Guide to the Robert Abram Bartlett Papers, 1888-1946
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Robert Abram Bartlett Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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"Captain Bob" Bartlett (1875-1946), of Brigus, Nfld., began his Arctic career as mate on the "Windward" voyage of 1898-99, led by Robert E. Peary (Bowd. 1877), and later helped design Peary's "Roosevelt," which he captained on the 1908-09 North Pole expedition. In 1913-14, Bartlett commanded Vilhjalmur Stefansson's ill-fated "Karluk" which was destroyed in the pack ice; walking alone to Siberia, he returned with a rescue party. He led the Crocker Land Relief Expedition (1917) to rescue Donald B. MacMillan (Bowd. 1898), stranded in Greenland. He was Marine Superintendant for the U.S. Army Transport Service during World War I, and, among other duties, transported troops as Lt. Commander, U.S.N.R., during World War II.
Bartlett owned the "Effie M. Morrissey" and commanded its mostly student crew on annual expeditions (1926-46) making hydrographic studies and collecting museum specimens under the auspices of the Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of Natural History of Philadelphia, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Geographic Society and other major institutions.
Captain Bartlett's published books include The Log of Bob Bartlett (1928), The Last Voyage of the Karluk (1916), and Sails Over Ice (1934). He received an honorary A.M. from Bowdoin in 1920.
The collection contains correspondence, documents, articles, speeches, clippings, photographs, logs, and other material dealing mostly with the "Morrissey" years. Bartlett was in contact with prominent explorers, journalists, museum curators, naval officers and industrial figures, among them: Richard Evelyn Byrd, Frank Michler Chapman, Colby Mitchell Chester, Samuel Bayard Colgate, Eugene DuPont, Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, Melville Bell Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, George Palmer Putnam, Marie Peary Stafford, Vilhjamur Stefansson, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Lowell Thomas and Russell Randolph Waesche. Although there are over 3500 letters in the collection, there are few extensive exchanges. Only the following individuals are represented by 25 or more letters: Robert Rudolph Morgan Carpenter, Vice President of DuPont; William Herbert Hobbs, geologist at the University of Michigan; John K. Howard of Boston; Arthur James Manice and David Clark Nutt, who travelled on the "Morrissey"; Waldo L. Schmitt, a curator at the Smithsonian; Nina Smith, lecture manager; Reynolds Spriggs, Columbian Rope Co.; and Fred C. Wurtz, Welch Grape Juice Co.
- Photographs
Diaries, Journals, and Logs: "Morrissey 1941" log available on microfilm; George J. Mitchell Dept. of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Me.; 1 microfilm reel.
Correspondence, 1888-1946, consisting of letters concerning the "Morrissey" voyages, arrangements for lecture tours, communication with members of the U.S. Government during World War II, and a few family letters. The "Morrissey" correspondence includes letters from museums seeking specimens, companies donating supplies in exchange for endorsements, members of the expeditions, and news organizations. A detailed chronological list and alphabetical correspondent index are available for in-house use.
Arranged chronologically.
1888-August 1912
September 1912-April 1918
May 1918-1923
1924-March 1925
April 1925-1927
1928
1929-1931
1932-33
1934-January 1935
February 1935-June 15, 1935
June 15, 1935-June 20, 1935
June 21, 1935, n.d.
July 1935-1936
January-April 1937
May 1937
June-October 1937
November-December 11, 1937
December 1937
Jan. 1-12, 1938
Jan. 13-16, 1938
Jan. 17-19, 1938
Jan. 20-23, 1938
Jan. 24-26, 1938
Jan. 27-29, 1938
Jan. 30-31, 1938
Feb. 1-3, 1938
Feb. 4-6, 1938
Feb. 7, 1938
Feb. 8-10, 1938
Feb. 11-13, 1938
Feb. 14-16, 1938
Feb. 17-18, 1938
Feb. 19-21, 1938
Feb. 22-24, 1938
Feb. 25-27, 1938
Feb. 28, 1938
Mar. 1-3, 1938
Mar. 4-6, 1938
Mar. 7, 1938
Mar. 8-15, 1938
Mar. 16-20, 1938
Mar. 21-23, 1938
Mar. 24-27, 1938
Mar. 28-31, 1938
