador and Greenland", t.s. copy, 1926
White, Ian, "An Address at Chapel Forum…on the Occasion of the Fifty-Eighth Anniversary of the Discovery of the North Pole by Robert Edwin Peary", 1967, t.s.
Organized in 4 subseries: Lectures and Addresses, Texts; Lecture Materials; Visual Media Lists; and Media.
Series contains manuscripts and typescripts of radio addresses, talks, and lectures given by MacMillan, with information such as location, audience, date, and fee. Also included are speaker bureau publicity, programs, advertisement posters, and invitations. Lastly, there are lists of photographs (glass negatives and negatives), motion picture reels, LPs, and slides taken by the MacMillans on their arctic expeditions and used in their lectures, and two copies of an LP (12 inch disc, 78 rpm) recording, "Commander D.B. MacMillan".
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Anthropology course at Bowdoin: lecture notes by DBM, m.s.
Anthropology course at Bowdoin: lecture notes by DBM, m.s., t.s.
"Arctic Connection, The," Talk for Bowdoin College by DBM and Peter Pitseolak, April 3, 1985
"Arctic From the Air" (Radio address), m.s., n.d.
"Arctic Voyage," by Donald MacMillan for the National Geographic Society, 1949
"Bowdoin, The," (Lecture written at time Bowdoin went to Mystic), 3 versions, t.s., n.d.
"Four Years in the Far North" (Lecture with glass slides, version 1) t.s., n.d.
"Four Years in the Far North" (Lecture with glass slides, version 2) t.s., n.d.
"Four Years in the Far North" (Lecture with glass slides, version 3) t.s., n.d.
"Four Years in the Far North" (Lecture with glass slides, version 4) t.s., n.d.
"Garden on the Top of the Earth," n.d.
"Greenland," n.d.
"Greenland and the Far North," 1958
"Hunting Records in the Far North" (Lecture and article written for possible publication in National Geographic), m.s.
"Icebergs and Glaciers," (Lecture with slides), teacher syllabus, text, and pictures by DBM, n.d.
"Iceland," m.s., n.d.
"Iceland," t.s. and pictures, n.d.
"Iceland," t.s., n.d.
Kane Lodge Meeting lecture notes and list of slides, n.d.
"Land of Labrador," n.d.
"Lecture for Bowdoin," n.d.
"Life Saving Service," n.d.
Miscellaneous lecture extracts, n.d.
"Munjoy Hill Observatory and its History" (Lecture), m.s.
"North Pole - remarks by Donald MacMillan", n.d.
"North Pole Expedition", t.s., n.d.
"North Pole", slide lecture by Donald MacMillan, 3 versions, n.d.
"Polar Eskimos" (Radio address), m.s., n.d.
Polar exploration, n.d.
Radio script - Miriam MacMillan, 1977, n.d.
Radio script-Lowell Thomas, 1947-1954, 1970, n.d.
Radio talks - Donald MacMillan, 1931-1946, n.d.
"Removing Crocker Land From the Map" (Lecture with slides) [partial], t.s., n.d.
"Thanksgiving Dinner at Cape Colombia" (Radio address), m.s., n.d.
"Thanksgiving in the Far North" (Radio address), m.s., n.d.
"True Value of Arctic Work, The" (Radio address), t.s., n.d.
Untitled (Talk by DBM at Commencement dinner, Bowdoin College), t.s., June 20, 1918
"What the Eskimos do during the Long Night?", n.d.
"Why Go North?" (Radio address), t.s., Feb. 17, 1931
"With Peary in the Arctic" (Lecture with slides), t.s.
Arranged alphabetically by material type, then chronologically.
Advertisement board for MacMillan lecture and buffet March 30, no year
Advertisement board, fragments, for 1938 lecture
Lecture advertising by agents, 1920-1960, n.d.
Lecture advertising by agents, press sheet by Lowell Thomas, 1938
Lecture advertising by agents, Geo. W. Britt Management, n.d.
Lecture advertising, posters, notices, and bulletins, 1912-1963, n.d.
Lecture booking: 1924-1925
Lecture bookings: 1925-1928
Lecture bookings: 1956, Grace Sims Peat
Lecture bookings: 1959-1962, Redpath Bureau
Lecture commentary: 1926-1957, n.d.
Lecture invitations: 1927-1961, n.d.
Lecture lists: by city, state
Lecture lists: by city, state
Lecture lists: by college
Lecture lists: by school
Lecture lists: by state
Lecture lists: by year
Lecture lists: misc
Lecture materials about others, 1954, 1922, n.d.
Lecture programs: 1919-1963
Lecture schedules: 1913
Lecture schedules: 1920-1921
Lecture schedules: 1922-1923
Lecture schedules: 1924-1925
Lecture schedules and expenses: 1928-1929
Lecture schedules: 1939
Lecture schedules: 1946
Lecture schedules: 1946
Lecture schedules: 1948
Lecture schedules: 1948
Lecture schedules: 1948
Lecture schedules: 1949
Lecture schedules: 1950
Lecture schedules and expenses: 1953
Lectures-by town and/or club, listed alphabetically (no. 71)
Arranged alphabetically by material type, then chronologically.
Glass Slide Lists: 1913-1917, Crocker Land Expedition, lecture
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., Arctic pictures
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., drawers C-K, L-N, U
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., Life saving service on Cape Cod, lecture
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., miscellaneous by MLM
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., miscellaneous, [Greenland]
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., miscellaneous, [North Pole]
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., miscellaneous, drawers A-I
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., miscellaneous, drawers J-V
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., North Greenland, lecture
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., Pictures taken by Donald MacMillan
Glass Slide Lists: n.d., used by DBM, lecture
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, Bowdoin and Sachem Expedition, South Greenland, 1926
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, Bowdoin-Baffin Island Expedition, 1929
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, Iceland, 1930
Photograph Lists (includes glass negatives and negatives): n.d., Master print index
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, MacMillan Arctic Expedition, 1938
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, MacMillan Arctic Expedition, 1939
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, MacMillan North Greenland Expedition, birds, 1923-1924
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, MacMillan North Greenland Expedition, general, 1923-1925
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, MacMillan-Baffin Land Expedition, 1921-1922
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, North Pole Expedition, 1908-1909
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, Rawson-MacMillan Expedition and Labrador Coast Survey Expedition, 1927-1928, 1931
Photograph Lists: Arctic Expeditions, Six Trips North, 1947-1950
Photograph Lists: Arctic Explorers, Negatives of records, pictures from books, etc. n.d.
Photograph Lists: Article photographs, Captain Bertie Bangs article by MLM, n.d.
Photograph Lists: Article photographs, "Finding Records in the Far North", n.d.
Photograph Lists: Lecture photographs, "Hunting Artic Records", North Pole, 1908-1909
Photograph Lists: Lecture photographs, "New Lecture", n.d.
Photograph Lists: Lecture photographs, New Lecture on Greenland, 1960-1961
Photograph Lists: Missions in Labrador, n.d.
Photograph Lists: Naskapi Indians, n.d.
Photograph Lists, n.d.
Photograph Lists: "Sailing in MacMillan's Arctic Schooner Bowdoin", n.d.
