Guide to the George Frizell, Jr. Photographs and Ephemera Mailed While Serving on Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, circa 1933 to 1934 June 9 SPEC.PA.56.5041 Finding aid prepared by Casey Blackmore Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2024 August This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2024-08-22T13:55-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard George Frizell, Jr. Photographs and Ephemera Mailed While Serving on Byrd Antarctic Expedition II SPEC.PA.56.5041 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.2 Cubic feet circa 1933 to 1934 June 9 George James Frizell Jr. was born on April 9, 1910 to George J. and Helen (Gallagher) Frizell in Boston, Massachusetts. He served on the Bear of Oakland, which took part in the second Byrd expedition to Antarctica from 1933 to 1935. Frizell contributed to the expedition in several ways, including delivering supplies from the ship to Byrd's base camp on a dog freight sled. Materials are dated circa 1933 to 1934 June 9. The George Frizell, Jr. Photographs and Ephemera Mailed While Serving on Byrd Antarctic Expedition II collections contains eleven photographs, one newspaper clipping about the Bear of Oakland leaving for New Zealand, and one fabric patch commemorating Frizell's time on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II. (1) 2.5" letter document box English Frizell, George James, Jr Arrangement of Materials

Materials are arranged chronologically. Items with the same date are further arranged alphabetically by title.

 Acquisitions Information

Accession No. PA.2024.0008: Georgiana McFadden, 2022 September.

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[identification of item], George Frizell, Jr. Photographs and Ephemera Mailed While Serving on Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, SPEC.PA.56.5041,Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, Ohio State University

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 Biographical Note

George James Frizell Jr. was born on April 9, 1910 to George J. and Helen (Gallagher) Frizell in Boston, Massachusetts. He served on the Bear of Oakland, which took part in the second Byrd expedition to Antarctica from 1933 to 1935. Frizell contributed to the expedition in several ways, including delivering supplies from the ship to Byrd's base camp on a dog freight sled.

 Scope and Contents

The George Frizell, Jr. Photographs and Ephemera Mailed While Serving on Byrd Antarctic Expedition II collections contains eleven photographs, one newspaper clipping about the Bear of Oakland leaving for New Zealand, and one fabric patch commemorating Frizell's time on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II. The photographs include images of Frizell, Jr, Richard Byrd and other crew members on the Bear of Oakland. Other photographs include images of sled dogs and Antarctic landscapes. Titles of photographs were written on the back of the photographs and are maintained in the collection. Materials are dated circa 1933 to 1934 June 9.

 Related Materials Admiral Richard E. Byrd Papers Bear of Oakland (Ship) Byrd Antarctic Expedition (2nd: 1933-1935) Frizell, George James, Jr Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--20th century Dogsledding--Antarctica--20th century Newspaper clippings Photographs Polar regions--Discovery and exploration--20th century Scientific expeditions--Antarctica--20th century Byrd Antarctic Expedition II patch 1 1 circa 1933-1934 Byrd (Richard) photograph 1 2 circa 1933-1934 Frizell (George) on Byrd Antarctic Expedition II photograph 1 3 circa 1933-1934 Sled dog leader photograph 1 4 circa 1933-1934 Unidentified location photograph 1 5 circa 1933-1934 Vic, Stuit, Dute photograph 1 6 circa 1933-1934 Sled dogs for Byrd Antarctic Expedition II photograph 1 7 1933 December 12 Frizell, Jr. (George) and sled dogs photograph 1 8 1933 December 18 Bear of Oakland newspaper clipping 1 9 1934 January 3 Leaving the Bay of Whales photograph 1 10 1934 February 27 Antarctica photograph 1 12 1934 February 28 Frizell (George) on SS Bear of Oakland photograph 1 13 1934 March 30 Crew on Bear of Oakland photograph 1 14 1934 June 9