Apr. 1-7, 1938
Apr. 8-11, 1938
Apr. 12-14, 1938
Apr. 15-19, 1938
Apr. 20-21, 1938
Apr. 22-24, 1938
Apr. 25-26, 1938
Apr. 27-30, 1938
undated April
May 1-3, 1938
May 4-5, 1938
May 6-8, 1938
May 9-10, 1938
May 11, 1938
May 12, 1938
May 13, 1938
May 14-16, 1938
May 16, 1938
May 17-18, 1938
May 19, 1938
May 20-23, 1938
May 24, 1938
May 25-26, 1938
May 27, 1938
May 28-31, 1938
June 1-5, 1938
June 6, 1938
June 7-8, 1938
June 9-10, 1938
June 11-13, 1938
June 14, 1938
June 15-16, 1938
June 17-20, 1938
June 21-23, 1938
June 24-31, 1938
July 1938
August 1938
Sept. 1-14, 1938
Sept. 15-20, 1938
Sept. 21-25, 1938
Sept. 26-30, 1938
Oct. 1-2, 1938
Oct. 3-7, 1938
Oct. 8-11, 1938
Oct. 12-17, 1938
Oct. 18-25, 1938
Oct. 26-31, 1938
Nov. 1-6, 1938
Nov. 7-9, 1938
Nov. 10-16, 1938
Nov. 17-20, 1938
Nov. 21-24, 1938
NOV. 25-30, 1938
Dec. 1-2, 1938
Dec. 3-5, 1938
Dec. 6-8, 1938
Dec. 9-10, 1938
Dec. 11-16, 1938
Dec. 17-20, 1938
Dec. 21-29, 1938
Dec. 30-31, 1938
undated, 1938
Jan. 1-4, 1938
Jan. 5-8, 1938
Jan. 9-10, 1938
Jan.11-16, 1938
Jan. 20-23, 1938
Jan. 24, 1938
Jan. 25-26, 1938
Jan. 27-29, 1938
Jan. 30-31, 1938
Feb. 1-3, 1939
Feb. 4-7, 1939
Feb. 8-12, 1939
Feb. 13-16, 1939
Feb. 17-19
Feb. 20-23, 1939
Feb. 24-28, 1939
Mar. 1-4, 1939
Mar. 5-7, 1939
Mar. 8-10, 1939
Mar. 11-15, 1939
Mar. 16-18, 1939
Mar. 19-21, 1939
Mar. 22-23, 1939
Mar. 24-29, 1939
Mar. 30-Apr. 4, 1939
Apr. 5-6, 1939
Apr. 7-10, 1939
Apr. 11-16, 1939
Apr. 17-18, 1939
Apr. 19-21, 1939
Apr. 22-30, 1939
May 1-5, 1939
May 6-9, 1939
May 10-13, 1939
May 14-16, 1939
May 17-18, 1939
May 19-22, 1939
May 23-30, 1939
May 31, 1939
June 1-2, 1939
June 3-5, 1939
June 6-7, 1939
June 8-10, 1939
June 11-13, 1939
June 14-18, 1939
June 19-24, 1939
June 25-31, 1939
July-August 1939
Sep. 1-14, 1939
Sep. 15-18, 1939
Sep. 19-24, 1939
Sep. 25-30, 1939
Oct. 1-7, 1939
Oct. 8-11, 1939
Oct. 12-16, 1939
Oct. 17-18, 1939
Oct. 19-20, 1939
Oct. 21-25, 1939
Oct. 26-31, 1939
Nov. 1-5, 1939
Nov. 6, 1939
Nov. 7-10, 1939
Nov. 11-14, 1939
Nov. 15-16, 1939
Nov. 17-21, 1939
Nov. 22-26, 1939
Nov. 27-31, 1939
Dec. 1-4, 1939
Dec. 5-6, 1939
Dec. 7-10, 1939
Dec. 11-15, 1939
Dec. 16-20, 1939
Dec. 21-26, 1939
Dec. 27-31, 1939
undated 1939
Jan. 1-11, 1940
Jan. 12-16, 1940
Jan. 17-23, 1940
Jan. 24-31, 1940
Feb. 1-14, 1940
Feb. 15-20, 1940
Feb. 21-29, 1940
Mar. 1-14, 1940
Mar. 15-31, 1940
Apr. 1-8, 1940
Apr. 9-20, 1940
Apr. 21-30, 1940
May 1-8, 1940
May 9-14, 1940
May 15-22, 1940
May 23-31, 1940
June 1-7, 1940
June 8-12, 1940
June 13-30, 1940
July 1940
August 1940
Sep. 1-17, 1940
Sep. 18-22, 1940
Sep. 23-30, 1940
Oct. 1-8, 1940
Oct. 9-18, 1940
Oct. 19-27, 1940
Oct. 28-31, 1940
Nov. 1-14, 1940
Nov. 15-30, 1940
Dec. 1-14, 1940
Dec. 15-21, 1940
Dec. 22-31, 1940
undated 1940
Jan. 1-16, 1941
Jan. 17-31, 1941
Feb. 1-11, 1941
Feb. 12-24, 1941
Feb. 25-28, 1941
Mar. 1-14, 1941
Mar. 15-23, 1941
Mar. 24-31, 1941
April 1-14, 1941
April 15-30, 1941
May 1-12, 1941
May 13-31, 1941
June 1941
July-August 1941
September 1941
Oct. 1-18, 1941
Oct. 19-31, 1941
Nov. 1-16, 1941
Nov. 17-30, 1941
December 1941
undated 1941
Jan. 1-20, 1942
Jan. 21-31, 1942
February 1942
Mar. 1-18, 1942
Mar. 19-31, 1942
April 1-6, 1942
April 7-30, 1942
May 1-15, 1942
May 16-31, 1942
June 1942
July-August 1942
September 1942
October 1942
November 1942
Dec. 1-15, 1942
Dec. 16-31, 1942
January 1943
February 1943
March-April 1943
May 1943
June-August 1943
September-October 1943
November 1943
December 1943
Jan. 1-15, 1944
Jan. 16-31, 1944
February 1944
March 1944
April 1944
May 1944
June 1944
July-August 1944
September-December 1944
Jan. 1-19, 1945
Jan. 20-31, 1945
Feb. 1-7, 1945
Feb. 8-28, 1945
March 1945
April 1-10, 1945
April 11-30, 1945
May 1945
June-September 1945
October 1945
November 1945
Dec. 1-14, 1945
Dec. 15-31, 1945
Jan. 1-14, 1946
Jan. 15-31, 1946
March-May 1946
No year
Undated
Miscellaneous covers
Records relating to Bartlett's arctic voyages, to his naval service in World War II, and to the operation and maintenance of his ships, 1912 to 1945. The series includes maps and charts of the Arctic and North Atlantic; ship's documents such as registry certificates, customs forms and shipping articles; crew lists; ship's blueprints; and other records.
Arranged alphabetically.