Reel Lists: 1938 (bulk), reels 3-5, 13-17, 19-21, 27, 35, 38
Reel Lists: 1947-1950
Reel Lists: 1948-49 lecture, reel 1
Reel Lists: 1951-1952, reel 1
Reel Lists: 1954, Mac's original, tin no. 8
Reel Lists: 1954, Miriam's original, tin no. 7
Reel Lists: 1955-1956, lecture, reel 11
Reel Lists: 1958, Master reel no. 2 sent to the Calvin Company, Kansas City, Missouri
Reel Lists: 1958-1959, Donald MacMillan's lecture, North - Far North or North to the Polar Eskimos or Beyond the Northern Lights, reels 1 and 2
Reel Lists: 1975, Introductory remarks for wire reel and magnetic tape
Reel Lists: 1975, Motion picture films rewound by the Center for Polar Archives for the Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum
Reel Lists: 1975, Reels and tapes
Reel Lists: n.d., Birds, medium sized reel, reel 18, reel 26A
Reel Lists: n.d., Detroit television show
Reel Lists: n.d., Greenland (television show)
Reel Lists: n.d., Greenland, reels 1, 3 and 4
Reel Lists: n.d., Notes on Greenland and reel lists
Reel Lists: n.d., Icebergs original film, large reel A
Reel Lists: n.d., Index of MacMillan film in color
Reel Lists: n.d., Index of subjects arranged alphabetically, A-F
Reel Lists: n.d., Index of subjects arranged alphabetically, G-O
Reel Lists: n.d., Index of subjects arranged alphabetically, P-Z
Reel Lists: n.d., large reel J
Reel Lists: n.d., Lecture reel, Donald MacMillan, North to the Polar Eskimos or Beyond the Northern Lights
Reel Lists: n.d., Master reel no. 1
Reel Lists: n.d., miscellaneous, the bulk undated
Reel Lists: n.d., miscellaneous, the bulk undated
Reel Lists: n.d., miscellaneous, the bulk undated
Reel Lists: n.d., miscellaneous, the bulk undated
Reel Lists: n.d., miscellaneous, the bulk undated
Reel Lists: n.d., Motion picture film and magnetic tapes from the Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum
Reel Lists: n.d., Motion picture film taken by Donald and Miriam MacMillan
Reel Lists: n.d., Motion picture reel listings by Donald MacMillan
Reel Lists: n.d., Motion picture reel listings
Reel Lists: n.d., reel 1 (old master, tin 6)
Reel Lists: n.d., reel 1 original, large tin D
Reel Lists: n.d., reel 11, reel A
Reel Lists: n.d., reels 1, 11, 62
Reel Lists: n.d., reels 2, 4, 5
Reel Lists: n.d., reels 21A, 22-23, 25, 29, 30, 32-34, 37, 40-42
Reel Lists: n.d., reels 28-30
Reel Lists: n.d., reels, large tin F
Reel Lists: n.d., reels, large tin H
Reel Lists: n.d., reels, large tins 3, 5-6, 8, 11
Reel Lists: n.d., reels, large tins 3-4, 6-7, 9-10
Reel Lists: n.d., reels, small tins 1-2, 5-7, 9, 11
Reel Lists: n.d., reels, small tins 3, 5-6, 10
Reel Lists: n.d., reels, small tins 9
Reel Lists: n.d., reels, tins 11-17
Reel Lists: n.d., South Greenland, Detroit film
Reel Lists: n.d., "Visiting the Eskimos with Donald MacMillan", reel 118
Reel Lists: n.d., "Visiting the Eskimos with Donald MacMillan", reel 146
Reel Lists: n.d., "Visiting the Eskimos with Donald MacMillan", reel 154
Reel Lists: n.d., "Visiting the Eskimos with Donald MacMillan", reel 155
"Cmmdr D.B. MacMillan", side 1 is Part 1 of 4 and side 2 is Part 3 of 4, 78 rpm, 12 inches
"Cmmdr D.B. MacMillan", side 1 is Part 1 of 4 and side 2 is Part 3 of 4, 78 rpm, 12 inches (Jacket says "Duplicate not taped")
"Cmmdr D.B. MacMillan", side 1 is Part 2 of 4 and side 2 is Part 4 of 4 78 rpm, 12 inches (Jacket says "Duplicate not taped")
"Cmmdr D.B. MacMillan", side 1 is Part 2 of 4 and side 2 is Part 4 of 4, 78 rpm, 12 inches
This series contains materials related to expeditions led by Donald MacMillan with crew including Miriam MacMillan, geologist and botanist Walter Ekblaw, ichthyologist Alfred Weed, ornithologist Alfred O. Gross, geologist George Borup, ornithologist-turned-dentist Dr. Adelbert Fernald, botanist Rutherford Platt, and many Bowdoin students and alumni. Included are crew and provisioning lists; licenses, permits, manifests, bills of health, and customs forms; contracts between MacMillan and funding bodies; charters for Schooner Bowdoin, S.S. Diana, and S.S. Danmark; expedition notes, narratives, and reports; member agreements; ornithological, geological, meteorological, and botanical information, scientific readings, and cairn records from various arctic expeditions. Of note is a statement from the 1938 MacMillan Greenland Expedition crew providing honorary crew status to Miriam MacMillan, who went on nine arctic expeditions with her husband and was responsible for photography and motion picture filming, collecting data, and provisioning the MacMillan-Moravian School in Nain, Labrador. Also included is an important collection of nearly one hundred mounted plant specimens collected during the 1929 Bowdoin Baffin Land Expedition, and notecards with vocabulary for MacMillan's pioneering Inuit dictionary.
In addition, this series contains materials from MacMillan's crew experience on Robert Peary's 1908-1909 North Pole Expedition and clippings and articles on the Peary/Cook controversy, along with documents and keepsakes found by MacMillan at Ft. Conger, left by the members of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.
Organized in 4 subseries: Expeditions; Expedition Materials, General; Research Materials: 1929 Bowdoin Baffin Land Expedition, Plant Specimens; and Research Materials: English/Inuit and Inuit/English Dictionary.
Many other materials that relate to MacMillan expeditions are found throughout this collection, particularly in the Correspondence series (M118.01) which includes communications about the planning and funding of expeditions, and the Diaries, Journals, and Logs series (M118.05) which contains records and accounts of the day-to-day activities during expeditions.
Additional volumes related to the Crocker Land Expedition are in the Maruice C. Tanquary papers (M328), and Walter E. Ekblaw papers (M327).
Additional materials related to the 1934 and 1937 MacMillan expeditions are in the Alfred Otto Gross Papers, and, for 1937, also in the MacMillan-Thebaud Collection
The history of the Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) and resources that document the expedition may be found via the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum's website.
Selections of MacMillan's sizeable collection of motion picture film, shot during expeditions to northwest Greenland in 1923-24, and the summers of 1925 and 1926 have been digitized and are available for viewing via the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum website
Arranged chronologically by expedition.
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, "Arctic Regions" memoranda, "F.P.B", July 1908
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, 1920 statement of 1908--1909 cairn discovery
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, Cook/Peary controversy, news clippings
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, Cook/Peary controversy, notes by DBM, clippings, NY Assembly Resolution
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, Cook/Peary controversy, writings by John Edward Weems
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, Cook/Peary controversy, writings by Russell W. Gibbons and reviews of his work
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, Cook/Peary controversy, writings by S.D. Fess
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, Cook/Peary controversy, writings by Ted Leitzell
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, expedition notes and lists by George Borup
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, Greely Headquarters Ft. Conger findings, misc. clippings
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, miscellaneous, customs certificate, "List operators following stations", blank stationary, list of player-rolls for the pianola on the ROOSEVELT
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, photo of DBM in expedition clothing, labeled
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, charter for Steamship DIANA, 1913 May 14
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, expedition agreement with American Museum of Natural History, 1913 Jul 31
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, expedition agreement between the American Museum of Natural History and The Tribune Organization, 1913 Jun 30
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, charter for steamship DANMARK, 1916, Jun 5
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, "Thickness of Ice at Etah", 1916 Oct 15-1917 Jul 8
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, crew list
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, provisioning lists and receipts, 1915-1916, n.d.
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, expedition report by Harrison J. Hunt, 1916-1917
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, expedition correspondence, 1912-1918
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, "Geographical Exploration", pamphlet, 1912
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, "Geographical Report of the Crocker Land Expedition 1913-1917" by DBM, 1928 May 1
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, "In Search of Crocker Land", 1912
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, boarding ticket, S.S. Diana, 1913
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, "Report on the Food Supply of the Crocker Land Expedition on April 15, 1914", m.s.
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, expedition fund account statement, 1915 Jun 18, n.d.
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, estimated expenses for Summer 1916, m.s.
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, "The Man Who Failed to Find Crocker Land", 1918 Feb
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, list of victrola records
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, "Crocker Land Expedition to the North Polar Regions: 1913-1915"
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, "Statement to Contributers", 1913
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, anthropometric charts on four Eskimos [Inuit]
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, Etah sun drawings
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, temperature records, N. Greenland, 1914 Dec 20 - 1917 July 30
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, Expedition report, S.S. Thetis, Hudson Bay trading stations, L. St. John Morgan, 1920
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, prospectus, 1912-1914
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, "Baffin Land Plants", by M.L. Fernald, n.d.
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, Charter of SCHOONER BOWDOIN by DMB from MacMillan Arctic Association, and contract among DBM, the MacMillan Arctic Association, and the Department for Terrestrial Magnetism, 1921 Jul 11
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, Contract for motion picture rights between DBM and John K. Allen of Commonwealth Cinema Corporation, 1921, Jan 31
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, Expedition narrative by DBM, m.s., n.d.
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, "The Scientific Opportunities of the MacMillan Baffin Land Expedition," by Louis Bauer, remarks made at the farewell dinner for the expedition, 1921 June 29
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, list and value of equipment provided by the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 1921 Jul 11
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, Expedition report by Ralph Robinson, 1922 Apr 18
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, Hypsometer readings
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, "Instructions for the Scientific Work of the MacMillan Baffin Land Expedition", 1921 Jul 11
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, "Memorandum Regarding Potential-Gradient Equipment Supplied to the MacMillan Baffin Land Expedition and the Observational Procedure to be Followed, 1921 Jul 11
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, "Weather Observations, Bowdoin Harbor, Baffin Land", by DBM
1923-1924 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Christmas card, Eugene McDonald to DBM
1923-1924 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Members' Agreements, 4 copies, and contract with the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of th Carnegie Institution of Washington
1923-1924 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Outward Foreign Manifest, 1923, June 25, 3 copies
1923-1924 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Zenith short wave radio communication from the schooner Bowdoin, 1923, n.d.
1925 Greenland Expedition, Expedition narrative by DBM, m.s.
1925 Greenland Expedition, Expedition narrative by DBM, t.s.
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, bird species and egg notes, 1927-1928
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, Crew list, 1926
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, Crew lists, 1927
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, Expedition report by DBM to Stanley Field, 1927 Jan 26
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, "Expenses of 1926 Trip"
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, "Extract from Curator's Report to Director of Field Museum", 1926 Dec 26
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, Health declaration, Sukkertoppen Colony, Greenland, 1926 Jul 24
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, Members' agreement, signed, 1926
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, Permit to enter Northwest Territories, 1926 May 27
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, provisioning list, 1927
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, Report on Inuit teeth, Dr. Fernald, 1926
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, "Schedule of Expenses of Rawson MacMillan Field Museum Expedition 1927-1928"
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, ships notes, scientific notes, Cook/Peary controversy,
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, "Voyaging to the North'ard" by Paul C. Warren, published article
1926-1928 Rawson-MacMillan Arctic Expeditions, "10 days adrift on an ice pan out on the Atlantic Ocean", 1926
1929 Bowdoin Baffin Land Expedition, "Birds Observed on Bowdoin Baffin Land Expedition June 22 to Sept 21 1929", m.s.
1929 Bowdoin Baffin Land Expedition, General information about crew
1929 Bowdoin Baffin Land Expedition, The Harvard Dental Record, 1930
1929 Bowdoin Baffin Land Expedition, "Ice Hazards in the North" by Samual Palmer, n.d.
1934 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, "Brief Report of MacMillan Arctic Expedition - 1934 to Labrador, Baffin Island, on the Bowdoin" by DBM, m.s., t.s.
