Guide to the Walter E. Ekblaw papers, 1913-1918, undated
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Walter E. Ekblaw Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Walter Elmer Ekblaw was born on March 10, 1882 in Champaign County, Illinois. He was one of six children born to Andrew Ekblaw (1854-1923) and Ingrid (Johnson) Ekblaw (1860-1942). He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.A. in 1910. He taught at the University of Illinois from 1910 to 1913. He subsequently became a research associate with the American Museum of Natural History. From 1913 to 1917, he served as geologist and botanist of the Crocker Land Expedition lead by Donald Baxter MacMillan. He attended Clark University where he received a Ph.D. in 1926 and served as a professor of geography at Clark University from 1924 to 1949. He died in 1949 and was buried at the Glen Cemetery in Ford County, Illinois.
Materials relating to the 1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence sent before and during the expedition, field notebooks with scientific observations (geology, botany, ornithology, etc.), personal journals, as well as many inserts found within the notebooks.
Arranged in notebook number order. Correspondence organized alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically.
Additional volumes related to the Crocker Land expedition digitized from the Donald B. MacMillan papers (M118), the Miriam MacMillan papers (M119), and the Maurice C. Tanquary papers (M328).
The Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin holds other material from the Crocker Land expedition and mounted an exhibition in 2014.
Digitization of materials related to the Crocker Land Expedition generously funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, 2016.
A.G. Spalding & Bros, 1913
Bausch & Lomb Optical, 1913
Bent, A.C., 1913
Binoculars, 1913
Blank stationery
Borup, H.D., 1913
Britton, Elizabeth G., 1913
Comer, George, 1916-1917
Cornell University, 1913
Cooke, Wells W., 1913
Firearms, 1913
Freuchen, Peter, 1915-1916
Grand Forks Herald, 1913
Green, Fitzhugh, 1912-1916
Headquarters Report, 1914-1915
Hobbs, W.H., 1913
Homan, William, 1913
Hovey, Edmund O., 1912-1917
Hunt, Harrison J., 1915-1916
Illinois Urbana, University of, 1913
Individuals, 1912-1913
James, Leonard V., 1913
Jot, 1915-1916
Leitz Optical, 1913
MacMillan, Donald B., 1912-1917
Mene, 1916
Miscellaneous, 1912-1915, n.d.
Miscellaneous Lists
Natural History, American Museum of, 1913-1916
New York Times, 1913
Peabody Museum/Yale, 1912-1913
Photography, Illinois College of, 1913
Pickles, H.C., 1916
Rough plans, 1913
Scientific Technique, 1910-1915, n.d.
Simmons, H.G., 1913
Tanquary, Maurice C., 1913-1916
Thermometers, 1913
Wilson, Jospeh R., 1913
Wood, George V., 1913
Crocker Land field notebook no. 1 Botany Accessions
Crocker Land field notebook no. 2 Crockerland Trip
Crocker Land field notebook no. 3 Miscellaneous Botany
Crocker Land field notebook no. 4 Summer 1914
Crocker Land field notebook no. 5 Ellesmere Island Trip, March-June 1915 Book III
Crocker Land field notebook no. 6 Winter 1914-1915
Crocker Land field notebook no. 8 Miscellaneous data, Library, Photographs
Crocker Land field notebook no. 10 December-January 1912-1914
Crocker Land field notebook no. 18 Equipment
Crocker Land field notebook no. 31 Geology Accessions January 15-May 23, 1917
Crocker Land field notebook no. 33 Botany
Crocker Land field notebook no. 35 Geology Sept. 24 1916 - Jan 14, 1917
Crocker Land field notebook no. 45 Boxes of Specimens MCT
Crocker Land field notebook no. 46 Field Diary April 13-June 13 [1916]
Crocker Land field notebook no. 61 Vocabulary
Crocker Land field notebook no. 62 Umanak, Thule references Summer 1916
Crocker Land field notebook no. 64 Field Diary II 1916 June 13-Sept. 23
Crocker Land field notebook no. 66 Nov 19-23 1915
Crocker Land field notebook no. 72 Ornithology
Crocker Land field notebook no. 84 Glaciology and Meteorology
Crocker Land field notebook with notes on Ellesmere Island trip
Crocker Land field notebook
Crocker Land Journal: G
Crocker Land Journal: I, Meteorology
Address Book, 1912
Personal Diary, Sept - Nov 1913
Ellesmere and Ginnell Land Trip, 1915
Ornithology, Summer 1916, Thule
Travelogue, 1916-1917
Daylogue for all Years, 1916-1918
Diary, May 24-August 22 1917
Ornithology, South Upernavik, 1917
Small black notebook written in 1918
Diary, Augusta May, 1918
Botany field notes from Crocker Land Expedition
Geology Notes
Geology and Paleontology
Herbarium Statements
Lists of Botanical Specimens
Ornithology field notes from Crocker Land Expedition
Scientific Observations