Announcement: Job Opening at NYA Shipyard
Blueprint for Polar Expedition Ship, Aug. 23, 1923 (No. 366)
Blueprint for Polar Expedition Ship, (outside planking), Aug. 23, 1923 (No. 366)
Carbon of incoming messages on the "Morrissey"
Barograph charts
Barograph charts, box
Calibration chart
Clothing and Personal Effects for a Summer Trip in the Arctic
Directory of Locations: Northeastern Canada, Greenland, and Iceland
Certificate of British Registry
Certificate of ownership of the "E. M. Morrissey"
Certificate of Survey of the "E.M. Morrissey"
Crew list, blank
Customs declaration
Customs forms
Declaration of Scientific Specimens Collected from Greenland Expedition, 1938
Deratization Exemption Certificate
Documents in Danish
INS form
License to Master of Steam and Motor Vessels, 1941 Apr 26
Medal presented to Bartlett by the Secretary of the Navy for the Polar Expedition
Naval Reserve Commission, 1927
Notice [of employer compliance] with provisions of the Federal Longshoreman's and Harbor Worker's Compensation Law
Permit to Depart from the Port of Boston, June 6, 1943
Physical examination for appointment as a Lieutenant Commander
Sealer's agreement, S.S. Neptune, 1928 Mar 2, William Bartlett, Master
Ship's Routing Form, Oct. 17, 1943
Shipping Articles, June 18, 1838 and crew list
Shipping Articles, June 23, 1939 and crew list
Shipping Articles, June 17, 1941
Shipping Articles, June 18, 1941
Shipping Articles, June 27, 1942
Shipping Articles, June 1, 1945
Shipping Articles (blanks)
Drawings: Lines taken off the "Effie M. Morrissey" while in drydock at Staten Island, April, 1931. Drawn by Southmayd, 3 drawings
Engineer's note
Engine Test by Marine Basin Company, June 21, 1943
Interview questions
Capt. Sverdrup Polar Expedition, 1898-1902
Map to Accompany Report on Canada's Eastern Arctic
Map of Greenland
Map of Grínland (in Danish)
Map of Newfoundland, coast of Labrador
Map of the Voyages of the "Morrissey"
Map of Wrangell Island by Bjarne Mamen
New Map of the World
Pilot chart of the North Atlantic Ocean
[Miscellaneous material]
Annual Inspection Report - Hull and Equipment
Notice to shipowners, supervising and local inspectors, shipping commissioners, collectors of customs masters, and seamen, and rules and regulations for issuance of the efficiency and of continuous discharge books
Application for priority assistance, April 20, 1945
Certificate of the delivery of the "E.M. Morrissey", Nov. 9, 1945
Contract between the War Dept. and Bartlett, Mar. 25, 1942
Contract between the War Dept. and Bartlett, May 16, 1942
Identification signals
Instructions to Masters of Merchant Vessels Entering and Departing Boston
Permit to Depart from the Port of Boston
Quartermaster Account
Report of Survey
Requisition for the "Morrissey", July 5, 1944
Route order, Oct. 6, 1942
Sailing order
Sailing Directions for Entering Frobisher Bay, May 1943
Shipping Ticket, May 22, 1943
Statements of Release
News: "Newport News", Virgina, Nov. 17, 1941
Passes: U.S. Army Piers
Questionnaire: The Corinthians, Information Please
Annual Fitness Report, Naval Reserve Officers, [and enrollment letter]
Auditor General's Report, 1912-13, Part C
1938 Report of the "Morrissey" cargo
Report of the Newfoundland Steam Sailing Fleet . . . [1926-1934]
Service report of the "Morrissey"
[Technical report of the "Morrissey"]
United States of America Port Sanctuary Statement, June 17, 1939
Rigging Preparations for the Bermuda Race, by Roderick Stephens, Jr.
Sailing directions for Labrador, Greenland, and Iceland
Ship reparations: Specification for repair to S.S. Roosevelt
Contents of Boxes for Captain R.A. Bartlett
Desk Requisition for "Effie M. Morrissey"
[Food list], 1933
[Food list]
List of Provisions and Supplies: Crocker Land Supplies 1917
Miscellaneous supplies
[Sketch of ship control system]
[Test of spare wheel]
Wages: Pay Roll for Personal Service
Wages: [wage scale for the crew of the "Morrissey"]
Bartlett's writings (articles, book manuscripts, notebooks, radio texts, speeches and technical reports) in manuscript, typescript and printed form. A variety of subjects, including R.E. Peary, Bartlett's Arcti expeditions. Articles by Bartlett preserved as newsclippings are listed with other clippings.
Arranged alphabetically.
Beyond Forgetting, [and other writings] - manuscript, typescript
Bringing the Crippled 'Roosevelt' from Robeson Channel, Grant Land, to City Island, NY, 1906 - typescript
Bringing the Crippled 'Roosevelt'. . . [fragment] - typescript
Building the Peary Monument, 1932. - typescript
Cruise to Northwest Greenland, 1938 - printed
Duck Shelters, Fire Places, or Children's Playhouses? - typescript
[re. Greenland] - typescript
Greenland Expedition of 1935 - printed
Greenland Expedition of 1936 - printed
Grennland Expedition of 1937 - printed
Greenland Expedition of 1939 - printed
Greenland from 1898 to Now; [from The National Geographic Magazine, July 1940]
Kellerman's Whaling Story - typescript
Norcross-Bartlett Expedition, 1933. - typescript
Norcross-Bartlett Arctic Expedition, 1933 - printed
Peary's Extended Exploration of Arctic Lands [part I] (p. 1-7) - manuscript
Peary's Extended Exploration of Arctic Lands [part II] (p. 1-10) - manuscript
Peary's Extended Exploration of Arctic Lands - proof and off print
Peary's Progress Toward the North Pole - typescript
Polar Bear [and] Walrus - manuscript