1930 Research Expedition, health certificate, Iceland, 1930 Jul 25
1930 Research Expedition, health certificate, United States, 1930 Jun 17
1930 Research Expedition, vessel clearance, United States, 1930 Jun 17
1931-1933 MacMillan Aerial Expedition, crew list, 1931
1931-1933 MacMillan Aerial Expedition, expedition plan by DBM, 1931 May 18
1931-1933 MacMillan Aerial Expedition, moving picture contract, 1391 Feb 2
1931-1933 MacMillan Aerial Expedition, plane specs, 1931
1934 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, "Articles of Equipment Needed", copy for A.O. Gross, n.d.
1934 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Cairn record, 1934 Jul 12
1934 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Cairn record, 1934 Jul 21
1934 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, crew list
1934 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Navigational calculations and instructions made by Lawrnce Bertram Flint, gift of L.B. Flint, 1992 Apr 22
1934 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, permission to enter North West Territories of Canada, 1934 Dec 31
1937 Gertrude Thebaud Expedition, crew applications
1937 Gertrude Thebaud Expedition, crew list
1937 Gertrude Thebaud Expedition, estimated expenses
1937 Gertrude Thebaud Expedition, expedition itinerary
1937 Gertrude Thebaud Expedition, expedition report by DBM, m.s., t.s.
1937 Gertrude Thebaud Expedition, "Water Temperatures - Summer 1937
1938 MacMillan Greenland Expedition, crew list, places visited, people met
1938 MacMillan Greenland Expedition, "Facts RE MacMillan Melville Bay Expedition - 1938"
1938 MacMillan Greenland Expedition, health certificate, 1938 Jun 20
1938 MacMillan Greenland Expedition, honorary crew status to MLM
1938 MacMillan Greenland Expedition, watch list
1939 MacMillan N. Greenland Expedition, bill of health, United States, 1939 Jun 24
1939 MacMillan N. Greenland Expedition, crew manifest
1939 MacMillan N. Greenland Expedition, customs clearance and bill of health, Sydney, N.S., Canada, 1939 Jul 3
1939 MacMillan N. Greenland Expedition, general information, crew list
1939 MacMillan N. Greenland Expedition, health certification for Port of Nain by Paul Hettasch, 1939 Jul 15
1939 MacMillan N. Greenland Expedition, itinerary
1939 MacMillan N. Greenland Expedition, permission to visit port of Jacobshavn, 1940 May 8 & Jun 7
1939 MacMillan N. Greenland Expedition, permission to visit ports in Greenland, 1939 Apr 14
1939 MacMillan N. Greenland Expedition, provisioning lists
1941-1945 US Navy, permits and licenses
1941-1945 US Navy, "Portfolio No. 50 Northeastern Canada, Greenland, and Iceland, January 1, 1943"
1946 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, crew list, provisioning list, license
1947 MacMillan Chicago Geographical N. Greenland Expedition, "Copy of Report on Botanical Notes Sent to New York Botanical Garden, Rutherford Platt", 1947, 1954
1947 MacMillan Chicago Geographical N. Greenland Expedition, correspondence
1947 MacMillan Chicago Geographical N. Greenland Expedition, crew lists and information
1947 MacMillan Chicago Geographical N. Greenland Expedition, expedition narrative and notes
1947 MacMillan Chicago Geographical N. Greenland Expedition, "Flora Reports compiled by Rutherford Platt, Botanist on 1947 Arctic MacMillan Expedition"
1947 MacMillan Chicago Geographical N. Greenland Expedition, provisioning lists
1948 MacMillan Artic Expedition, crew list and general information
1949 MacMillan-Bowdoin Arctic Expedition, crew list
1949 MacMillan-Bowdoin Arctic Expedition, narrative and general information, permits, licenses
1949 MacMillan-Bowdoin Arctic Expedition, provisioning lists
1950 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, crew lists and general information
1950 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, permits and licenses
1954 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, crew lists, provisioning, customs forms, licenses
1954 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, narratives and correspondence
Organized alphabetically.
Crew examination, n.d.
Crew lists and descriptions, schooner BOWDOIN, 1913-1949, n.d.
Expedition descriptions from 1908 to 1969
Expedition menus, n.d.
Expedition notes, Inuit vocabulary, n.d.
Expedition notes, miscellaneous, 1928-1957, n.d.
Lists for soliciting donations for expeditions and repairs on SCHOONER BOWDOIN
Lists for soliciting donations for expeditions and repairs on SCHOONER THEBAUD
Lists for soliciting donations for expeditions and repairs on SCHOONERS BOWDOIN and THEBAUD
Organized alphabetically by specimen name.
Labrador, 1929: Primula mistassinica, michx.; Nain, Labrador; 7/22/29
Trientalis americana, Pursh.; Nain, Labrador; 7/21/29
Cornus swecica, L.; Nain, Labrador; 7/23/2029
Lonicera coerulea, L.; Nain, Labrador; 9/1/2029
Arnica alpina, L.; Port Manvers, Labrador; 7/26/29
Statice armeria, L.; Lok Land; 8/12/29
Draba; Nain, L.; 9/1/29
Senicio acris, L.; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/29
Rhianthus oblongifolia, Fernald.; Nain, Labrador; 8/30/29
Antennaria alpina, L.; Lok Land; 8/12/29
Pelasites palmata, Ait.; Anetalak, Labrador; 7/12/29
Euphrasia arctica, Lange.; Mugford Island, Lab.; 8/_/29
Cardamine praetensis, L.; Baffin Land; 8/20/29
Arabis alpina, L.; Nachuak, Labrador; 8/2/2029
Pleurogyna rotata, L.; Nain, Labrador; 8/31/2029
Tolfieldia palustris, Huds.; Nain, Labrador; 7/22/29
Listeria cordata, L.; Nain, Labrador; 9/1/2029
Eriophorum polyptachylon, L.; North Shore, Frobisher's Bay, Baffin Land; 8/20/2029
Eriophorum vaginatum, L.; North Shore, Frobisher Bay, Baffin Land; 8/21/29
Saxifraga rivularis, L.; Lok Land; 8/18/2029
Saxifraga caespitosa, L.; Nachuak, Lab.; 8/3/2029
Saxifraga cernua, L.; Nachauk, Labrador; 8/2/2029
Saxifraga aizoon, Jacq.; Nachuak, Labrador; 8/3/39
Saxifraga azoides; Nain, Labrador; 9/1/29
Saxifraga tricuspidata, Retz.; Nachuak, Labrador; 8/3/29
Pinguicula villosa, L.; Nain, Labrador; 7/20/2029
Linnaea borealis, (var. americana), L.; Nain, Labrador, 9/1/29
Parnassus katzebuei, c+s; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/29
Anemone parviflora, michx.; Black Duck Bay, Labrador; 7/28/29
Ranunculus sp.; North Shore, Frobisher's Bay, Baffin Land; 8/20/29
Ranunculus pedatifidus; Nachuak, Lab.; 8/2/2029
Ranunculus pygmaeus, Wald.; Nachuak, Labrador; 8/3/29
Diapensia lapponicum, L.; Nain, Labrador 7/21/2029
Campanula rotundiflora, L.; Port Manvers, Labrador; 7/26/29
Campanula uniflora, L.; Baffin Land; 8/20/2029
Castilija acuminata/septentrionalis, Spreng.; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/2029
Pedicularis euphrasoides, steph.; Nain, Labrador; 7/21/29
Ellephantella graelaudica. Retz.; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/29
Pedicularis hirsuta, L.; Osbon Bay, Lok Land; 8/9/29
Pedicularis flammaea, L.; Nain, Labrador; 7/20/2029
Pedicularis lapponicum, L.; North Shore Frobisher's Bay, Baffin Land; 8/21/29
Bartsia alpina, L.; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/29
Viscaria alpina, L.; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/29
Lychnis apetala, L.; Osbon Bay, Lok Land; 8/9/2029
Lychnis affinis, vahl.; Baffin Land; 8/20/2029
Stellaria media, Cyr. (?); Nain, Labrador; 9/1/29
Equisetum arvense,L.; Osbon Bay, Lok Land; 8/18/29
Equisetum salvatum, L.; Anetalak, Labrador; 7/18/29
Crystopteris frigilis (L.) Bernh.; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/29
Ledum palustre, L.; Anatalak, Labrador; 7/18/2029
Kalmia polifolia, wang.; Nain, Labrador; 8/31/29. Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/2029
Moneses uniflora, L.; Nain, Labrador; 9/1/2029
Chamaecistus procumbeus (L.) Kuntze; Lok Land; 8/11/29
Cassiope hypnoides, L.; Lok Land; 8/11/29
Oxycoccus oxycoccus,L.; Nain, Labrador; 9/1/2029
Pyrola minor, L.; Nain, Labrador; 9/1/29
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (var. minus, Lodd); Anetalak, Labrador; 7/18/29
Vaccinium uliginosum, L.; Anetalak, Labrador; 7/18/29
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, L.; Nain, Labrador; 9/1/29
Cassiope tetragona, L.; Black Duck Bay, Labrador; 7/28/29
Phylloduce coerulea, L.; Anetalak, Labrador; 7/18/29
Veronica alpina, L.; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/29
Arenaria verna, L.; Nachuak, Labrador; 8/3/2029
Cerastium alpinum, L.; Nachuak, Labrador; 8/2/2029
Stellaria longipes, goldie; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/29
Comarum palustre, L.; Nain, Labrador; 9/1/2029
Potentilla anserina, L.; Anetalak, Labrador; 7/17/29
Potentila rubens, Crantz.; Lok Land; 8/12/2029
Sibbaldia procumbens, L.; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/29
Onytropis campestris; Nain, Labrador; 9/1/2029
Chamaenerion latifolium, L.; Nain, Labrador; 9/21/29
Papaner medicante; Port Manvers, Labrador; 7/20/29
Erigeron uniflorus, L.; Osbon Bay, Lok Land; 8/18/29
Solidago multiradiata, Ait.; Mugford Island, Labrador; 8/27/29
Taraxacum certatophorum, D.C.; Osbon Bay, Lok Land; 8/18/29
Draba incana; Nain, Labrador; 8/31/29
Alsine humifessa, Rottb.; a. Frobisher Bay / b. Anetalak, Labrador; 7/17/29
Mertensia maritima; Anetalak, Labrador; 7/17/2029
Polyganum viviparum, L.; Osbon Bay, Lok Land; 8/9/29
Oxyria digyna, L.; Nachuak, Lab.; 8/2/29
Triglochin maritima, L.; Anetalak, Labrador; 7/17/29
Honkenya peploides, Ehrh.; Anetalak, Labrador; 7/17/29
Rubus chamaemorus, L.; Anetalak, Labrador; 7/17/29
Rubus areticus, L.; Anetalak, Labrador; 7/18/2029
Viola labradorica, Schrank; Black Duck Bay, Labrador; 7/28/29
Pyrola asarifolia, L.; Nain, Labrador; 7/22/29
Lycopodium annotinum, var. oppressum, Dis. Nain, Labrador; 8/31/29
Organized alphabetically.
