Copyright © 2003 by Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College
Library
| Box |
Folder |
Content |
Date |
| 1 |
1 |
Recovered Drift Cask Forms and Correspondence |
|
| |
|
Printed Drift Cask Form #2
Recovered June 19, 1918, Franklin Bay, Canada. Finder was David Picktogana
(sp?). Form was returned by P.R. Conway, Royal Northwest Mounted Police.
|
1899 Aug 18 |
| |
|
P.R. Conway to "The Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Gentlemen"
ANS, New York; On the recovery of Drift Cask #2, 1918 in Franklin Bay,
Canada.
|
1919 Sept 19 |
| |
|
Vice President of the Philadelphia Geographical
Society to Sergeant P. R. Conway
TL, Letter of thanks for the return of Drift Cask #2
|
1919 Sept 25 |
| |
|
Clement Biddle to Henry Bryant
TLS, Philadelphia; On Drift Cask #2
|
1919 Sept 23 |
| |
|
Printed Drift Cask Form #6
Recovered June 7th, 1905, Iceland. Finder was Vigfus Benidiktoson.
|
1899 Sept 13 |
| |
|
Drift Cask Form #26
Ms. Recovered Soro Island, November 1908. Returned by Roald Amundsen.
|
1900 July 12 |
| |
|
Roald Amundsen to Henry Bryant
ALS, 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.
|
1909 Feb 4 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to Roald Amundsen
TLS, Philadelphia
|
1909 Feb 23 |
| |
|
Printed Drift Cask Form #35
Recovered December 19, 1923, Husky Inlet, Yukon Territory. Finder was
Papsok. Returned by S. T. Wood, Inspector, Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
|
1900 Sept |
| |
|
S. T. Wood to the Philadelphia Geographical Society
TLS, Herschel Island, Yukon Territory; accompanies return of Drift
Cask Form #35
|
1924 March 8 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to S. T. Wood
TLS, Philadelphia
|
1924 June 4 |
| |
|
Printed Drift Cask Form #46
Recovered August 17th, 1902, 172° 50' W 67° 01' N, along the
Siberian coast. Finder was A.S. Christiansen.
|
1901 Aug 21 |
| |
|
A.S. Christiansen, to Henry Bryant
ALS, Nome, Alaska; recounts the circumstances surrounding the recovery
of Drift Cask #46.
|
1906 March 3 |
| |
|
Printed Drift Cask Form #50
Recovered August, 1903, North Cape Siberia. Finder was an inhabitant
of Ammen.
|
1901 Aug 21
|
| |
|
"Memoranda Relating to Cask No. 50" |
n.d. |
| 1 |
2 |
Correspondence Surrounding Drift Casks |
|
| |
|
Newspaper Clipping "Drifted Amundsen's Way"
The Sun, Philadelphia
|
1909 Jan 11 |
| |
|
Newspaper Clipping, from Public Ledger, in "Current
Topics of the Town"
On Drift Cask #2. |
1919 Nov 5 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant "Another Drift Cask Received": Copy of Letter
Mailed to the New York Times
TLS, on the recovery of Drift Cask #35 by an Eskimo, Dec. 10, 1923
in the Yukon Territories
|
1924 May 20 |
| |
|
F. B. Bassett to Henry Bryant
TLS, Washington D.C.
|
1924 May 23 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to F.B. Bassett
TLS, Philadelphia
|
1924 May 29 |
| |
|
F.B. Bassett to Henry Bryant
TLS, Washington D.C.
|
1924 June 2 |
| 1 |
3 |
Drift-Cask Distribution Table |
|
| |
|
"Table Showing Distribution of Melville-Bryant Drift Casks"
|
n.d. |
| |
|
"Memoranda Relating to Distribution of Melville-Bryant Drift Casks"
|
n.d. |
| 1 |
4 |
Byrd Antarctic Expedition - 1929 |
|
| |
|
Henry Bryant to Richard E. Byrd
Telegram, Philadelphia; notifies Byrd that Bryant will donate $1000
to his expedition.
|
1928 Oct 7 |
| |
|
Richard E. Byrd to Henry Bryant
Telegram, Los Angeles. Three copies, one pasted up from tape. "Sorry
not to have seen you before leaving."
|
1928 Oct 8 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to Capt. H.H. Railey
TL, Philadelphia; notifies of Bryant's intention to donate
$1000 to Byrd's expedition.
|
1928 Oct 16 |
| |
|
H.H. Railey to Henry Bryant
TLS, New York
|
1928 Oct 17 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to H.H. Railey
TLS, Philadelphia
|
1928 Oct 22 |
| |
|
Receipt of check for $1000, signed by H.H. Railey
TDS
|
1928 Oct 23 |
| |
|
Notification of tax deduction for expedition contributions, signed by
H.H. Railey
TDS
|
n.d. |
| |
|
H.H. Railey to Henry Bryant
TLS, New York; requests further donation to the Antarctic expedition.
|
1929 April 3 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to H.H. Railey
TLS, Philadelphia; makes further donation of $250
|
1929 April 10 |
| |
|
Richard E. Byrd to Henry Bryant
"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."