Polar Bear - typescript
[Qualities of North Pole Explorers] [fragment] -typescript
R.A. Bartlett Greenland Expedition 1940 - typescript
Sailing Directions for Entering Frobisher Bay - typescript
The Sealing Saga of Newfoundland; [from The National Geographic Magazine, July 1929]
Servicing Arctic Airbases; [from The National Geographic Magazine, May 1946]
Squire Leamon's House-Warming - typescript
Walrus - typescript
With the Ice Hunters - Hon. John Harvey-December, Quarterly. 1906. -manuscript
[World War II - open a new life line for Britain] - typescript
Bartlett East Greenland Expedition to the Land of the Lost Eskimoes [p. 238-281] - typescript
The Conquest of the North Pole - covers
The Conquest of the North Pole [p. 1-118] - typescript
The Conquest of the North Pole [p. 280-300] - typescript
The Conquest of the North Pole [p.301-400] - typescript
The Conquest of the North Pole [p. 401-410] - manuscript, typescript
[Fragments from unknown book] [p. 132-146] - typescript
[Fragments from unknown book] [p. 129-140] - typescript
[Fragments from unknown book] [p. 141-149] - typescript
[Fragments from unknown book] [p. 129-154] - manuscript
[Fragments from unknown book] [p.129-139] - manuscript
The Conquest of the Pole [p. 1-24] - typescript
The Conquest of the Pole - manuscript notes
Fairies and Father Neptune [p. 23-68] - typescript
The First Roosevelt Trip [p. 1-3] - manuscript
The First Roosevelt Trip [p. 1-41] - typescript
The First Roosevelt Trip [p. 2-28] - typescript
Grenfell of Labrador - manuscript
Grenfell of Labrador [p. 88-104] - typescript
The Monsignor - manuscript
The Monsignor [1-22] - typescript
Morrissey Trip - 1935 - manuscript notes
Morrissey Trip - 1935 [p. 1-19] - typescript
Morrissey Trip - 1935 [p. 27-45] - typescript
Mrs. Jack Gardner - manuscript, typescript
Bow and Arrow Experiences - manuscript
Bow and Arrow Experiences [p.1-15] - typescript
Dream Before the Wreck of the Corisande - manuscript
Dream Before the Wreck of the Corisande [p. 1-11] - typescript
The Shenandoah [p. 109-133] - typescript
Preliminaries - manuscript
Professor Edward Sylvester Morse - manuscript
Professor Edward Sylvester Morse [p. 1-8] - typescript
Shipwreck and Death [p. 1-11] - typescript
The Windward Trip [p. 4-15] - typescript
Icebergs [p. 105-114, incomplete] - typescript
[Miscellaneous fragments] - typescript
Morrissey Goes North - jacket design
Norcross - Bartlett Expedition to the Greenland Sea - 1931 [p. 282-321] - typescript
Summer's Trip to Labrador: Making Pictures 1929 [p. 198-231] - typescript
"Viking" Trip of 1931 [p. 232-237] - typescript
Edward Wilson of the Antartica, by George Seaver - typescript
[Review of] Songs of American Sailormen, by Joshua C. [Colena?] - manuscript
Experiences with Animals in the Arctic - typescript
[Old day expeditions] - typescript
[A Peary expedition] - typescript
[Trip to a station] - typescript
[Voyage from Cape Sheridan to the North River] - typescript
Confidential Memorandum
Memorandum on an Arctic Drift Project
Plan for Exploration of North Polar Region
Capt. Bob Bartlett Says Bremen is Safe but Stuck in Icy North Port - October 19, 1939
Publicity Statement, Louis A. Boyd Arctic Expedition - March 27, 1941
[re. Arctic expeditions] - manuscript
[Autobiographical material] - manuscript, typescript
[Bartlett's notebook]
[Consisting?] of Questionnaires - manuscript
Currents - manuscript
[re. Grenfell of Labrador] - manuscript
[List of photo negatives] - manuscript
[Miscellaneous notes] - manuscript
Monument to Admiral Peary at Cape York Grenland Erected by Captain Robert A. Bartlett in 1932 - typescript
Paul Rainey - typescript
[re. Paul Rainey, 1902 Voyage and 1936 Expedition] - manuscript
[re. Peary, re. the "Bloodhound"] - manuscript
[re. Peary Monument] - manuscript
[Photograph captions] - typescript
[Resume of ships] - manuscript
Sealing Notes for Lecture - manuscript
Steamer Panther - manuscript
[re. Terra Nora and other expeditions] - manuscript
American Merchant Marine Library Association [book drive] - May 27, 1938
[Advertisers, with table of contents of movie reels] - manuscript
Celebrating Christmas at Sea - December 20, 1940
The World is Yours: Trail Blazing with Science [re.]
1935 trip on the Morrissey: [cover]
Data on the Photographic Equipment aboard the Schooner Morrissey [p. 1-3]
Photography - 1935 [p. 4-21]
The Story of the Peuk [p. 22-30]
North Again on the Morrissey [p. 31-36]
Report Concerning the Birds Collected by Capt. R.A. Bartlett [p. 37-51]
Report Concerning the Narwhals Collected by Capt. R.A. Bartlett for the Field Museum of Natural History [p. 52-63]
[Data concerning the Narwhals collected by Capt. R.A. Bartlett] [p. 64-69]
Report Concerning the Crustacea Collected by Capt. R.A. Bartlett [p. 70-73]
List of Eskimo Trade Goods [p. 74]
Medical Supplies Needed for the Morrissey 1936 [p. 75-76]
[Formal report, by LaMar Soutter, on the collection of iron ore; personal observations of Jack Angel] [p. 1-4]
The Arctic in Color - January 5, 1940
Articles, pamphlets, speeches, reviews, etc., not written by Bartlett are interfiled with documents, news releases, manuscript and printed materials. While Arctic subjects predominate, there are also items concerning Bartlett, World War II, various social or professional organizations, Brigus and Newfoundland, as well as many other topics.
Arranged alphabetically.