English to Inuit, A-B
English to Inuit, C-Do
English to Inuit, Do-F
English to Inuit, G-H
English to Inuit, Hou-L
English to Inuit, M-Pa
English to Inuit, Pai-R
English to Inuit, S-Sn
English to Inuit, Snow-Thus
English to Inuit, Thus-Window
English to Inuit, Window-Z and Inuit to English A-Arr
Inuit to English, Arr-It
Inuit to English, Itiv-Ku
Inuit to English Kug-Or
Inuit to English, Orp-Si
Inuit to English Siv-Tu
This series contains diaries, journals, field notes, log books, and various notebooks written by Donald MacMillan, Miriam MacMillan, and other expedition members. Includes journals from the Peary North Pole Expedition of 1908-1909, the Crocker Land Expedition of 1913-1917, and various expeditions to Labrador, Greenland, and other Arctic destinations. Also includes full and partial copies of some items.
Organized in 2 series: Diaries, Journals and Logs, Originals; Diaries, Journals and Logs, Copies. Arranged chronoligically.
Additional volumes related to the Crocker Land Expedition are in the Maruice C. Tanquary papers (M328), and Walter E. Ekblaw papers (M327).
The history of the Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) and resources that document the expedition may be found via the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum's website.
Additional materials related to the 1934 and 1937 MacMillan expeditions are in the Alfred Otto Gross Papers, and, for 1937, also in the MacMillan-Thebaud Collection
Journals from the Crocker Land Expedition have been digitized and are accessible through the links in the finding aid. Digitization of materials related to Crocker Land Expedition funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, 2016.
1902 Feb 3 - 1904 May 4 diary, DBM
[1902] Sep 15 - 28; 1905 Jun 21 - Jul 3; 1908 Jan 10 - May 25; 1937 Jan 9 - Jan 11; 1961 Oct 9 - Oct 16, diary
1906, Camp Wychmere Cash Book
1908 Jul 17 - 1909 Oct 2 diary, Peary North Pole Expedition (no. 3)
[1908 Oct 14] - Oct 30, field diary
[1908] Nov 7 - Dec 13, field diary
[1908] Jul 18 - [1909] Sep 5, notes: natural history
[1908-1909], field notebook listing Eskimos aboard the ROOSEVELT; names of Smith Sound Eskimos; "Information about Dr. Cook" (concerning Cook's trip to Pole and statements of the Eskimos who accompanied him)
[1909] Feb 18 - Mar 25, field diary
[1909] Apr 19 - May 31, field diary: support trip
1909 Jun 8 - Jul 19, field diary
1912 Jun 1 - [1912] Sep 19, diary: Trip in power boat GEORGE BORUP, Boston to North Labrador
1912 Dec 13 - 1913 Feb 24, field notebook: astronomical observations
1913, field notebook: Crocker Land Expedition, list of equipment and supplies, calculations of stellar position
1913, field notebook: ornithology
1913 Field Notebook: Crocker Land Expediton, list of food, house equipment, (no. 14)
1913, diary, DBM
1913-1915, diary, DBM
1913-1915, diary, DBM
1913-1915, diary, DBM
1913-1915, diary, DBM
1913-1915, field notebook, Crocker Land Expedition, DBM
1913-1917, diary, DBM
[1913-1917], field notebook: Crocker Land Expedition, misc. notes, astronomical observations, Eskimo language, n.d.
[1913-1917], "Birds and Animals" (in Crocker Land Expedition bound notebook) [n.d.] (no. 55)
[1914-1916] "Ethnological Notes", Eskimos of Smith Sound Tribe (in Crocker Land Expedition bound notebook) (no. 56)
1913 Jul 2-1914 Feb 12, journal: Crocker Land Expedition
1913, field notebook, Fitzhugh Green, Crocker Land Expedition (no. 23)
1913-1914, field notebook, Crocker Land Expedition, Sept. 25, [1913]-Feb. 3, 1914 (no. 24)
[1913-17] Eskimo dictionary collected in N. Greenland (no. 60)
[1913-17] Eskimo vocabulary, English-Eskimo, A-Z (no. 61)
[1913-17] Eskimo grammar (not by DBM) (no. 62)
[1913-1917], field notebook, Eskimo language,"Hudson Bay", English to Eskimo
[1913-1917], English/Eskimo dictionary compiled by F.W. Peacock
[1913-17] "Facts for Book", misc. information re. Arctic (no. 67)
1914, field notebook, Fitzhugh Green, Crocker Land Expedition, Feb. 7-May 20, 1914 (no. 25)
1914-1915, "Journal I", Crocker Land Expedition, 1914 Feb 12-1915 Mar 26
1914, diary, DBM
1915, "Visitor's Book", Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM), 1915 Sep 1
1915-1916, "Journal II": Crocker Land Expedition, 1915 Mar 28-1916 Apr 21
1916-1917, "Journal III": Crocker Land Expedition, 1916 Apr 12-1917 Apr 2
1916, field notebook: Crocker Land Expedition, 1916 Jul 12-14
1916-1917, field notebook: Crocker Land Expedition, Aug. 29, 1916-May 28, 1917 (no. 21)
1917 "Journal IV": Crocker Land Expedition, Apr. 3-Aug. 24, 1917
1918, diary, DBM
1920, diary, Lamson Hubbard Expedition on S.S. THETIS, July 6-Sept. 16, 1920 (no. 26)
1921-1922, diary, Baffin Land Expedition, July 1, 1921-Sept. 10, 1922 (no. 27)
1922, field diary, Baffin Land Expedition, June 17-July 30, 1922 (no. 28)
1921-1922, notebook, Baffin Land Expedition (no. 29)
1921-1929, log book, Schooner BOWDOIN (30)
1923-1924, diary, MacMillan Arctic Expedition Refuge Harbor, No. Greenland, June 26, 1923-Sept. 29, 1924 (no. 31)
1923-1924 Field Notebook: MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Mar. 1923-July, 1924 (no. 32)
1925, diary, DBM
1925, field notebook, airplane flight to Ellesmere Island, DBM
1925 and 1930, diary, expedition of schooner BOWDOIN and PEARY to Greenland 1925, June 20-Oct. 9, 1925; BOWDOIN voyage to Iceland, June 4-Sept. 15, 1930 (no. 33)
[1925], diary, Leo M. Davidoff from the MacMillan Arctic Expedition 1925, incl. many photos taken on expedition, t.s. (no. 78) [DO NOT USE. USE COPY: M118.7 Box 6 Folder 1] [Original ms. copy of diary and literary rights are maintained by the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Musuem]
1926, diary, expedition with BOWDOIN and SACHEM, June 19-Sept. 11, 1926 (no. 34)
1927-1929 diary, MacMillan Expeditions, June 25, 1927-Sept. 7, 1928 and June 22-Sept. 15, 1929 (no. 35)
1928, field notebook, MacMillan Expedition, 1928-Apr. 9-Aug. [1928] (no. 36)
1930 Chief Officer's Log Book, DBM
1931, notebook, Schooner BOWDOIN, by Jack Crowell [June 29-Aug.31] (no. 37)
1931, diary and field notes, DBM
1931, diary, MacMillan Expedition 1931-33, July 4-Aug. 31, 1931 (no. 38)
1934, log book, Schooner BOWDOIN, MacMillan Expedition 1934, June 7-Aug. 31, 1934 (no. 39)
1934, diary, MacMillan Expedition 1934-Apr. 16-Sept. 2, 1934 (no. 40)
1934, notebook, MacMillan Expedition 1934, menus for trip, June 16-Sept. 1, 1934 (no. 41)
1934, diary, William R. Esson from the 1934 MacMillan Arctic Expedition to Labrador
1934, diary, Lawrence B. Flint from the 1934 Arctic Expedition
1937, personal journal of 1937 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Kenneth Sewall, ms
1937, diary, MacMillan Expedition 1937 in schooner GERTRUDE THEBAUD, June 24-Sept. 3, 1937 (no. 42)
1939-1939, diary, DBM
1938 and 1941, log book, Schooner BOWDOIN-MacMillan Expedition 1938, June 27-Sept. 11, 1938; log of U.S.S. BOWDOIN, Sept. 13-Nov. 5, 1941 (no. 43)
1938, diary, MacMillan Expedition 1938, May 15-Sept. 8, 1938 (no. 44)
1938-1941, 1920 Diary: Expeditions, Oct. 20-25, 1938; Mar. 6-Sept. 12, 1939; June 1, 1940-May 26, 1941; July 6-Aug. 29, 1920 (no. 45)
1939-1947, diary, Miriam Look MacMillan
1939 log book: Schooner BOWDOIN-MacMillan Arctic Expedition 1939, June 24-Sept. 9, 1939 (no. 46)
1941, journal, U.S.S. BOWDOIN to west coast of Greenland 1941, June 23-Nov. 20, 1941 (no. 47)
1942-1947, diary, DBM, 1942 June 14-1947 Sept. 16 (no. 48)
1944, diary, Reconnaissance flights for U.S. Navy, May 26-July 8, 1944 (no. 49)
1947 log book, BOWDOIN-MacMillan Arctic Expedition of 1947 to Greenland, June 21-23, 1947 (no. 50)
1948, diary: MacMillan Arctic Expedition 1948, June 3-Sept. 15, 1948 (no. 51)
1948-1949, diary, Miriam Look MacMillan
1949, 1950, diary, MacMillan Arctic Expedition, May 1-Sept. 18, 1949; June 12-Sept. 11, 1950 (no. 52)
1953-1954 Diary: MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Oct. 30, 1953-Sept. 29, 1954 (no. 53)
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): 1955, Samuel Palmer's "Book of Verse," a tribute to Donald B. MacMillan
1957 Field Diary: air flight over North Pole, Aug. 31-Sept. 15, 1957 (no. 54)
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): 1959 Nov 5, Guest Book from the "undergraduates of Eta"
"Measurements of Esquimaux" [n.d.]
