2018-04-26 Preliminary Inventory of the Richard R. Conger Photographs and Correspondence, 1946-1957, 1992 SPEC.PA.56.0201 Finding aid prepared by Devon Boerman and John Hooton Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2018 April This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-08-19T16:29-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Richard R. Conger Papers SPEC.PA.56.0201 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.4 Cubic feet 1946-1957, 1992 Richard Russell Conger was a naval photographer who served in several polar expeditions including Operation Highjump (1946-1947), Operation Windmill (1947-1948), and Operation Deep Freeze I, II, and III, (1955-1958). The Richard R. Conger Papers, which date from 1946-1957 and 1992, contains photographs of the personnel, landscapes, vehicles, and activities during these Antarctican expeditions. (1) 5'' letter document box English Conger, Richard R., 1921-2003 Arrangement of Materials

This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.

 Acquisitions Information

Accession No. PA.2010.0020: Purchased, 2010 December

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Richard R. Conger Papers, SPEC.PA.56.0201, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, Ohio State University

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 Biographical Note

Richard Russell Conger was a photographer employed by the United States Navy who served in several polar expeditions including Operation Highjump, 1946-1947, Operation Windmill, 1947-1948 and Operation Deep Freeze I, II, and III, 1955-1958. Conger's photography often included underwater and cold-weather scenes. During Operation Highjump, Conger was also involved in the rescue effort of George One, a Navy plane that crashed in Antarctica in 1946.

 Scope and Contents

The Richard R. Conger Papers, which date from 1946-1957 and 1992, contains photographs of the personnel, landscapes, vehicles, and activities during the Antarctica expeditions Operation Highjump, Operation Windmill and Operation Deep Freeze I,II, and III. The collection also contains a 1992 Christmas card from William Kearns, whom Conger helped rescue from a 1946 plane crash in Antarctica during Operation Highjump.

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(25) photographs

 Expedition personnel and landscapes photographs 1 2 circa 1946-1947, 1957 Scope and Contents

(32) photographs, captions: -"Bear moored to ice at fartherest point. East on 1st exploration trip." -"By trimming off the edge I probably cut off 700 penguins. How many do you see Sue? How do they know whose nest is whose?"

 Ships, planes, helicopters, and cameras photographs 1 3 circa 1946-1947 Scope and Contents

(37) photographs

 Personnel and facilities photographs 1 4 circa 1946-1957 Scope and Contents

(82) photographs, captions: -"Typical berthing facilities aboard 'wind' type ice-breakers" -"Shirley making film" -"Gutenko (cook) carving turkey for 4 July dinner" -"Skipper of the (?) destroyer Borwrson Condr?"

 Expedition photographs 1 5 1957 Scope and Contents

(48) photographs

 Expeditions photographs and letter 1 6 1946-1947, 1992 Scope and Contents

(30) photographs, (1) letter, captions: -"Lieutenant Commander J.D. Howell United States Navy and Richard R. Conger United States Navy our way to coast of Antarctica at Cape Dart on rescue mission of Captain H.H. Caldwell and remainder of crew of George I. January 11, 1947- January 12, 1942" -"George 3" -"Levko with 35 millimeter Mitchel 'crew of the crashed plane'" -"Levko" -"There is the Hopti Copter that we lost" -"This is the crew I fly with. I released the big guy on the top ridge with Commander Howell in the top court" -"this was the hop that we crashed up on. The fellow up in the cockpit was one of the killed also the boy in the hatch under the propeller." -"Our staff and the brad(?) Left to Right: Commander Howell, my pilot, Commander Dufek, the big guy in the center is our skipper the on of the crash and at the right Commander Schvaits our execs" -"our return with the boys" -"the skipper after we brought him back to the ship' -"the wreck" -"AV- 12 boat approaching rescue plane, PBW #3" -"Chief Owen McCarty photo on the crashed PBM with J.R. Payne, PHI checking arial cam exac(?) for planes."