Admiral Byrd [fragment] - printed
Captain Robert A. Bartlett, by Albert T. Gould; [from Among the Deep Sea Fishers, July 1946]
The Effect of Transportation on Rural Medicine, by O.A. Province - printed
The Food Birds of the Smith Sound Eskimos, by W. Elmer Ekblaw - printed
Greenheart, by C.D. Mell and W.D. Brush - typescript
The Hon. Captain White's Record [and] Senator McDonald's Impressions of Newfoundland & Labrador - typescript
Madame Perkins Puts Yachting on the Spot, by George W. Rappleyea - printed
A Memorandum on Social Philosophy, by Charles A. Beard - printed
Mr. Boughton Plants His Garden, by An Admirer - printed
The Moral Norm of Social Science, by Ralph Barton Perry - printed
Mosses Collected by the Robert A. Bartlett Greenland Expedition 1940, by Inez M. Haring - printed
The Presidential Cruise of 1938, by Waldo M. Schmitt - printed
The Putnam Baffin Island Expedition, by George Palmer Putnam [fragment] - printed
[Retrospective on Harbour Grace] - typescript
Revision in Sea Scout Requirements - printed
Smithsonian Explorations, 1938 [fragment] - printed
Some Newfoundland Stories [fragment] - printed
Telling the Time by the Stars, by Captain J.F. Hellweg - printed
Where Winter and Summer Meet, by John Ripley Forbes [fragment] - printed
Who's Who in America (vol. 2) 1940-1941 - proof
Wild Life in Baffinland, by John Ripley Forbes [fragment] - printed
Legends, Yarns and Sagas of the North, by William N. Bugbee [p. 1-190] - typescript
Building the Peary Memorial, by Jack Angel - typescript
Northern Adventure: A Personal Recollection, by Albert T. Gould - typescript
[Story about William Bartlett], by Albert Horwoods - manuscript
The Nicest Thing that Ever Happened to Me, by Lyman Beecher Stowe - typescript
Address by the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill . . . in memory of Dr. Wilfred Grenfell - typescript
[re. Mary Jamima Bartlett, 1945] - typescript
A Tribute to Sir Wilfred Grenfell, by Theodore Ainsworth Greene - typescript
[Announcement re. first National Amateur Cooking Contest among Men] - typescript
Editorials from The Globe, Toronto, September 3, 1923, by Gallant Allen Crawford - typescript
Motion Picture Talk By Captain Bob Bartlett - typescript
News Bulletins . . . Wednesday, Oct. 7th PM [and] Press Supplements 11:30A EWT 8th
From the Smithstonian Institution, January 29, 1940 - typescript
To whom it may concern, Notes on Morrissey's Trips - manuscript
Are You Coffee House-Broken [Coffee House Club]
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the American Forestry Association
BYC News; Bayview Yacht Club, Detroit
Condensed memo of talk given by Irving D. Jakobson at the Cruising Club of America Meeting of February 7, 1946
The Cruising Club of America, Special Report of the Membership Committee
"The Liason" January 1938 [publication of the American Legion]
"Marching Along Together" The Veteran Association 71st Regiment, N.G.N.Y.
Memorandum to the Members of the American Greenland Commission, September 21st, 1940
Minutes of the Meeting of the American Greenland Commission, held on Friday, September 27th, 1940 at the Metropolitan Club, New York City
Minutes of the Thirty-first, Thirty-second and Thirty-third Annual Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Grenfell Association of America
"Port o' Call" [publication of the American Legion]
Statutes and By-Laws of the American Geophysical Union
World Center for Women's Archives
An Annotated List of the Fishes Collected on the Several Expeditions to Greenland, by Samuel F. Hildebrand
Bowdoin College News Bulletin - May, 1945
The Explorers Journal - Spring-Summer, 1946 [contains obituary of Bartlett]
The Geographic Position of Camp Jessup, and the Reduction of the Observations of R.E. Peary, in the Vicinity of the North Pole, by Thomas H. Hubbard
Gift of Silver Ore to United States District Court . . .
"The Index" Winter 1940
"The Lookout"
[Miscellaneous pamphlets]
New Arctic Foraminifera Collected by Capt. R.A. Bartlett from Fox Basin and off the Northwest Coast of Greenland, by Joseph Cushman
New York Zoological Society, Nov.-Dec. 1931
"Program" January 1946
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Something About Whales
The Trail Guide, by A.B. Brook
The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House, by [Rudyard] Kipling - typescript
Rejected - typescript
The World is Yours: Arctic Explorers, Dec. 11, 1938
The Story of Matthew Henson - A Negro at the End of the World, April 8, 1945
[Data concerning Arctic species]
[Proposal for] An Investigation of the Bering Sea Area
List of Bryozoa dredged by Capt. R.A. Bartlett . . . Summer of 1940
Nogle til Bettemmelse af den gronlandske Flore af Ove Steen Porsild
Captain Bob Bartlett's Arctic Movies
Sparks from last Thursday's Meeting, by Kendrick Coachman
International Law in the Present Crisis, by Professor Clyde Eagleton
Lecture by Commander E.W. Mills, U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships, Navy Department
Lecture of Capt. Harold Bartlett: History of Brigus
New Look at Bob Bartlett, by F. Burnham Gill
Power of Attorney appointments and other legal documents regarding Bartlett and the Effie M. Morrissey. Also includes Bartlett's Last Will and Testament.
Arranged alphabetically.
[Advertising contract with General Mills, inc.]
[Fire insurance policies]
Last Will and Testament
[Power of attorney - appointment of George Palmer Putnam]
[Power of attorney - appointment of Roscoe H. Hupper]
Bartlett's business and personal financial materials are comprised of bank records, payroll records, bills and receipts, and other documents; arranged alphabetically by material type. They include his private finances, the maintenance costs and travel expenditures for the "Morrissey", lecture fees, and related items.
Arranged alphabetically.
Animals: Skin processing
Books: "Encyclopedia of American Biography"
Books: "Last Voyage of the Karluk", Dec. 1, 1938
Books: "The Log of 'Bob' Bartlett"
Books: "Sails Over Ice", 1936-1940
Books: "Williams Ocean in English History"
Bowdoin College: Alumni Fund
Commission To Lecture Bureau
Duty: H.M Customs, Newfoundland
Equiment and supplies for the "E.M. Morrissey": Commissary Order List, 1945
Equiment and supplies for the "E.M. Morrissey": [Delivery order and receipt]
Equiment and supplies for the "E.M. Morrissey": [Food]
Equiment and supplies for the "E.M. Morrissey": [Machinery]
Equiment and supplies for the "E.M. Morrissey": [Miscellaneous ephemera]
Equiment and supplies for the "E.M. Morrissey": Property Issue Slip, 1945
Equiment and supplies for the "E.M. Morrissey": Requisition
Equiment and supplies for the "E.M. Morrissey": Shipping Ticket, 1945
Estimate stores for S.S. "Neptune" Baffin Land Trip
Films
[Freight]
[Fur storage receipt, 1938-41]
Government Bill of Landing
Hotel bills: Murray Hill Hotel, 1938-46
Hotel bills: other
[Income from lectures]
Insurnce: [Claim sheet]
Insurnce: Frank B. Hall & Co., Inc.
