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1 itemsRecovered June 19, 1918, Franklin Bay, Canada. Finder was David Picktogana (sp?). Form was returned by P.R. Conway, Royal Northwest Mounted Police.
P.R. Conway to "The Geographical Society of Philadelphia Gentlemen", 1919 Sept 19. 1 items.
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1 itemsANS, New York; On the recovery of Drift Cask #2, 1918 in Franklin Bay, Canada.
Vice President of the Philadelphia Geographical Society to Sergeant P.R. Conway, 1919 Sept 25. 1 items.
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1 itemsTL, Letter of thanks for the return of Drift Cask #2
Clement Biddle to Henry Bryant, 1919 September 23. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Philadelphia; On Drift Cask #2
Printed Drift Cask Form #6, 1899 Sept 13. 1 items.
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1 items Recovered June 7th, 1905, Iceland. Finder was Vigfus Benidiktoson
Drift Cask Form #26, 1900 July 12. 1 items.
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1 itemsMs. Recovered Soro Island, November 1908. Returned by Roald Amundsen.
Roald Amundsen to Henry Bryant, 1909 Feb 4. 1 items.
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1 itemsALS, Christiania, Norway; accompanies return of Drift Cask Form #26.
Writes that the drift cask data will assist him in planning his next polar
exleditions. "I am ging in through BeringSstrait in August 1910, with
the Fram." (In fact, having learned that Peary had reached the North
Pole in April 1909, Amundsen secretly changed his destination to the
South Pole and successfully reached it in 1911.
Henry Bryant to Roald Amundsen, 1909 Feb 23. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Philadelphia
Printed Drift Cask Form #35, 1900 Sept. 1 items.
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1 itemsRecovered December 19, 1923, Husky Inlet, Yukon Territory. Finder
was Papsok. Returned by S. T. Wood, Inspector, Royal Canadian
Mounted Police.
S.T. Wood to the Philadelphia Geographical Society, 1924 March 8. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Herschel Island, Yukon Territory; accompanies return of
Drift Cask Form #35
Henry Bryant to S. T. Wood, 1924 June 4. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Philadelphia
Printed Drift Cask Form #46, 1901 Aug 21. 1 items.
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1 itemsRecovered August 17th, 1902, 172° 50' W 67° 01' N, along the Siberian
coast. Finder was A.S. Christiansen.
A.S. Christiansen, to Henry Bryant, 1906 March 3. 1 items.
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1 itemsALS, Nome, Alaska; recounts the circumstances surrounding the
recovery of Drift Cask #46.
Printed Drift Cask Form #50
, 1901 Aug 21. 1 items.
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1 items Recovered August, 1903, North Cape Siberia. Finder was an
inhabitant of Ammen.
"Memoranda Relating to Cask No. 50" , n.d. 1 items.
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Newspaper Clipping "Drifted Amundsen's Way", 1909 Jan 11. 1 items.
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1 itemsThe Sun, Philadelphia
Newspaper Clipping, from Public Ledger, in "Current Topics of the Town"
, 1919 Nov 5.
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On Drift Cask #2.
Henry Bryant "Another Drift Cask Received": Copy of Letter Mailed to the New York Times
, 1924 May 20. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, on the recovery of Drift Cask #35 by an Eskimo, Dec. 10, 1923 in
the Yukon Territories
F. B. Bassett to Henry Bryant, 1924 May 23. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Washington D.C.
Henry Bryant to F.B. Bassett
, 1924 May 29. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Philadelphia
F.B. Bassett to Henry Bryant
, 1924 June 2. 1 items.
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TLS, Washington D.C.
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2 items
"Table Showing Distribution of Melville-Bryant Drift Casks", n.d. 1 items.
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"Memoranda Relating to Distribution of Melville-Bryant Drift Casks", n.d. 1 items.
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Henry Bryant to Richard E. Byrd
, 1928 Oct 7. 1 items.
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1 itemsTelegram, Philadelphia; notifies Byrd that Bryant will donate $1000
to his expedition.
Richard E. Byrd to Henry Bryant
, 1928 Oct 8. 1 items.
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1 itemsTelegram, Los Angeles. Three copies, one pasted up from tape.
"Sorry not to have seen you before leaving."
Henry Bryant to Capt. H.H. Railey
, 1928 Oct 16. 1 items.
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1 itemsTL, Philadelphia; notifies of Bryant's intention to donate $1000
to Byrd's expedition.
H.H. Railey to Henry Bryant
, 1928 Oct 17. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, New York
Henry Bryant to H.H. Railey
, 1928 Oct 22. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Philadelphia
Receipt of check for $1000, signed by H.H. Railey
, 1928 Oct 23. 1 items.
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1 itemsTDS
Notification of tax deduction for expedition contributions, signed by H.H. Railey , n.d. 1 items.
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1 itemsTDS
H.H. Railey to Henry Bryant
, 1929 April 3. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, New York; requests further donation to the Antarctic expedition.
Henry Bryant to H.H. Railey
, 1929 April 10. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Philadelphia; makes further donation of $250
Richard E. Byrd to Henry Bryant, 1929 Dec 10. 1 items.