Dictionary of Eskimo words and phrases [n.d.] (no. 59)
Important dates in exploration, includes a partial list of MacMillan's expeditions (no. 68)
"Notes, Arctic Expeditions"-notes on various expeditions by Otto Sverdrup
Notebook in DBM's hand listing titles of books on the Arctic (no. 70)
Bibliography of Arctic Books in the MacMillan Library (no. 69)
Catalogue of books in the MacMillan Library (no. 70)
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): n.d., Notes by DBM on geological and historical expeditions
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): n.d., Notes by DBM on glaciers, geology, and climate
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): n.d., Notes by DBM on the Greely Expedition
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): n.d., Notes by DBM on Greenland
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): n.d., Notes by DBM on the North Pole discovery
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): n.d., Notes by DBM on various arctic subjects including historical ships and customs and superstitions of the Inuit
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): n.d., Notes by DBM on various subjects including polar regions, literary quotations, and historical references
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): n.d., Notes by DBM on various subjects including polar regions, literary quotations, and historical references
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): n.d., Notes by DBM on various subjects including polar regions, literary quotations, and historical references
Miriam Look MacMillan (MLM): n.d., Notes by MLM on the Arctic, Arctic expeditions, and Inuit
Miriam Look MacMillan (MLM): n.d., Notes by MLM on explorers such as Martin Frobisher
Miriam Look MacMillan (MLM): n.d., Notes by MLM on Greenland
Miriam Look MacMillan (MLM): n.d., Notes by MLM on Labrador
Miriam Look MacMillan (MLM): n.d., Notes by MLM on miscellaneous subjects
Miriam Look MacMillan (MLM): n.d., Notes by MLM on various subjects including the Arctic and literary quotations
Donald Baxter MacMillan (DBM): n.d., Notebook of quotations compiled by DBM, undated notebook diary
1891 Bowdoin Labrador Expedition with Professor L.A. Lee, J.M. Hastings, cover
1891 Bowdoin Labrador Expedition with Professor L.A. Lee, J.M. Hastings, t.s.
1902 Feb 3-1904 June 9 Swarthmore Prep. School and Worcester Academy, diary, DBM, ms, partial ts, (see original diary no. 1, now v. 18)
1905 Jun 21, diary extracts, DBM, (handwritten copy)
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary, DBM, 1908 Jul 17-1909 Sept 21
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary, DBM, 1908 Nov 7-1908 Dec 13
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary, DBM, 1909 Feb 18-1909 Feb 27
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary, DBM, 1909 Apr 19-1909 May 30
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary extracts, DBM, misc.
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary, DBM, electrostatic copy, pp. 1-50
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary, DBM, electrostatic copy, pp. 51--100
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary, DBM, electrostatic copy, pp. 101-150
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary, DBM, electrostatic copy, pp. 151-200
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary, DBM, electrostatic copy, pp. 201-250
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, diary, DBM, electrostatic copy, pp. 251-401
1910 Canoe Expedition, Labrador, diary, DBM, t.s.
1912 Cruise of George Borup, Journal v. 1
1913-1914 Crocker Land Expedition, diary cover, DBM, July 25, 1913-Jan. 1, 1914
1913-1914 Crocker Land Expedition, diary, DBM, 1913 Jul 25-1914 Jan 1, ts
1913-1914 Crocker Land Expedition, diary, DBM, 1913 Nov 17-1914 Jan 14
1913 Crocker Land Expedition, diary, DBM, 1913, Jul 2-no year
1913-1914 Crocker Land Expedition, diary, DBM, 1913 Jul 2-1914 Aug 30, t.s.
1914-1915 Crocker Land Expedition; Journal, 1914 Aug 30-1915 Dec 31, t.s.s
1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, diary extracts, DBM, t.s.
1914-1915 Crocker Land Expedition, diary, DBM, 1914 Feb 12-1915 Mar 26
1915-1916 Crocker Land Expedition, diary, DBM, 1915 Mar 28-1916 Apr 11
1916 Crocker Land Expedition, diary extracts, DBM, 1916 Jan 1-1916 Jun 15
1916 Crocker Land Expedition; Journal, 1916 Jan 1-1916 Oct 9, t.s.
1916-1917 Crocker Land Expedition, diary extracts, DBM, 1916 Apr 12-1917 Feb 14
1916-1917 Crocker Land Expedition; Jounal, 1916 Oct 10-1917 Aug 24, t.s.
1917, Spring Trip from Etah to Clarence Head, field journal, DBM, 1917 Mar 25-1917 May 25, t.s.
1917, Crocker Land Expedition, diary extracts, DBM, from Jounal III & IV
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, diary extracts, DBM, 1921 Jul 1-1921 Jul 16, t.s.
1921-1922 Baffin Land Expedition, diary extracts, DBM, 1922 Jan 2-
1924 diary extracts, DBM, 1924 March-1924 April, t.s.
1925, diary extracts, DBM, 1925 Jun 23-1925 Sept 2, photocopy and t.s.
1925 Expedition to Greenland, diary, Leo Davidoff, 1925 Jun 20-1925 Sep 27, t.s.
1925 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Log of the SCHOONER BOWDOIN, 1925 Jun 20-1925 Oct 9
1927-1929 diary extracts, DBM, t.s.
1931 diary extracts, DBM, t.s.
1934-1941 diary extracts, DBM, m.s. copy, t.s.
1934, diary, William R. Esson, t.s.
1937, personal journal of 1937 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Kenneth Sewall, bound t.s.
1937, personal journal of 1937 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Kenneth Sewall, disk
1948, 1953, 1954 diary extracts, DBM, m.s. copy, t.s.
1961 diary extract, DBM, m.s. copy
n.d. Diary extracts, DBM
Organized in 2 series: Alphabetical Subject Files, and Schooner Bowdoin Material; arranged alphabetically.
Biographical information and subject files on various topics including the schooner Bowdoin, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, and Zenith shortwave radio.
This series contains information on wide-ranging subjects relating to the MacMillans, including biographical material, certificates of membership and recognition for Donald and Miriam MacMillan, research notes, press releases, MacMillan Arctic Association papers, information about Zenith short wave radio, and papers regarding the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.
Advertisement board for Miriam MacMillan's book
Biographical: Awards, Boston University Honorary Doctorate, DBM, 1937
Biographical: Awards, Bowdoin College Honorary Doctorate, MLM, 1980, Nasson College, 1960
Biographical: Awards, Bowdoin Prize, 1954
Biographical: Awards, Jewish War Veterans Distinguished Service Award, 1964
Biographical: Awards, Bradford Washburn Award, 1967
Biographical: Awards, various, 1922, 1949, 1963
Biographical: Car accident, MLM, 1962
Biographical: Certificates of birth, marriage, and death for DBM and MLM, 1874-1970
Biographical: Certificates of membership, 1941-1947
Biographical: Certificates of membership, membership cards, DBM 1912-1970, n.d.
Biographical: Certificates of membership, membership cards, MLM 1928-1986
Biographical: Certificates, citations, and proclamations, DBM, 1949-1981, n.d.
Biographical: Certificates, insurance, 1918, 1948, 1950
Biographical: College rank and attendance reports, DBM, April 6, 1894-April 1, 1898
Biographical: Curriculum vitae for Donald B. MacMillan, ca. 1944
Biographical: Freeport High School report cards, DBM, 1891-1893
Biographical: Honorary membership certificate, The Adventurers' Club, 1931
Biographical: Letter of Recommendation for DBM from W. DeWitt Hyde, July 6, 1989
Biographical: Masonic Resolution of Respect, 1970; Arctic Circle certificate, 1954
Biographical: Medical reports, DBM, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954
Biographical: Obituaries, DBM, 1970
Biographical: Purchase of Provincetown, Massachusetts home, 1851-1948
Biographical: State of Maine recognition certificate, MLM, 1986
Biographical: Tax return, 1927
Biographical: Teaching certificate, Levi Hall High School, Gorham, ME, 1898
Biographical: Tributes, biographical notes, lists, 1947-1971, n.d.
Biographical: The Society of Woman Geographers bulletin update correspondence, MLM, 1983
Biographical: US Navy certificates, ID cards, orders, contracts, 1922, 1925, 1941-1945, n.d.
Biographical: Wedding announcement, DBM and MLM, 1935
Biographical: Who's Who correspondence
Bowdoin College Alumni Association Material
Bowdoin College Press Releases, 1949-1984
Bulletins and newsletters about DBM, 1924-1958
Bulletins and newsletters about DBM, 1960-2014, n.d.
Bustins Island Racing Association
Cairn finding of 1906 Peary letter by Geoffrey Hattersley Smith, 1954
Calendars with photos of Schooner BOWDOIN, 1960, 1979
Ellesmere Island Commerative Arctic Expedition information, 1982-1984
Explorer's Club materials, invitations, programs, 1914, 1958-1969, n.d.
