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Vilhjalmur Stefansson Letter to Arthur Carhart

 Collection
Identifier: M1563

Scope and Contents

Collection contains a letter from Stefansson, New York City to Arthur Carhart; signed and dated October 19, 1936.

Dates

  • October 19, 1936

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Copyright

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Biographical / Historical

Vilhjalmur Stefansson (November 3, 1879 - August 26, 1962) was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist. Arthur Hawthorne Carhart (1892-1978) was a US Forest Service official, writer and conservationist who inspired wilderness protection in the United States. He was one of the first to realize the importance of conservation and became a nationally recognized authority on conservation practices.

Extent

1 envelope

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Arthur Carhart, undated.

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository

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