|
1929 Dec 10 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to H.H.Railey
TLS, Philadelphia; seeks advice on inviting Byrd to give a lecture
at the Geograhical Society of Philadelphia after his return
|
1929 Dec 17 |
| 1 |
5 |
Byrd Arctic Expedition |
|
| |
|
Henry Bryant, "The Byrd Dinner"
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"
|
1926 Dec 15 |
| 1 |
6 |
Peary Arctic Expedition - 1909 |
|
| |
|
Robert Peary to Henry Bryant
Telegram, Indian Harbor. "The pole is ours thank you. Peary."
|
1909 Sept 7 |
| |
|
Bridgeman to Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Telegram, Brooklyn, NY. "North pole discovered April sixth 1909
by Perry Artic [sic] Club Expedition undercommander Peary."
|
1909 Sept 7 |
| 1 |
7 |
Roumanian/Greenland Expedition - 1927-1928 |
|
| |
|
Constantin Dumbrava to Henry Bryant
ANS, Paris
|
n.d. |
| |
|
Photo of "La Madona"
|
n.d. |
| |
|
"The Arctic Expedition "La Madona""
Description of expedition details
|
n.d. |
| |
|
Edwin Swift Balch to Henry Bryant
ALS, Philadelphia
|
1927 March 8 |
| |
|
William H. Hobbs to Constantin Dumbrava
TL, Ann Arbor, Michigan; concerning the best base for Dumbrava's upcoming
expedition
|
1927 March 14 |
| |
|
Constantin Dumbrava to Henry Bryant
TLS, New York; details of expedition
|
1927 April 5 |
| |
|
William Hobbs to Henry Bryant
ANS, Frederik VIII (ship); requests support for Dumbrava's expedition
|
1927 May |
| |
|
Constantin Dumbrava, to Henry Bryant
TL, New York; requests to be put in contact with Mr. Wanamaker for
futher financial support
|
1927 May 11 |
| |
|
Constantin Dumbrava to Henry Bryant
TLS, New York
|
1927 May 11 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to Constantin Dumbrava
TLS, Philadelphia
|
1927 May 18 |
| |
|
Constantin Dumbrava to Henry Bryant
TLS, New York
|
1927 May 27 |
| 1 |
8 |
Correspondence of Henry Grier Bryant |
|
| |
|
Martin Conway to Henry Bryant.
ALS, London
|
1899 Sept 24 |
| |
|
James Bryce to Charles E. Fay
ApcS, Washington D.C.
|
1909 Dec 18 |
| |
|
Unknown correspondent to Henry Bryant
APcS, Cannes France
|
n.d. |
| |
|
Charles Richmond (poem)
ADS, New York
|
1908 June 10 |
| |
|
Admiral Sir Assheton G. Curzon Howe to Henry Bryant
ALS
|
n.d. 1910 |
| |
|
Howard Palmer to Henry Bryant
TLS, New London, CT
|
1916 July 8 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to LeRoy Jeffers
TLS, Philadelphia
|
1916 June 16 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to LeRoy Jeffers
TLS, Philadelphia
|
1916 June 24 |
| |
|
Edward Evans to Henry Bryant
ALS
|
1917 May 22 |
| |
|
A. Lawrence Lorrell to Henry Bryant
TLS, Cambridge, MA
|
1920 Jan 28 |
| |
|
Oscar S. Straus to Henry Bryant
ALS, Washington D.C.
|
1920 Feb 8 |
| |
|
William C. Sproul to Henry Bryant
ALS, Harrisburg
|
1920 Feb 14 |
| |
|
Count Paul Teleki, letter of introduction for Edgar Yolland
TLS, Budapest
|
1923 Jan 8 |
| |
|
Anna Behrend to Henry Bryant
ALS, Hamburg
|
1926 April 9 |
| |
|
"Rough translation" of previous letter from German into English
ALS, Hamburg
|
1926 April 9 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to Anna Behrend
TL
|
1926 April 28 |
| |
|
J. Schokalskie to Henry Bryant
ALS, Leningrad; expresses pleasure to hear that Roy Chapman Andrews received
the Elisha Kent Kane Gold Medal
|
1929 Feb 26 |
| |
|
J. Schokalskie to Henry Bryant
TLS, Leningrad
|
1929 April 30 |
| |
|
J. Schokalskie to Henry Bryant
APcS, Leningrad
|
n.d. |
| |
|
Wm. Hobbs to Henry Bryant
TLS, Ann Arbor
|
1929 July 16 |
| |
|
Henry Bryant to Professor William Hobbs
AL, draft of repy to preceding letter
|
1929 July 24 |
| |
|
Vilhjalmur Stefansson to Henry G. Bryant
TLS, 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.
|
1929 Dec 5 |
| |
|
R.A. Bartlett, to Henry Bryant
APcS, Brigus
|
1931 June 12 |
| |
|
Gilbert Grosvenor to Henry Bryant
TLS, Washington D.C.
|
1932 February 2 |
| |
|
Edgar Tolland to Henry Bryant
ALS
|
n.d |