Anthony Morency Papers

Digital Collection Public

12 12 Items

Created by: Morency, Anthony

Last Updated: 2024-01-18

Anthony J.L. Morency was a tank and tractor driver during United States Antarctica Service Expedition, 1939-1941, and Operation Highjump, 1946-1947. He also participated in Operation Deep Freeze I and II as a gravity physicist from 1955-1956. The Anthony Morency Papers, dated 1933-1972, contains artifacts, correspondence and periodicals from and about these expeditions and the creation and dedication of the Admiral Richard E. Byrd Memorial in New Zealand.

Collection Details

Total items: 12
Size: unknown
Resource type: Collection
Creator: Morency, Anthony
Identifier: SPEC.PA.56.0147
Related URL: https://library.osu.edu/collections/SPEC.PA.56.0147/

Works (12)

1. Pair fur and leather mittens

Identifier:: SPEC.PA.56.0147.002.002
Date:: 1939 to 1941

2. Zippo lighter engraved "Deepfreeze II U.S. Naval Mobile Const.(Construction) Btn. (Battalion) (Special) Det. (Detachment) Bravo"

Creator:: Zippo Manufacturing Company
Identifier:: SPEC.PA.56.0147.006.008
Date:: 1957 to 1958

3. United States Antarctic Program, National Science Foundation clothing patch

Identifier:: SPEC.PA.56.0147.004.023
Date:: 1900s

4. Leather boot liners

Identifier:: SPEC.PA.56.0147.001.001
Date:: 1939 to 1941

5. Army issued felt face mask

Identifier:: SPEC.PA.56.0147.003.001
Date:: 1939 to 1941

6. Rayban sunglasses worn in Antarctica

Identifier:: SPEC.PA.56.0147.006.007
Date:: 194X~

7. Pair reindeer/caribou mittens

Identifier:: SPEC.PA.56.0147.002.001
Date:: 1939 to 1941

8. Byrd Antarctic Expedition II: Cigarette paper

Creator:: A. Hoen & Co.
Identifier:: SPEC.PA.56.0147.004.025
Date:: 1933

9. Pair reindeer mukluks with hard leather soles

Identifier:: SPEC.PA.56.0147.005.001
Date:: 1939 to 1941

10. Placemat from Little America, Wyoming

Identifier:: SPEC.PA.56.0147.004.024
Date:: 1963