Polar Subject Files
1 "A" miscellaneous, 1910, 1913, 1927-1929, 1931-1932, 1934-1936, 1938,
1954, 1960, 1962, 1971, 1974 Arctic Antarctic H. Levin's notes The Geographical Journal, vol. 41, no.1, January, 1913 (contains articles by Roald Amundsen, "The Norwegian South Polar Expedition," pp.1-15
2 "B" miscellaneous, 1909, 1915, 1925-1926, 1929-1931, 1934-1935, 1943,
1946, 1956, 1960, 1971-1973 "The First Flight to the North Pole," by Richard E. Byrd, National Geographic Magazine, vol.50, no. 3, September, 1926, pp.357-376 "Commander Byrd Receives the Hubbard Gold Medal," National Geographic Magazine, vol. 50, no.3, September, 1926, pp.377-388 other Byrd clippings H. Levin's notes Excerpts from The Long Hunt, by Fred Bruemmer, with H. Vetter's and H. Levin's notes
3 Baldwin, Evelyn Briggs, 1902, 1904, 1909, 1913, 1915-1916, 1957 "Positive Proof of Dr. Cook's Attainment of the Pole," by Baldwin, [n.d.] H. Vetter's notes
4 Bluebook, 1953-1954 "The Great North Pole Lie," by John Euller, September, 1953, pp.7-15 correspondence between H. Vetter and Maxwell Hamilton, editor of Bluebook H. Vetter's notes correspondence between H. Vetter and others, re: their letters to the editor of Bluebook, re: Euller's article
5 Book References, [n.d.] compiled by H. Vetter
6 Bradley, John R., 1909, 1935, 1937, 1945, 1967-1968
7 Byrd Transpolar Flight, 1960, 1974-1965, 1968-1969, 1971-1972 H. Vetter's notes Levin's notes
8 "C" miscellaneous, 1909, 1928, 1932, 1935-1936, 1939, 1945, 1956-1960,
1965, 1973 "A Brief History of Exploration and Research in the Canadian Eastern Arctic," reprinted from the Canadian Geographical Journal, March, 1945 "Doctors Afield : Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940)," by Nathan P. Couch, M.D., New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 255, no.10, Sept. 6, 1956, pp.475-476 correspondence between H. Vetter and N. Couch, re: his article, above
1939 letter from Fred High to Dr. Cook, re: an article he wrote to the editor of Liberty about an article they published by Jo Chamberlain "Dr. Frederick A. Cook : Twentieth Century Explorer," by Reverend Glenn B. Coykendall, 1965, with letter from H. Vetter with her comments H. Levin's notes on My Attainment of the Pole, by Frederick A. Cook, 1913
9 Congressional Hearings, Helgesen, Henry T. notes Congressional testimony clippings
10 Congressional Record, 1911 and index index by H. Vetter notes
11-12 Congressional Record, 2 binders, 1914-1916, 1957-1958, 1965 eleven issues in binder one, eight issues in binder two with index by H. Vetter
13 Congressional Record, alphabetical index, [n.d.], by H. Vetter
14 Congressional Record, information and letters, 1911, 1914-1917, 1956 includes correspondence to Dr. Cook and others
15 Congressional Record, Letters to the Congress of the United States from Dr. Frederick A. Cook with H. Vetter's notes and index
16 Congressional Record, Testimony of Robert Edwin Peary, 1916
17 "D" miscellaneous, 1940, 1944, 1956, 1958, [n.d.] Levin's notes "World Alive : a personal story," by Robert Dunn
18 Danish Clippings, 1909-1911 includes letter from K. Rasmussen to Rolf Gilberg, who forwarded to H. Vetter, 1976 or 1977
19 Display at Grosvenor Library, 1958
