2021-08-02 Guide to the "Photographs of Antarctica, Presented to G. M. Schwartz for the Department of Geology, University of Minnesota, Through the Courtesy of Professor Lawrence [Laurence] Gould, Second In Command of the Expedition," circa 1935-1961 SPEC.PA.56.5036 Finding aid prepared by Ashleigh Minor Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2021 July This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2021-08-02T10:10-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard "Photographs of Antarctica, Presented to G. M. Schwartz for the Department of Geology, University of Minnesota, Through the Courtesy of Professor Lawrence [Laurence] Gould, Second In Command of the Expedition" SPEC.PA.56.5036 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections Polar Small Accessions 5 0.02 Cubic feet circa 1935-1961 "Photographs of Antarctica, Presented to G. M. Schwartz for the Department of Geology, University of Minnesota, Through the Courtesy of Professor Lawrence [Laurence] Gould, Second In Command of the Expedition" includes black and white photographic prints depicting ice and geological features of the Ross Ice Shelf, Liv Glacier, and the Bay of Whales in Antarctica. The photographs were mostly taken from the air by Laurence M. Gould, an American geologist who served as the chief scientist and second-in-command on the first Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930). These prints were compiled and given to geology professor George M. Schwartz at the University of Minnesota circa 1935-1961. (1) letter file folder English Gould, Laurence McKinley, 1896-1995 Acquisitions Information

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 Biographical Note

Laurence M. Gould (1896-1995) was an American geologist who served as the chief scientist and second-in-command on Admiral Richard E. Byrd's first expedition to Antarctica during 1928-1930. In 1932, Gould became a professor at Carleton College in Minnesota, where he later founded the geology department. He served as president of Carleton College from 1945-1962, and then taught geology at the University of Arizona from 1963-1979.

George M. Schwartz (1892-1980) was a professor of geology at the University of Minnesota from 1919-1961. Schwartz was also the director of the Minnesota Geological Survey from 1947-1961, where he established a topographical mapping program of the state.

 Scope and Contents

"Photographs of Antarctica, Presented to G. M. Schwartz for the Department of Geology, University of Minnesota, Through the Courtesy of Professor Lawrence [Laurence] Gould, Second In Command of the Expedition" includes black and white photographic prints glued to album pages. The images depict ice and geological features of the Ross Ice Shelf, Liv Glacier, and the Bay of Whales in Antarctica, and were taken by Laurence M. Gould during the first Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930). Most of the images were taken from a plane, and include captions that identify the location the photograph was taken, as well as images that were used by Gould in publications about the expedition, particularly in "The Ross Shelf Ice" article published in the Bulletin of the Geological Society of America in 1935. The album was compiled circa 1935-1961.

The pages were originally held in a three-ring photograph album in numerical order, as indicated by the creator's handwritten numbers in the corners; the pages were removed from the album and placed in a folder for preservation purposes. There are no pages 8-9, and the last three pages of the album are not numbered; the final page of the album has an "x" written in place of a number.

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