[List of equipment]
Membership fees
[Miscellaneous material]
Naval Landing Force Equip. Department Parking List
Navigation fees
Navy Department Shipment Order, June 24, 1943
Navy Supply invoice
[Payment to employees]
[Personal items and services]
[Personal items and services] Ayre & Sons, Ltd., 1940
Photos
Printing
Public Voucher For Purchases
Services Other Than Personal [Rental contract]
Shipment: [Miscellaneous]
Shipment: Railway Express Agency
Shipment: Shipping Invoice
Shipment: [Store invoice]
Shipment: Re. S.S. Terra Nova
Subscription bills: [Miscellaneous]
The Pilgrims of the United States, 1938-46
"Program"
[Telegraphs, phone bills]
Treasury Department requisition
War Department purchase orders
War Department shipping document
Account Book
Bank Records: Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank Records: New York Trust Co.
Bank Statement: New York Trust Co., 1939-40
Check Books: Bank of Nova Scotia
Check Books: New York Trust Co.
Cancelled Checks: Bank of Nova Scotia
Cancelled Checks: New York Trust Co.
Credit Statement: New York Trust Co., 1938-40
Deposit Receipts: New York Trust Co.
Envelopes
Financial Documents: Letter from the Bank of Nova Scotia, July 3, 1940
Financial Documents: Letter from the Bank of Nova Scotia, Sept. 4, 1940
Insurance policy from Frank B. Hall & Co., June 18, 1940
Lecture Contracts: Shearwood-Smith, Inc., 1938-45
Miscellaneous ephemera
Pay Roll Account: Navy Department, Apr. 23, 1924
Salary records of crew members
Statement of Account: Bank of Nova Scotia
Statement of total receipts and expenditures, Captain RAB for Peary Memorial Expedition
Clippings of varying lenghts collected by Bartlett from newspapers and magazines. Some are articles by Bartlett, some relate to him or his work, others to Arctic exploration, Newfoundland, World War II or other subjects of interest to him.
Arranged alphabetically.
America on Her Own
A New Nation Within an Empire, by Hon. C.J. Burchell
Says Antarctica Starves Glaciers, Feb. 24, 1940
Too Many Bathrooms, by H.C. Haas, Nov. 6, 1939
Armchair Travellers Visit Northland with B. Bartlett, 1933
Bartlett in the news, 1934, Apr.-Dec.
Book review of "Six Came Back" by D.L. Brainard, 1940
Capt. Bob Sails for Arctic Again, Jun. 20, 1938
Discovery of mummies in the far north, Nov. 29, 1936
E.M. Morrissey in the picture
First photos of Bob Bartlett: New Arctic Trip, Sept. 29, 1935
Four Russian scientists at the Pole
Four Walrus Pups Reach Bronx Zoo, Sept. 16, 1940
From the Masthead, by the Barrelman
Homeward Bound from the Far North, Sept. 14-18, 1936
In the Canadian Arctic, Nov. 21-23, 1938
[Miscellaneous clippings]
Norcross-Bartlett Voyage, 1933
[Pictures]
The "Polaris" Expeditions
Radio Operator Traded Old Clothes for Eskimo Canoe
Scout Tells Story of Expedition, Jan. 1, 1939
Soviet Icebreaker Drifts Fast in the Polar Ice, Jan. 15, 1939
Soviet Union
Voyage of the Karluk, Sept. 1, 1937
Voyage of the S.S. Eagle
America's New Frontier
Canada's development of the Arctic
The Falsity of Geopolitics in an Air Age, Sept. 24, 1944
Why the Russians Want the North Pole
Bob Bartlett Sees Sun Set Behind Ice, 1933
Peary's Great Venture, An Epic Retold, Apr. 1, 1934
Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to the Peary Arctic Club Steamer, "The Roosevelt"
Above the Crowd, Oct. 21, 1933
Annual celebrity party
Awarded Peary Polar Expedition Medal in Boston
Back Home from Arctic Cruise, Sept. 17, 1940
Bartlett gave a lecture in Mayfield Yacht Club, Apr. 15, 1935
Bartlett of Brigus
Bartlett talked about "Arctic in Color"
Captain Bartlett Returned from Voyage, Sept. 16, 1940
He Answers Call of the Arctic
A Memorial Honours Capt. Bartlett Unveiled at Brigus, Oct. 2, 1948
Our Arctic Commuter, May 20, 1939
Our Civilization Puzzles Eskimos
Talks in the Rotary Club, May 13, 1944
When the Leopard Sank
Plan for 25th dash to Arctic, Feb. 7, 1935
Lecture in the Hall, Canada, March 16, 1910
Bartlett died at 70
[Pictures]
[Color picture show by Bartlett], Dec. 11, 1941
Shipyard Reunion No Occasion for Hush-Hush Explorer Talks, Nov. 25, 1941
Capt. Bob Bartlett
Capt. Bob Bartlett on How to Make Men, Jun. 25, 1939
Lecture and movie show, 1938
Veteran Arctic Explorer Returns
Capt. R.A. Bartlett to Address Mass Meeting on Arctic Explorations, Dec. 22, 1937
Capt. Bob's Sweetheart
A Man in the News, Oct. 23, 1935
Capt. Bartlett, with Peary on Discovery of Pole, Is Visitor
Poem - To Capt. 'Bob' Bartlett