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1 items"Radiogram, Received by the New York Times", Little America,
Antarctica. "It was good to hear from you. Don't forget you helped
to make possible the things we have been able to accomplish here."
Henry Bryant to H.H.Railey , 1929 Dec 17. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Philadelphia; seeks advice on inviting Byrd to give a lecture
at the Geograhical Society of Philadelphia after his return
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Henry Bryant, "The Byrd Dinner" , 1926 Dec 15 . 1 items.
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1 items An account of the proceedings of the award ceremony, including the
text of Bryant's "Address on presenting Kane Medal of the Geographical
Society of Philadelphia to Commander Byrd"
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Robert Peary to Henry Bryant, 1909 Sept 7. 1 items.
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1 itemsTelegram, Indian Harbor. "The pole is ours thank you. Peary."
Bridgeman to Geographical Society of Philadelphia , 1909 Sept 7. 1 items.
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1 itemsTelegram, Brooklyn, NY. "North pole discovered April sixth 1909 by
Perry Artic [sic] Club Expedition undercommander Peary."
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Constantin Dumbrava to Henry Bryant, n.d. 1 items.
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1 itemsANS, Paris
Photo of "La Madona", n.d. 1 items.
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"The Arctic Expedition "La Madona"" , n.d. 1 items.
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1 itemsDescription of expedition details
Edwin Swift Balch to Henry Bryant, 1927 March 8. 1 items.
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1 items ALS, Philadelphia
William H. Hobbs to Constantin Dumbrava , 1927 March 14. 1 items.
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1 itemsTL, Ann Arbor, Michigan; concerning the best base
for Dumbrava's upcoming expedition
Constantin Dumbrava to Henry Bryant, 1927 April 5. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, New York; details of expedition
William Hobbs to Henry Bryant, 1927 May. 1 items.
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1 itemsANS, Frederik VIII (ship); requests support for
Dumbrava's expedition
Constantin Dumbrava, to Henry Bryant, 1927 May 11. 1 items.
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1 itemsTL, New York; requests to be put in contact with
Mr. Wanamaker for futher financial support
Constantin Dumbrava to Henry Bryant, 1927 May 11. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, New York
Henry Bryant to Constantin Dumbrava, 1927 May 18. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Philadelphia
Constantin Dumbrava to Henry Bryant , 1927 May 27. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, New York
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Martin Conway to Henry Bryant. , 1899 Sept 24. 1 items.
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1 itemsALS, London
James Bryce to Charles E. Fay, 1909 Dec 18. 1 items.
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1 itemsApcS, Washington D.C.
Unknown correspondent to Henry Bryant, n.d. 1 items.
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1 itemsAPcS, Cannes France
Charles Richmond (poem), 1908 June 10. 1 items.
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1 itemsADS, New York
Admiral Sir Assheton G. Curzon Howe to Henry Bryant, n.d. 1910. 1 items.
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1 itemsALS
Howard Palmer to Henry Bryant. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, New London, CT
Henry Bryant to LeRoy Jeffers, 1916 June 16. 1 items.
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1 items TLS, Philadelphia
Henry Bryant to LeRoy Jeffers , 1916 June 24. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Philadelphia
Edward Evans to Henry Bryant , 1917 May 22. 1 items.
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1 itemsALS
A. Lawrence Lorrell to Henry Bryant, 1920 Jan 28. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Cambridge, MA
Oscar S. Straus to Henry Bryant, 1920 Feb 8. 1 items.
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1 itemsALS, Washington D.C.
William C. Sproul to Henry Bryant, 1920 Feb 14. 1 items.
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1 itemsALS, Harrisburg
Count Paul Teleki, letter of introduction for Edgar Yolland, 1923 Jan 8. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Budapest
Anna Behrend to Henry Bryant, 1926 April 9. 1 items.
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1 itemsALS, Hamburg
"Rough translation" of previous letter from German into English, 1926 April 9. 1 items.
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1 itemsALS, Hamburg
Henry Bryant to Anna Behrend, 1926 April 28. 1 items.
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1 itemsTL
J. Schokalskie to Henry Bryant, 1929 Feb 26. 1 items.
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1 itemsALS, Leningrad; expresses pleasure to hear that
Roy Chapman Andrews received the Elisha
Kent Kane Gold Medal
J. Schokalskie to Henry Bryant, 1929 April 30. 1 items.
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TLS, Leningrad
J. Schokalskie to Henry Bryant, n.d. 1 items.
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1 itemsAPcS, Leningrad
Wm. Hobbs to Henry Bryant, 1929 July 16. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, Ann Arbor
Henry Bryant to Professor William Hobbs , 1929 July 24. 1 items.
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1 itemsAL, draft of repy to preceding letter
Vilhjalmur Stefansson to Henry G. Bryant , 1929 Dec 5. 1 items.
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1 itemsTLS, New York; asking Bryant to give Italian explorer, Nobile,
a chance to speak at the Geographical Society. Nobile
reached the North Pole in a dirigible.
R.A. Bartlett, to Henry Bryant, 1931 June 12. 1 items.
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1 itemsAPcS, Brigus
Gilbert Grosvenor to Henry Bryant, 1932 February 2. 1 items.