Henderson papers, gift of James B. Winder
Henson, Matthew, materials collected by DBM and MLM
Kane, Elisha Kent, material
Kane Lodge Material
MacMillan Arctic Association papers: 1920-1924
MacMillan Arctic Association papers: 1925-1926, 1933-1934
MacMillan Arctic Association papers: 1939, 1941, n.d.
"A Museum at Provincetown for Donald B. MacMillan", plans, n.d.
MacMillan-Moravian Mission School
Notes: Arctic Expedition of HMS ALERT, 1875-1876
Notes: "Arctic Information" pp. 50-60, and TOC, t.s.
Notes: "Arctic Information" pp. 6-81 electrostatic copy
Notes: "Arctic Information" pp. 6-81, m.s.
Notes: "General Information": "Adiabatic Heat"; "Air;" "American Polar Expeditions"; "Arctic Fox"; "Astronomy"; "Aurora"; "Bear, Polar;" "Birds North of 76 deg," "Birds"; "Caribou"; "Cairns"; "Cary Islands"; "Clothing"; "Treatment of the Eskimo Dog"; "Effects of Cold..." "Colors"; "Compass Variations"; "Communication with Home"; "West Greenland Current"; "Darkness"; "Effect of Long Polar Night..."; "Deaths in the Arctic"; "Devil's Thumb"
Notes: "General Information": "Drift on the Ice"; "Efflorescence"; "Egedesminde"; "Eider Duck"; "Erik and Other Ships"; "Errors in Reporting Land"; "Expeditions from New York"; "Explorers Who Have Died..."; "Explorers Discredited"; "Polar Eskimos;" "Eskimos Who Have Visited Civilization"; "Eskimo Help"; "Fire"; "Foehn Wind"; "Food"; "Facts Relating to... Loss of Franklin"; "Geology"; "Greenland"; "Halos"; "Hans Christian;" "Arctic Hare"; "Russian Hermit"; "House"; "Ice Foot"; "Insanity"; "Kane Expedition..."; "Kites"; "Land Reported"; "Latent Heat"; "Lemmings"; "Littleton Island"; "Loom and Mirage"; "Strange Animals Seen"; "Accumulation of Moisture"; "Musk Oxen"; "Narwhal"; "Newspapers"; "Salt Water Ice"; "Sun"; "Spirits"; "Facts Concerning the So-Called White Eskimo"
Notes: "General Information": "Expeditions from New York" through "Facts Concerning the So-Called White Eskimos" [electrostatic copy]
Notes: "General Information": "Greenland Ice Fields" through "Compass Variations" [electrostatic copy]
Notes: "General Information": "West Greenland Current" through "Errors in Reporting Land" [electrostatic copy]
Notes: Exploration of Ellesmere Land, Axel Heiberg Land (incomplete)
Notes: List of Arctic books owned by DBM, alphabetical by author
Notes: List of Arctic books owned by DBM, alphabetical by title
Notes: list of books on Labrador
Notes: list of important dates in exporation compiled by DBM, ca. 1933
Notes: List of magazine articles by DBM, as of 1930
Notes: List of Arctic books by shelf
Notes: Lists of books and papers given to MacMillan Arctic Library, 1979
Notes: Lists of books, Arctic and exploration (4 small notebooks)
Notes: Misc notes on Arctic anthropology
Notes: Misc notes on Arctic history
Notes: Misc notes on the Arctic
Notes: Misc notes on the Arctic
Notes: Summary of Arctic books, 1933
Notes: The Eskimo of Labrador
Notes: The history of Maine
Patent for heater, DBM, 1922
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum plans, West Wall, 1967
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall floor plan, n.d.
Press Releases, 1948-1984, n.d.
Product Endorsement: Esty Tea, n.d.
Publishing agreements and contracts, DBM and MLM, 1917, 1924-1929, 1947-1952, 1963
Radio licenses, 1923-1928, 1949
Report: "Examination of Fuel from Admiral Peary Cache…," 1955
Zenith short wave radio materials, 1925, 1954, n.d.
The schooner Bowdoin was designed (specifically for Arctic exploration), under the direction of MacMillan, by William H. Hand. The schooner was built, in 1921, in East Boothbay, Maine at the Hodgdon Brothers Shipyard. This series contains documents, plans, correspondence, articles, reports, and ephemera concerning the building of the schooner Bowdoin, her use in World War II, her stints at Mystic Seaport and in Camden Harbor, and her restoration.
Bill for schooner construction from Hodgdon Brothers, 1921
Bill of sale, MacMillan Arctic Association to Donald B. MacMillan, 1945
Bill of sale, offer for purchase, War Shipping Administration to MacMillan Arctic Association, 1944-1945
Bills and receipts for repairs and storage, 1946-1958
Color print by C. J. A. Wilson, 1938, signed by Donald and Miriam MacMillan
Copy negative and print of schooner Bowdoin, n.d.
Crew list for trip to Mystic, 1959
"The Evolution of the Sailing Ship", 1907
Insurance policies for Schooner Bowdoin, 1935, 1954
Letter from Donald B. MacMillan to the New York Sun, 1920 Sep 25, regarding publicizing the laying of the keel for the schooner Bowdoin
Marine Historical Association, Ships Committee meeting reports, 1966-1967
Newletters, articles, and ephemera, re: Mystic Seaport, 1959, 1961, n.d.
Newsletters, articles, and ephemera, general, 1959-1985, n.d.
Plans for Schooner Bowdoin: blueprints, 1920, n.d.
Plans for Schooner Bowdoin: Cabin plan prepared by John G. Alden, naval architect, n.d.
Plans for Schooner Bowdoin: Drawing [roll #59] of schooner Bowdoin "traced from a whiteprint of design no. 444 by William H. Hand Jr. dated December 30, 1919"
Press releases, 1959-1981, n.d.
Restoration of schooner Bowdoin by Inter Island Expeditions: fund raising and budget material, 1977-1981, n.d.
Restoration of schooner Bowdoin by Inter Island Expeditions: restoration planning, educational programming, 1967-1984, n.d.
Stationery and envelopes with schooner Bowdoin picture or letterhead, n.d.
Tributes to schooner Bowdoin, 1925, 1958, 1959, n.d.
This series contains a chart of Frobisher Bay showing the track of the Franklin Research Expedition in the 1860s, book jackets, dinner menus, programs, invitations, genealogical material for the MacMillan and Look families, and other ephemeral material. In addition, the series contains greeting and holiday cards, some hand drawn by Kate Hettasch, drawings and paintings by various artists, and postage stamps depicting the Arctic. Other notable items include: a reward certificate from Sir John Franklin for apprehending runaway prisoners (1939), a Senate Joint Resolution bestowing silver medals to the members of the Peary Polar Expedition (1939), an oversize hand drawn honorary degree for Miriam MacMillan from Kate Hettasch, a giant valentine card from Donald MacMillan to Miriam MacMillan, a "Night of Exploration Dinner" program signed by Lowell Thomas and Vilhjamur Stefansson (1961), and a cloth pouch from the Moravian Mission. Realia includes a 48-star American flag, ownership attributed to Donald MacMillan, and a Bowdoin Pennant that flew through the 1934 MacMillan Arctic Expedition and the 1939 Byrd Expedition.
Arranged alphabetically.
1931-1933 MacMillan Aerial Expedition poster, two copies, 1931
1934 MacMillan Arctic Expedition, Bowdoin College Pennant
48 State American Flag, ownership attributed to Donald Baxter MacMillan
Advertisements and calendars
"American Whalers Crushed in the Ice", calendar clipping, 1960
Book Jackets, DBM and MLM, n.d.
Book order brochures, Everett Allen, MLM
Bowdoin College bookplate, DBM, n.d.
Bowdoin College Open House, 1948
Bowdoin College Open House, 1949
Bowdoin College Open House, 1950
Bowdoin College Open House, 1954
Bowdoin College Open House, 1959
Calendar advertisement, 1955
Calling cards, n.d.
"Cape Cod, Provincetown, Capt Mac's Garden, July 1953", painting, artist unknown
Camp Wynchmere catalogs, 1907 and 1908
Chart of Frobisher Bay showing track of C. F. Hall, Franklin Research Expedition, 1860-1862
Cloth pouch, notes inside indicate it is from Moravian Mission
"Dash to the Pole", proof
Dinner menus, 1912-1967
Envelopes, 1900-1944, n.d.
Genealogical material, Look Family, 1944-1975, n.d.
Genealogical material, Look, Moses J., 1935-1944
Genealogical material, MacMillan family, 1947, n.d.
Hand drawn honorary degree for DBM and MLM from Kate Hettasch
Holiday greeting cards, 1913-1985, n.d.
Invitations, 1912-1971, n.d.
Jackson, John, materials regarding Moscow Coronation of 1895
Levi Hall High School, Gorham, ME, report cards, 1899
Miscellaneous printed material, 1893-1972, n.d.
Mockup of "Cape Cod, Provincetown, Capt Mac's Garden, July 1953" painting, artist unknown
Money, bills from various countries
Money, five Kroner note mailed to Chauncey Waldron by DBM in 1941
Nautical Preparatory School faculty list with duties, n.d.
Nain Kiddies to Their Friend, Captain Mac, an album of Inuit children's drawings, n.d.
"Night of Exploration Dinner", program, signed by Lowell Thomas and Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1961
"Night of Exploration Dinner", program, 1962
Notecards, 1913. 1949, 1962-1985, n.d.
Organizational chart, US Shipping Board Recruiting Service, 1918
Organizational charts, Winston & Company, n.d.
Painting by C. Glaster Pinxit of Lake Bennett
Photograph Album from the Hettasches of Nain, Labrador, 1930
Plates from books, n.d.
Postage stamps, "Arctic Explorations 1909", 1959
Poster, "A Radiogram from the Arctic", n.d.
Printed proofs of ink drawings and photographs used in publications, n.d.
