Guide to the Sabine-Brown Collection, 1909-1978, undated
No Restrictions.
Transferred from the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College.
Sabine-Brown Collections, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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The Grenfell Reindeer Project was an attempt from 1907-1914 to introduce reindeer from Scandanavia to Newfoundland and Labrador. The goal was to have a new domesticated animal for work in northern Canada. Stephen Sabine was actively involved in the field on this project and documented his time there. Ultimately, the project failed as the reindeer died off and they introduced diseases to local populations of Caribou.
This collection includes Stephen Sabine's diary of his time working for the Grenfell Reindeer Project in Newfoundland and Labrador. It also includes clippings relevant to the project, a letter to Rachel M. Brown, and an itinerary for a trip down the Labrador coast.
Arranged chronologically.
Diary of Stephen Sabine describing trip to Newfoundland and Labrador, 1909
The Landing of the Reindeer, by Jesse Luther, in Among the Deep Sea Fishers and Making the Reindeer, by a Member of the Labrador Medical Mission, in Among the Deep Sea Fishers, xerox copies, 1909-1913
Grenfell Missions Christmas Card, 1910
Newspaper clipping: Reindeer Experiment Proves Unsuccessful, from The Evening Herald, Feb 11 1914
Newspaper clipping: St. Paul Man Lived Week on Trout Alone in Labrador Wild, By Edward Barr and John J.H. Evans, from St. Paul Sunday Pioneer Press, February 20, 1921
Landing the Reindeer, by Jessie Luther in Among the Deep Sea Fishers, 1954
Letter from Dosia Jackson to Rachel Brown re: Stephen Sabine's Diary, Jan 24 1978
Itinerary of a Modern Trip Down the Labrador Coast, undated