Bartlett Plans Greenland Trip for Eskimo Data, Feb. 10, 1930
Of Bartlett and Bananas, Feb. 23, 1946
Our Arctic Migrant
Return from expedition
[re. "Sails Over Ice"]
Lecture for Business Girls
Bartlett gave lecture, Jan. 6, 1940
Bartlett lecture tour
[Miscellaneous clippings]
John Dryden, A Wordsworth Anthology
Yankee Ships in China Seas, by Daniel Henderson
The Conquest of the North Pole, by J. Gordon Hayes
Finland Forever, by Hudson Strode, May 16, 1941
Boston Herald picture section: With Bob Bartlett in the Arctic, Sep. 29, 1935
Christmas, 1934
Comics
Autumn Interlude
Books of the Times
Topics of the Times
Nature at the Year's End
Eskimo Murdered At Hudson Bay
Export prices of codfish rose
Guns Against Whales, Feb. 14, 1937
[Pictures]
[Lobster fishery]
Government Fishery Policy in 1940
Fisheries Research Commission Third Annual Report, Apr. 16, 1943
[European fish market]
[Miscellaneous news]
From the Masthead, by The Barrelman, 1937
Greenland's Future
Danish captain lectured about Greenland
Accounts of the Avalon Peninsula
Board of Trade weekly meeting, 1939
Brief References to Gallant Rescues by Newfoundland sailors
Budget Speech Strikes A Generrous Note, 1938
Bartlett talks about Black Bartlett in Newfoundland, Aug. 13, 1942
Christmas in Old St. June's
"Clarice Andrew" salvaged
"Clarenville" damaged in collision
Economy
Fishery Problem, July 2, 1938
[Fishery]
Fur Trade Commission
The Ghost of the Funks
[Government]
The Government Building Contract
Government Rejects Bowring Brothers Proposal
Governor Walwyn Bids Farewell to the People of Newfoundland", Jan. 11, 1946
Historic relic found
Interesting Bits of Newfoundland History Given in Lecture
[Interview with two Newfoundland soldiers]
[Lecture about the history of St. John]
[Letters to the editor]
Loss of "Warren M. Colp"
The Loss of the Steamship Caribou
Newfoundland-Little Land of Great Charm, Nov. 3, 1934
Newfoundland Tales
[Picture show of Newfoundland, 1941]
The Producing Industry, Feb. 3, 1940
[Rotary luncheon addressed by Capt. A. Kean]
The Sportsman's Paradise, 1939
[Sucessful business]
Ten Year Plan Economic Development
21 Student Nurses Receive their Caps
[U.S. bases agreement]
Warm Winter Shelter Assured for U.S.
West Coast Settlement, March 7, 1942
Miscellaneous material
New York Times pictures of RAB's
adventures, Oct. 2, 1932-Oct. 16, 1938
Greatest of Men-Tribute to Peary
Peary's Men are Well-Trained for Hardship, Nov. 21, 1906
Peary's Party Burned Sledges to Cook Dogs Which Drew Them, Nov. 21, 1906
Byrd Will Lead Expedition to Antarctica in '39
George Comer, Sailor and Scientist
John Huston Finley, Mar. 10,1940
Sir Richard Livingston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lindbergh-Superman
For the Photographer
Squire Leamon's Housewarming
Capt. Bob Bartlett's Rousing Tails of His Voyages, Nov. 10, 1934
The Evolution of the Sealing Industry, Mar. 7, 1936
Historic Sealing Venture of Ship Neptune in 1796
Hope Vanishing For Missing Sealer
Norwegian sailor
The Sealfishery
Spring Sealing Voyage Foreshadowed in Detail
Strike Among Crew Forced Conclusion of Sealing Voyage, April 1941
Twillingate Local Fleet Prepares the Seal Hunt, April 10, 1946
The Value of the Sealfishery, Jan. 1931
[Miscellaneous clippings]
Launching of "Clarenville"
Four Large Boats to Visit
How Ice Breaker Ojibwa Freed a Frozen-In Oil Barge On Charles River", Jan. 28, 1945
The 'Morrissey' Returns to Brigus, Jan. 1989
[Miscellaneous clippings]
Cruise Along Canada Coast to Famed Battle Hotel, July 29, 1937
The Fifth Column, Aug. 22, 1940
Pictures
War Below Zero, Feb. 19, 1944
Greenland status
The fall of Singapore
Weekly news summary, June 14, 1942
The News of the Week in Review, Jun. 21, 1942
Churchill's speech on post-war reconstruction
Armistice Day-Ha, Ha!
War Is Not the Worst Evil
Lend-Lease bill to aid England passed
AACS-Army Airways Communication System, Apr. 18, 1944
Where Is Shangri-La? poem by Chi Gamble
The Quality of the Command, by Walter Lippmann
Complete world airway of the U.S. Army
A Chronology of the War in Europe, May 6, 1945
New War Map of the East Indies - Under Attack of Japanese, Jan. 22, 1942
[Miscellaneous clippings]
[Miscellaneous news]
Mounted clipping from New York Times
Diaries, logs, journals, and related items, most kept by Bartlett, including records of voyages on the "Windward," the "Algerine," the "Karluk," the "Viking," and the "Morrissey."
Arranged alphabetically.
