Guide to the William James Dove Collection, 1913-1972, undated
William James Dove Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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William James "Jim" Dove, nephew of arctic explorer Robert A. Bartlett, was an engineer on Bartlett's schooner Effie M. Morrissey. The schooner, with its mostly student crew, went on arctic research expeditions from 1926-1946.
Materials from William James Dove relating to his arctic expeditions with Robert A. Bartlett. Correspondence, Bartlett family biographical material, published and unpublished writings by Bartlett and others regarding the Arctic, and newspaper clippings are included.
Address book: Robert A. Bartlett's with miscellaneous loose letters, business cards, and newspaper clippings inserted, n.d.
Biographical material: Bartlett family; including Robert A. Bartlett "Chief Dates," Bartlett family history, Bartlett plaque dedication, etc., 1922-1972, n.d.
Correspondence: Robert A. Bartlett, 1914-1946, n.d.
Correspondence: William J. Dove, 1930-1947
Field notebooks and journals, 1915, n.d.
Images: photocopies or published prints of Bartlett family, "Morrissey" crew, and the "Morrissey," 1935-1972, n.d.
Journals: mainly incomplete typescripts re: arctic expeditions, author/authors unidentified, n.d.
Map: Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, with drawn route, n.d.
Newspaper clippings about Robert A. Bartlett, 1929-1972 (originals)
Newspaper clippings about Robert A. Bartlett, 1929-1972 (photocopies)
Newspaper clippings about Robert A. Bartlett, n.d. (originals)
Newspaper clippings about Robert A. Bartlett, n.d. (photocopies)
Publications by Robert A. Bartlett, 1928-1937
Publications: various authors about arctic exploration, 1913-1941
"Report of the Scientific Collecting in Greenland," by D. C. Nutt, typescript (incomplete), n.d.
Talk on the Bartlett-East Greenland expedition by Harry Whitney, typescript, 1930
Writing by Robert A. Bartlett, "Loss of the Sealer 'Leopard'", manuscript and typescript, n.d.