Programs and tickets, 1882-1978
Reward certificate for apprehending runaway prisoners from Sir John Franklin, 1839
Senate Joint Resolution: silver medals to Peary Polar Expedition Members, 1939
Stationary, 1908-1931, n.d.
Swarthmore Preparatory School catalog, 1900-1901
Sword
Three drawings by G. Kelist of Godhavn, Greenland
Valentine card [DBM to MLM]
Zenith Radio Advertisement, 1924
Scrapbooks and folders of newspaper clippings collected by Miriam MacMillan. The articles concern Arctic expeditions by Donald and Miriam MacMillan, people connected with the Arctic, and books written by Miriam MacMillan. Also included are a large collection of newspaper clippings from a clippings service, mostly from the time of Donald MacMillan's aerial expeditions in the 1920s, and clippings collected by the Bowdoin Alumni office.
Organized in 2 series: Scrapbooks and Clippings, and News Service Clippings. Arranged chronologically.
1849-1977, Arctic interest
1879-81, George W. Delong's North Pole Expedition 1879-81 [clippings] (no. 77)
1898-1959, People connected to the Arctic
1908-1909 "The Discovery of the North Pole by Robert E. Peary, USN", by DBM, scrapbook
1908-1909 North Pole Expedition, scrapbook
1910, 1918-1919, Donald MacMillan
1913-1963 "Donald B. MacMillan", scrapbook
1920s, Donald MacMillan
1923, "Boston Sunday Post's Special Map to Help You Follow MacMillan, Amundson, and Other Polar Explorations, June 21, 1923
1923, scrapbook
1923-1924, scrapbook
1924, scrapbook
1924-1970, Schooner Bowdoin
1924-1925, scrapbook
1925, scrapbook
1925, scrapbook
1925 Arctic Expedition, prepared by Daisy Woods Williams, scrapbook
1925, 1927, 1949, 1969, n.d., Pictures with captions
1925-1952 Donald MacMillan expeditions and lectures, scrapbook
1927-1932, n.d., Book reviews and lecture announcements, scrapbook
1927-1928, 1964, n.d., scrapbook
1930s, Donald and Miriam MacMillan
1931-1985, n.d., People and objects of interest to the Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum
1937-1939, 1957-1958, n.d., scrapbook
1940s, Donald and Miriam MacMillan
1948-1949, scrapbook
1948-1962, n.d. (bulk 1948-1949), Reviews of books written by Miriam MacMillan
1949, scrapbook
1949-1963, n.d., Scrapbook pages
1950-1951, "Etuk, the Eskimo Hunter"
1950s, Donald and Miriam MacMillan
1951, "I Married an Explorer"
1954, n.d., Everett S. Allen articles re: Donald MacMillan
1959-1985, n.d., scrapbook
1960s, Donald and Miriam MacMillan
1962, Miriam MacMillan's auto accident
1962, "A Cape Codder on Polar Ice", book review of Arctic Odyssey, written by Trevor Lloyd
1962-1988, n.d., People connected to the Arctic
1964-1970, n.d., scrapbook
1970s, Donald and Miriam MacMillan
1972-1991, n.d., Schooner Bowdoin
1980-1985, n.d. Arctic interest
1980s, Donald and Miriam MacMillan
n.d., "Wonderland Man" by Rutherford Platt
n.d., Donald and Miriam MacMillan
n.d., Transcript of news article for the Portland Press Herald written by Grace Crosby Murray concerning F. H. Schnell and his radio communications with DBM and the "Bowdoin"
Autograph scrapbook
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings
"Class of 1898 D.B. MacMillan Volume I 1908-1922", scrapbook
"Class of 1898 D.B. MacMillan Volume II 1921-1937", scrapbook
"Class of 1898 D.B. MacMillan Volume III 1937-1954", scrapbook
Various maps and pencil drawings re. George W. Delong and John P. Jackson (no. 76b)
Clippings 1921-1923
Clippings 1925
Clippings 1925
Clippings 1925
Clippings 1925
Clippings 1925
Clippings 1925
Clippings 1925
Clippings 1925
Clippings 1925
Clippings by Expedition and Subject
Clippings by year
Clippings collected by Alumni Office, by year
Clippings, mixed years
Clippings, mixed years
Clippings, mixed years
Arranged by size then alphabetically.
This series includes photographs of Donald MacMillan at Bowdoin, Donald and Miriam MacMillan at events and on expeditions, many images of the schooner Bowdoin and the schooner Gertrude Thebaud, and various photos of expedition crew members.
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College includes approximately 15,000 images taken by Donald B. MacMillan between 1908, when he was a member of Peary's North Pole expedition, and 1954, his last expedition to Greenland. Digitized selections are available via the Museum's Web Kiosk.
A.O. Gross with Bowdoin students (?)
Bowdoin Under Sail, envelope, negatives in envelope.
Bowdoin with crew. Postcard, written to Victoria Lowden, June 21, 1926, mailed June 22, 1926
Camp scene, c. 1
Camp scene, c. 2
Color postcard of Peary
Commander DB MacMillan
Crew, Schooner Bowdoin, n.d.
DBM
DBM aboard S.S. Roosevelt, preparing for Peary North Pole Expedition, 1908-09
DBM at ship's wheel
DBM at the helm of a ship (Bowdoin?), 1946. "Commander Donald B. MacMillan, Arctic Explorer", (P.town)
DBM boarding ship
DBM in furs with dog aboard ship
DBM standing by North Pole painting, Explorers Club
DBM with crew
DBM with dogs
DBM with members of Bowdoin football team
DBM with Peary painting, Explorers Club
DBM with unidentified man
Dog
Elisa Kent Kane, portrait. "Photograph from a daguerrotype by Brady, of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, U.S.N. in possession of Gen. A. W. Greely, presented to Miss Kane, Dec 10, 1919" "1024 Clinton Street, Philadelphia, 11 Dec. 1919" "For Donald B. MacMillan, with thanks and much appreciation of his generous enthusiasm for Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, from Florence Bayard Kane".
Elisha Kent Kane, Portrait
Gertrude Thebaud, "Gloucester Fishing Schooner Gertrude Thebaud, used by MacMillan for Arctic Expedition, 1937"
Inuits at camp, postcard
Itlukusuk, the Inuit who accompanied MacMillan on Crocker Land and 1923/24 expedition, first Inughuit to fly a plane (1925) (Info from Genny Lemoine)
L.B. Strout, launch of Schooner Bowdoin
Landscape with House.
Landscape
Launch of Schooner Bowdoin by L.B. Strout
Launch of Schooner Bowdoin by L.B. Strout
Launch of Schooner Bowdoin by L.B. Strout
Launch of Schooner Bowdoin by L.B. Strout
Launch of Schooner Bowdoin by L.B. Strout
Launch of Schooner Bowdoin by L.B. Strout
Launch of Schooner Bowdoin by L.B. Strout
Launch of Schooner Bowdoin by L.B. Strout
Launch of Schooner Bowdoin by L.B. Strout
Langdon Gibson, General Greeley's daughter, General Greeley (L-R)
MacMillan dog team, Auburn, Maine, Feb. Carnival, 1924
MacMillan dog team, Auburn, Maine, Feb. Carnival, 1924
MacMillan dog team, Auburn, Maine, Feb. Carnival, 1924
MacMillan dog team, Auburn, Maine, Feb. Carnival, 1924
MacMillan dog team, Auburn, Maine, Feb. Carnival, 1924
MacMillan dog team, Auburn, Maine, Feb. Carnival, 1924, "Lead Dog"
MacMillan dog team, Auburn, Maine, Feb. Carnival, 1924, envelope containing photos
MacMillan dog team, Auburn, Maine, Feb. Carnival, 1924--ID Marker
Miriam MacMillan
Negatives of Schooner Bowdoin
Schooner Bowdoin, Christmas card from DBM and MLM
Schooner Bowdoin, postcard, copyright 1975
"Self in My Room"
"Self in Polar Sea" fragments.
Ship (Bowdoin?) in water near camp, postcard, c. 1
Ship (Bowdoin?) in water near camp, postcard, c. 2
Ship (Bowdoin?) in water near camp, postcard, c. 3
Ship's crew
The Bowdoin in (Kangerdluksank) Fiord, west coast of Greenland, 300 miles beyond Arctic Circle
The Schooner Bowdoin leaving Wiscasset, Maine, for Arctic regions, [n.d.]
Unidentified man, "cleaned up after long trip"
Unidentified man, "your grandfather just in from the Grand Banks!"
Unidentified men, "Forecastle"
Unidentified woman
"Your grandfather out of his sleeping bag to stop dogs brawling."
Arctic Odyssey Cover, 1962
Arctic Odyssey Cover, 1962
Worcester Academy Gym Team, with DBM as coach, 1909-1910
Arctic Museum bookstore display
Austin McCormick (Bowdoin College) speaking at MacMillan Arctic Society, from Wiscasset, Maine.
Autographed tribute to Peary team, Explorers' Club Dinner, March 14, 1958
Clip from the Geographic Society Bulletin, October, 1947, Schooner Bowdoin
Couple sitting on boat, the Bowdoin
DBM
DBM
DBM (Older) with three unidentified people
DBM and MLM with two unidentified people
DBM boat crew
DBM graduating from Freeport High School, 1893. "Class oration by D. B. MacMillan AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP"
DBM in furs with dog
DBM on ship with puppy.
DBM Portrait by Bachrach, inscribed for Mary C. Fallon, 1931 Jun 15.
DBM with Bowdoin Football Team, 1897, c.1
DBM with Bowdoin Football Team, 1897, c.2
DBM with Freeport High School baseball team
DBM with several unidentified men (Bowdoin people?), A.O. Gross, and Bowdoin students
Elisha Kent Kane, Portrait.