Book of Common Prayer
January 3 - December 31, 1919
August 10, 1922 - January 5, 1924; addresses and cash accounts
Bible, 1929
USCGC Beay [?], Seattle, May 15, 1924
Sealfishing, Beginning Mar. 1, 1926
January 1 - December 31, 1926; cash account
August 5, 1926 - December 31, 1927; addresses and cash accounts
August 23, 1928 - January 4, 1930
August 22, 1929 - December 30, 1930; addresses and cash accounts
August 21, 1930 - December 19, 1931; addresses and cash accounts
August 20. 1931 - August 27, 1932; addresses and cash accounts
August 25, 1932 - August 2, 1933; addresses and cash accounts
August 24, 1933 - September 1, 1934; addresses and cash accounts
August 30, 1934 -September 6, 1935; addresses and cash accounts
August 29, 1935 - December 31, 1936; addresses and cash accounts
January 1 - December 31, 1937; addresses and cash accounts
September 23 - December 31, 1938; addresses
January 1 - December 31, 1939; maps, poems, addresses and cash accounts
January 1 - December 26, 1940; poems, addresses and cash accounts
November 5 - December 31, 1940; addresses
January 5 - December 31, 1941; poems, addresses and cash accounts
January 5 - December 31, 1941; poems and cash accounts
January 1 - December 31, 1943; poems, addresses and cash accounts
1943
January 1 - December 31, 1944
January 1, 1945 - January 1, 1946; addresses
1945
Voyage of "Karluk", 1914
Voyage of "Karluk" - original envelope
Journal of Leonard A. Gushue, 1941
S.S. Panther; March 6 - November 16, 1884; sealing voyage to Newfoundland; supply and crew lists
S.S. Panther; March 6 -April 19, 1890; sealing voyage in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; crew list
S.S. Panther; March 4 - April 13, 1892; sealing voyage; crew list
S.S. Panther; March 6 - April 24, 1893; sealing voyage; crew list
Ship unknown; March 13 - July 3, 1895; sealing voyage; text in a different hand
S.S. Hope; March 5 - April 17, 1898; sealing voyage
Windward, 1898-99
S.S. Algerine; March 10 - April 14, 1902; crew list; in a different hand
S.S. Algerine; March 3 - April 15, 1903; sealing voyage
S.S. Algerine, 1904
Ship unknown; April 3 - April 23, 1906; sealing voyage
March 5 - April 16, 1908
S.S. Viking, 1910-12
S.S. Viking, 1913
Ship unknown; March 5 - April 9, 1915; sealing voyage
S.S. Viking; April 21 - May 3, 1916; sealing voyage
S.S. Viking, 1916
S.S. Viking; March 3 - April 18, 1917; sealing voyage
S.S. Viking; March 5 - April 27, 1918; sealing voyage
S.S. Viking; March 2 - April 15, 1925 and April 20 - May 7, 1926; sealing voyage; crew list
S.S. Viking; March 1 - April 29, 1926; sealing voyage
Rough Log [ship unknown], 1926
"Morrissey", 1927
"Morrissey", East Greenland expedition, Dec. 13, 1928-Jan. 9, 1929 and May 29, 1929-Sep. 27, 1929
Ship unknown; March 2 - April 17, 1929; sealing voyage; list of tickets given at Brigus
Engine Room log, "Morrissey", 1929
1930
1931
"Morrissey", 1932
"Morrissey", 1933
"Morrissey", 1934
Engine Room log, "Morrissey", April 26, 1934
"Morrissey", 1935
1936 telegram scrapbook and log
"Morrissey", 1937
"Morrissey", 1938
"Morrissey", 1939
"Morrissey", 1940
Engineer's log book, 1940
Engineer's personal log of 1940 voyage
"Morrissey 1941" (also available on microfilm)
Compass log book, 1941
"Morrissey", 1942
"Morrissey", 1943
"Morrissey", 1944
"Morrissey", 1945
"Morrissey", 1946
Dr. W.B. Manter, record of medical equipment on "Morrissey", 1936-42
March 5 - April 19, 1921 and March 8 - April 11, 1922
March 3 - April 28, 1923 and March 4 - April 9, 1925
March 4 - May 3, 1926
March 2 - April 13, 1929
Photographs, arranged by size, collected by Bartlett and taken by various photographers; some are identified, but most are not or have only slight identifications. The images include advertising photos; natural scenes, land and seascapes or flora and fauna; and people, identified and unidentified.
Index to known subjects is available online. (PDF file)
Arranged by size.
Advertising photos
Flora, Fauna and Aves
Inuits
Non-Bartlett with at least one identified person
Peary or relating to the Peary Monument
R.A. Bartlett and at least one identified person
R.A. Bartlett and unidentified others
Photos from Album, 1935
Land and seascapes
Photos identified by Provincial Archives, Nfld.
Unidentified group photos
Land and seascapes
Unidentified group photos
Schooners and ships including the "Effie M. Morrissey"
Advertising photos
Land and seascapes
Advertising photos
Flora, Fauna and Aves
Inuits
Non-Bartlett with at least one identified person
Peary or relating to the Peary Monument
R.A. Bartlett and at least one other identified person
R.A. Bartlett and unidentified others
Land and seascapes
Unidentified group photos
Schooners and ships including the "Effie M. Morrissey"
Land and seascapes
Bartlett alone
Photos taken by Arthur D. Norcross
Unidentified group photos
3 boxes assorted extra-large photos
Cards, organization material, promotional material, and other items kept by Bartlett. Bulk of material collected while living in New York City.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or material type.
[address book]
[list of addresses]
[blueprints re. construction of Peary Monument]
[bus schedule]
[business cards]
[greeting cards]
[invitations]
[membership cards]
[miscellaneous cards]
Original Drawing [of] Christmas Card 1941, by J. William Sheppard
[postal cards]
Postcard chequebooks: Pingvellir Island
[postcards]
Yuletide Greetings from the Skipper of the Morrissey
[library shelf list]
[manuscript ephemera]
Dominion of Canada
New York Subways
United States of America and Detached Territories
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
American Legion
American Platform Guild
Dexter Fellows Tent, Circus Saints and Sinners Club of America, Inc.
Explorers Club
Harvard Travellers Club
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
List of Guests at Anticosti Reunion Dinner Held at Union Club on November 14, 1940
Minerva Lodge, No. 792
[miscellaneous invitations]
[miscellaneous programs]
N Club, May 25, 1938
Ship Lore and Model Club
Ship Model Makers Club membership, 1931 and "Shipmodeler" periodical, 1932
Westinghouse Club
Wilderness Club
Poem: A Valentine [1936]
[printed ephemera]
[books by Bartlett]
[books by other authors]
[lectures by Bartlett]
[lectures by other people]
Mealtime in the Arctic; in Soup
[sceneic brochure]
[stationary, blank]
[tickets]
Leather wallet with animal fur lining and pencil sketch on front. "Presented to Captain 'Bob' by Bernadine."
Leather wallet with "Captain Robert A. Bartlett/The Explorers Club/New York U.S.A." on front and inside "from his friend/Seumas Chief/of Clann Fhearghuis/of Stra-Chur C., M.ETC."
Blue cigarette holder, addressed as an envelope to Captain Bob Bartlett [inside a white box from Bloomingdales, NY].
Black drafting tool.
White cloth pouch embroidered with initials "RAB."
Leather folder.