20 "E" miscellaneous, 1909, 1924, 1936-1937, 1939, 1964-1965, 1967, 1972 H. Levin's notes A. Freeman's notes, typed and handwritten "The Witness for Dr. Cook," by Maurice Francis Egan, 1909 excerpt from Reflections of a Happy Life, by Maurice Francis Egan,
1924
21 Euller, John, 1955, 1964, [n.d.] "The Centenary of the Birth of Frederick A. Cook," by John Euller, reprinted from Arctic, vol. 17 no.4, December, 1964 "Eskimos, Ice Islands, and Dr. Cook," undated manuscript H. Vetter's notes, 1955
22 Explorers Club, 1939-1940, 1944, 1947-1948, 1950, 1955-1956, 1959
1944 membership list H. Vetter's notes
1950 booklet, The Explorers Club The Explorers Journal, vol. 17, no.2, Summer, 1939 The Explorers Journal, vol. 27, no.1, Winter, 1949 guest list from the 1948 Explorers Club Dinner miscellaneous letters to and from R. S. von Ahlefeldt, re: Dr. Cook
23 "F" miscellaneous, 1909, 1916, 1927, 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1940, 1947,
1950, 1950, 1953, 1955-1959, 1965, 1969, 1976
1936 letter from Anthony Fiala to Dr. Cook "Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas," by Peter Freuchen, Best in Books Excerpt, 1958 Excerpt from Ice Floes and Flaming Water by Peter Freuchen, October, 1954, pp.120-132 "I Lived in a World of Ice," by Peter Freuchen, Male, vol.4(9), September, 1954, pp.82-97 "Captain Peter Freuchen : the Story of a Vagrant Viking," by Norman Katkov, Saga, vol. 13(2), November, 1956 "The Art of the Eskimo Hunter," by Sid Latham, True, vol. 42, no.
292, September, 1961, pp.104-120
24 Freeman, Andrew, The Case for Doctor Cook, book reviews, clippings, correspondence, 1957, 1961
25 "G" miscellaneous, 1926, 1934-1935, 1946, 1957, 1961-1962, 1964 H. Vetter's notes
1961 letter from Hugo Levin to H. Vetter, re: Greely "Dr. Frederick Cook--Fraud or Martyr," by Paul D. Green, Sir!, vol. 3(3), March, 1946, pp.26-27 "Abandoned! Greely's Ordeal in the Arctic," by A. L. Todd, condensed book, True, vol. 42(286), March, 1961, pp38-ff "The Greely Arctic Expedition," by Major Charles B. van Pelt, [n.d.] excerpts from Challenge to the Poles : Highlights of Arctic and Antarctic Aviation, by John Grierson, 1964, with H. Levin's notes
26 German, [n.d.]
27 Gibbons, Russell W., 1956-1957, 1966, 1968-1969 "The Man From Whom They Stole the North Pole," by R.W. Gibbons, Fury, December, 1954, pp. 14-ff "Vanishing Islands of the Arctic," by R.W. Gibbons, Fate, vol. 10, no.12, pp.-ff "Dr. Frederick A. Cook : American Dreyfus?" by R. W. Gibbons, Doubt, vol. II, whole no.52, pp.403-409 "Biographical Sketch of Frederick A. Cook," prepared by Russ Gibbons, April, 1956, for Encyclopedia Americana "And the Fight Goes On," by Russ Gibbons, Yankee, vol. 8, December, 1969 "Frederick Albert Cook : an Enigma in Polar History," by Russ Gibbons, Polar Notes, vol. 8, June, 1968 "Dr. Cook : An American Dreyfus in the Arctic?" by Russ Gibbons, North, vol. 15 no.2, March-April, 1968
28 Gibbs, Sir Philip, 1923, 1953-1954, 1956-1957, 1959, 1962, 1973 notes by H. Vetter on Sir Philip Gibbs, 1959 " A Scoop that Unjustly Stigmatized an Explorer," by H. Vetter,
1956 "Adventures of an International Reporter : I. How I exposed Dr. Cook's Polar Fraud," by Philip Gibbs, World's Work, March, 1923 correspondence between H. Vetter and Gibbs
29 Goodsell, John W., 1909, 1916, 1944-1945 miscellaneous letters to and from Goodsell, re: North Pole