Guide to the MacMillan-Morse collection, 1862-1984
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MacMillan-Morse Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Dr. Edward K. Morse accompanied Donald MacMillan on his 1947 expedition. Upon MacMillan's death in 1970, his wife, Miriam Look MacMillan, went to live with Dr. Morse and his wife. Morse, the executor of Miriam MacMillan's estate, donated the collection to the College in 1995.
The collection contains correspondence between Donald and Miriam MacMillan, and between the MacMillans and Mr. and Mrs. Moses and Washburn, among others. It also includes diary excerpts from Donald MacMillan (1917, 1925, 1928, 1937-8, 1942-5, 1947-50, 1954, 1957), publications, copies of lectures, newspaper articles, material on Donald MacMillan's 1967 Washburn Award, on Miriam's membership in the Explorer's Club, and on the Schooner Bowdoin; and book manuscripts written by Donald MacMillan.
Items are arranged by the AM Number system.
The Donald Baxter MacMillan Collection, the Miriam MacMillan Bequest, and the MacMillan-Thebaud Collection compliment this collection.
Listing (Index)
Handwritten Letters
Copied Letters
Miscellaneous
Diary Notes
Diary and Articles
Publications, pamphlets, and annoucements of death
Miscellaneous
MacMillan Publishing Contract
MacMillan Correspondence
Art and Maps
Reader's Digest Copies
Pamphlets, Brochures, Member Cards
Pamphlets and Newsletters
Manuscript: MacMillan's Arctic Schooner
Schooner "Bowdoin"
Preparation Materials and Maps
MacMillan's Arctic Expedition" Print
Miscellaneous
Photos and Cards
MacMillan Book Plates
Poem on MacMillan
MacMillan Writings
Pamphlets and Advertisements
Histories and the Bowdoin
MacMillan's Diary Excerpts
American Heritage, April 1962
Miscellaneous