Gertrude Thebaud, "Gloucester Fishing Schooner (Racer) that MacMillan sailed to Arctic in 1937 (Nautical School Afloat) to Labrador and Baffin Island. 37 professors and students, MacMillan professor of anthropology, navigation, and other sciences. Jack Crowell, Captain of Gertrude Thebaud.
Gertrude Thebaud, "Gloucester Fishing Schooner (Racer) that MacMillan sailed to the Arctic in 1937. 37 professors and students to Labrador Baffin Island (School Afloat) in 1937--Captain Jack Crowell, Captain of Gertrude Thebaud".
Gertrude Thebaud, negative
Launch of Schooner Bowdoin by L.B. Strout
Mast of the Bowdoin
"Muscular Mac when at Bowdoin"
Off Baffin Island
Photo of Schooner Bowdoin and Heather, by F.W. Brink, "Official Mystic Seaport Photograph", August 5, 1964
Photo, DBM and MLM
Schooner Bowdoin underway
Schooner Bowdoin, Photo by F.W. Brink, "Official Mystic Seaport Photograph", August 5, 1964
Sledge
Souvenir photograph of the Bowdoin with vignette insert of D. B. MacMillan, n.d.
Tea and supplies
The Bowdoin
The Bowdoin
Two men aboard the Bowdoin
Two women on the boat, The Bowdoin
Schooner Bowdoin, calendar picture
Schooner Bowdoin, calendar picture, signed by DBM and MLM to Johnny Ring
Schooner Bowdoin, calendar picture, "this picture of the Bowdoin and piece of man and his ship was used on Monsanto Chemical Company calendar year 1938"
Text accompanying Bowdoin calendar picture, "A Man and His Ship"
DBM and Bowdoin
Photo folio of Nautilus, sculpture by George Thompson, with text, 1958
DBM seated, wearing overcoat and white cap, n.d.
DBM, 1905, Worcester Academy (?)
Schooner Bowdoin and DBM at the helm of a ship, 1946 (two photos)
Roger Hawthorne '29 with the Bowdoin Pennant, flown during the Byrd Expedition of 1939 and the MacMillan-Bowdoin College Expedition of 1934. Photo, telegram, and article clipping.
This series of charts and maps includes navigational charts from Donald MacMillan's Arctic expeditions, soundings charts from his work mapping coastlines, navigational charts with radio beacon overlay from his work with Zenith Corporation, wartime military base maps, and charts with hand drawn routes, timestamps, and navigational hazards. The first series contains charts and maps annotated in MacMillan's hand or by his crew, and the second series contains various unmarked charts.
Arranged by geographic region and generally north to south within the region.
Canada, Bay of Fundy: Southern Part; Grand Manan Island and Adjacent Coast
Canada, Canadian Arctic: Frobisher Bay, Davis Strait (9)
Canada, Canadian Arctic: Baffin Island, Cape Dier to Cape Searle, Clephane Bay to Cape Micklesham, Kingnelling Fjord to North Pangnirtung Fjord, Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound (13)
Canada, Cape Breton Island: Bras D'Or Lake and Approaches, Great and Little Bras D'Or Lakes
Canada, Cape Breton Island: Madame Island and Lennox Passage, The Gut of Canso with its Southern Approaches and Chedabucto Bay, S.E. Part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (6)
Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canada: Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait (5)
Canada, Labrador Coast: Strait of Belle Isle to Port Manvers, Labrador Coast, Grand Banks to Davis Strait, (7)
Canada, Labrador, Northern Coast: Cape Chidley (4)
Canada, Labrador, North: Cape Chidley to Saglek Bay (5)
Canada, Labrador Northern Coast: Saglek Bay to Nain, Cape Mugford, Okak Bay, Saglek Bay to Hebron Fjord (5)
Canada, Labrador, Midcoast: Sandwich Bay to Nain, Jeannette Bay to Tuchialik Bay (8)
Canada, Labrador, Midcoast: Hamilton Inlet (5)
Canada, Labrador, Southeast Coast: Cape St. Charles to Sandwich Bay, Cape Greep to Cape Porcupine, Boulter Rock to Domino Run, Domino Run (9)
Canada, Labrador, Southeast Coast: Strait of Belle Isle, Chateau Bay, St. Lewis Sound and Inlet (6)
Canada, Newfoundland: West and South Coasts of Newfoundland, Newfoundland Southern Part (4)
Canada, Newfoundland: Northern Part and the Adjacent Coast of Labrador, Approach to the Strait of Belle Isle, From Ste. Genevieve Bay to Orange Bay and the Strait of Belle Isle (7)
Canada, Newfoundland: West Coast of Newfoundland and South Coast of Quebec, Hawke Bay to Ste. Genevieve Bay, Northeast Part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence(5)
Canada, Nova Scotia: South Coast, Yarmouth Harbor, Lockeport Harbor to Cape Sable, Cape Sable to Yarmouth (4)
Canada, Nova Scotia: S.E. Coast, New Harbor Cove to White Island Bay, Jeddore Harbor to Port Dover, White Island Bay to Jeddore Harbor (5)
Canada, Nova Scotia: S.E. Coast of Nova Scotia from Cape Sable to Sambro Island (5)
Canada, Nova Scotia: S.E.Coast of Nova Scotia from Sambro Island to Cape Canso (6)
Greenland, North: 1st Thule Expedition 1912 Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen, Kane Basin, Smith Sound, Baffin and Melville Bay (6)
Greenland, West Coast: Godhavn, Umanak Sheet, Umanak Fjord (5)
Greenland, West Coast: Sukkertoppen, Southwest Greenland US Army Radio Landing, Holstenborg Area, Hollaender Havn, Frederiksdal Harbor, Sondre Stromfjord, Holstenborg Sheet, Angujartorfik Harbor, Arsuk to Holstenborg (9)
Greenland, West Coast: From Holstenborg til Upernivik, Disko Fjord, Christianshaab, Egedesminde Sheet, Harbors and Anchorages on the West Coast of Greenland (6)
Greenland, West Coast, Far North: Thule Harbor, Murchison Sound to Wolstenholme Fjord, Prince Regents Bay, Upernivik to Etah (6)
North Atlantic Coast and Arctic Sea: Base Map of North American Arctic, Arctic Archipelago with North-West Passage, Melville Sound (5)
North Atlantic Coast: Great Circle Sailing Chart of North Atlantic Ocean, Martha's Vineyard to Block Island, Boston Bay and Approaches, Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod, Western Sheet, Flemish Cap to New York (6)
North Atlantic Coast: Northern Sheet, Northwestern Sheet, Isachsen Island to De Long Fjord, Southeast Coast of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Halifax to New York (9)
United States, Maine: Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers, Damariscotta and Medomak Rivers, Monhegan to Cape Elizabeth (5)
United States, Maine: West Penobscot Bay, Penobscot Bay and Approaches, St. George River and Muscle Ridge Channel (5)
United States, Maine: Quoddy Roads to Petit Manan Island, Nash I. to Schoodic I., Cross Island to Nash Island, Moose Cove to Englishman Bay, Blue HIll Bay and the Eastern Part of Mt. Desert Island, Blue Hill Bay and the Western Part of Mt. Desert Island, Frenchman and Blue Hill Bays and Approaches (7)
Canada, New Brunswick, (5)
Canada, Newfoundland (10)
Canada, Newfoundland (14)
Canada, Nova Scotia (20)
Canada, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island (21)
Canada: Canadian Arctic, Baffin Bay (18)
Canada: Canadian Arctic, Davis Strait (11)
Canada: Canadian Arctic, Frobisher Bay (10)
Canada: Canadian Arctic, Frobisher Bay, Hall's Chart (41)
Canada: Canadian Arctic, Upper Baffin Bay, Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island, Devon Island, Smith Sound (14)
Canada: Canadian Arctic, Upper/Northern Frobisher Bay (16)
Canada: Canadian Arctic: Victoria Island, Banks Island, Amundsen Gulf, Foxe Basin, Foxe Channel, Prince Wales Island, Melville Island (6)
Canada: Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait (14)
Canada: Labrador Coast
Canada: Labrador East Coast; Packs Harbor, Indian Tickle, Black Tickle, Hamilton Bay, Cape Carles, Sandwich Bay, Domino Run, Battle Harbor (14)
Canada: Labrador East Coast; Red Bay, Blanc-Sablon, Harrington, Chateau Bay, Belle Isle (6)
Canada: Labrador Northern Coast, Cape Chidley (11)
Canada: Labrador Northern Coast, Cape Chidley to Saglek Bay (9)
Canada: Labrador Northern Coast, Cod Island, Anchorstock, Cape Mugford, Saglek to Nain (8)
Canada: Labrador Northern Coast, Saglek Bay to Hebron Fjord (8)
Canada: Labrador, Port Manvers and Nain (17)
Canada: Labrador, Sandwich Bay to Nain, Cape Harrigan (9)
Canada: Labrador, Ungava Bay
Canada: Miscellaneous (13)
Canada: St. Lawrence River, Gulf of St. Lawrence (6)
Circumpolar Charts
Greenland, Southwest Coast: Arsuk and Ivigtut areas (11)
Greenland, Southwest Coast: Disko Island area (18)
Greenland, Southwest Coast: Frederikshab area (8)
Greenland, Southwest Coast: Julianhaab area (16)
Greenland, Southwest Coast: Sondre Stromfjord area (13)
Greenland, West Coast: Faeringhavn, Godthaab, Frederikshab (16)
Greenland, West Coast: Holstenborg area (10)
Greenland, West Coast: Jacobshavn area (6)
Greenland, West Coast: Sukkertoppen area (8)
Greenland: East Coast (15)
Greenland: East Coast (15)
Greenland: Northwest and Far North (22)
Greenland: South Coast (10)
Iceland I
Iceland II
United States: Maine, Deer Isle to Cape Elizabeth
United States: Maine, Petit Manan to Blue Hill
United States: Massachusetts and East Coast
Worldwide: Miscellaneous, Annotated and not annotated (30)