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Edward Darlington Jones letters, 1929 May - 1931 Aug., to his wife.
BANC MSS 76/154 pLOCAL
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Edward Darlington Jones letters, 1929 May - 1931 Aug: to his wifeCreator/Contributor:
Jones, Edward Darlington., creatorAbstract:
Written while commanding the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Northland on her annual patrol duty in Arctic waters. Comments on various
rescue operations, visits to native villages and remote settlements, medical aid rendered, etc. With these: copy of an article
(typescript) written for Encyclopedia Arctica on Coast Guard's contacts with Alaska and the Arctic, with related notes and
correspondence (ca. 1947); and clippings.
Date:
1929 (issued)Subject:
n-us-akUnited States. -- Coast Guard.
Northland (cutter)
Eskimos -- Alaska
Alaska -- Description and travel
Arctic regions
Note:
Pictorial materials transferred to Pictorial Collections (BANC PIC 1976.036-.037--ALB)
Type:
Manuscripts for publication.Physical Description:
1 box (.4 linear ft.).
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 76/154 pLOCAL