Guide to Rik van Glintenkamp Papers, 2003 SPEC.PA.56.0067 Finding aid prepared by Audrey Wimbiscus Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2026 May This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2026-05-13T10:52-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Rik van Glintenkamp Papers SPEC.PA.56.0067 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.025 Cubic feet 2003 Rik van Glintenkamp (1940s-2016) was a photocopy collage artist, photographer, and filmmaker who created a series of seventy-five collages on polar explorers that became the exhibit "Echoes in the Ice." The Rik van Glintenkamp Papers date from 2003, and consist of a full color exhibit catalog produced for van Glintenkamp's exhibit "Echoes in the Ice." (1) legal file folder English Van Glintenkamp, Rik Acquisitions Information

Accession No. PA.2000.0011: Rik van Glintenkamp, 2000 December; Accession No. PA.2004.0001: Rik van Glintenkamp, 2004 January

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 Biographical Note

Rik van Glintenkamp (1940s-2016) was a photocopy collage artist, photographer, and filmmaker. As a child, he wrote to Admiral Richard E. Byrd and asked to accompany him on his next expedition to Antarctica, claiming he would not take up as much room as an adult draftsman; Byrd replied thanking him, but assured him cameras would be better to document the expedition.

As an adult, van Glintenkamp worked as a fashion and advertising photographer; his work appeared in magazines such as Glamour, Seventeen, Family Circle, and British Vogue. He also directed videos and films for PBS. While storyboarding a potential television series about polar explorers, van Glintenkamp developed his signature collage style that brought together photocopied images of polar explorers, their artifacts, and primary sources on bulletin boards; these further developed into a series of seventy-five collages that were displayed together across the world as the traveling exhibition "Echoes in the Ice." The exhibit was put on at the Ohio State University Libraries in 2000.

 Scope and Contents

The Rik van Glintenkamp Papers date from 2003, and consist of a full color exhibit catalog produced for van Glintenkamp's exhibit "Echoes in the Ice." Along with images of all seventy-five collages in the exhibit, the catalog also contains explanatory text by van Glintenkamp.

 Related Materials The following can be found in the Ohio State University Libraries catalog Echoes in the Ice: Exploration and Science in Antarctica Van Glintenkamp, Rik Collage, American--21st century Collages (visual works) Exhibition catalogs Explorers--Polar regions--19th century Explorers--Polar regions--20th century Male artists--United States--21st century Photocollage--United States--21st century Polar regions--Discovery and exploration--19th century Polar regions--Discovery and exploration--20th century "Echoes in the Ice" exhibit catalog Polar Small Accessions 7 1 2003