Subject Files (Mount McKinley) in the Helene Cook Vetter Papers
| Location | Box | Folder | Folder Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 72 | "A" Miscellaneous, 1946-1947, 1965, 1970; Frank Ashley to Vetter, Helene Cook, June 2, 1970; Keith Arnold notes, February 27-28, 1965; "Argosy" "Killer Mountain" by Edwin Muller, August 1947 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 73 | "Alaska" and "Alaska Sportsman," 1956-1957, 1964-1966, 1972-1973, 1976; articles and correspondence |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 74 | "B" Miscellaneous, 1911, 1914, 1973; Edwin Swift Balch; Alfred H. Brooks; Edward Barrill |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 75 | Brown, Clark, 1913-1914(?);"An Engineer's Research and Conclusions" |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 76 | Browne, Belmore, 1907, 1911, 1913, 1973; "Sleuthing on Mt. McKinley" The Metropolitan Magazine [nd]; "The Struggle Up Mount McKinley" The Outing Magazine June 1907; "By Motor Boat to Mt. McKinley" The Outing Magazine March 1911; Correspondence between Browne and Edwin Swift Balch 1915; excerpts from "Conquest of Mt McKinley," by Belmore Browne 1913; "Belmore Browne," Alaska Journal, vol. 3 no. 2, Spring, 1973 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 77 | "C" Miscellaneous, "Compare" [nd] |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 78 | Clippings, Miscellaneous, 1903, 1906 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 79 | Cook, Frederick A, Mount McKinley, published articles, 1904, 1907, 1925; "America's Unconquered Mountain," by Frederick A. Cook; Harper's Monthly Magazine, vol. 108, January, 1904; "The Conquest of Mount McKinley," by Frederick A. Cook, vol. 114, May, 1907; "The Prince of Liars," American Weekly, 1925, Chapter 2, page 9, 13 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 80 | "Cook - McKinley Data" by Vetter, Helene Cook, 1957 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 81 | "Dr. Cook and Mount McKinley" by Bradford Washburn, 1958 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 82 | Dunn, Robert, 1904, 1907, 1956; "World Alive: A Personal Story"; Excerpts from The Shameless Diary of an Explorer, 1907; "Across the Forbidden Tundra" The Outing Magazine, January 1904; "Into the Mists of Mt. McKinley" The Outing Magazine, February 1904; "Storm-Wrapped on Mt. McKinley" The Outing Magazine, March 1904; "Highest on Mt. McKinley" The Outing Magazine, April 1904; "Home by Ice and by Swimming from Mt. McKinley" The Outing; Magazine, May 1904; "Mountaineering in North America" The Outing Magazine, April-September 1907; includes notes by Hugo Levin |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 83 | Eames, Hugh, 1971, untitled "first draft" |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 84 | Freeman, Andrew, 1910-1911, newspaper clippings |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 85 | Gerstmann, Paul, 1956, expedition diary |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 86 | Gonnason, Walter, 1956, expedition diary |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 87 | Gonnason, Walter, writings, 1950, 1956 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 88 | Gonnason Mount McKinley Expedition, 1956, clippings |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 89 | Gonnason Mount McKinley Expedition, expenses, 1956 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 90 | Gonnason Mount McKinley Expedition, news releases, 1956 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 91 | Gonnason Mount McKinley Expedition, photo descriptions, 1956 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 92 | "H" Miscellaneous, 1934, excerpt from "The Conquest of the North Pole" by J Gordon Hayes, 1934 re: Mt. McKinley expedition |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 93 | "L" Miscellaneous, 1932, 1933; Lindley Expedition clippings; Lick, Harry J "The Second Ascent of Mount McKinley" |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 94 | Leitzell, Ted, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, "The Adventures of Dr. Cook" Adventure, March 1938; letter to The New York Times, December 1936; excerpt from "Real America," October 1935; article from "Adventure," October 1939 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 95 | Levin, Hugo, 1957, 1959, 1960, notes and correspondence |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 96 | Life, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959; notes and correspondence from Vetter, Helene Cook, Nora High, Hugo Levin, Milton Lory, Walter Gonnason, Ted Leitzell, Andrew Freeman, Russell W. Gibbons, Donald E. Stover |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 97 | "M" Miscellaneous, 1930, 1931, 1947, 1953, 1965; Edwin Muller "The Conquest of Mt McKinley" Reader's Digest, August 1947; E. Murphy "Mt. McKinley" 1931; letter from E. Murphy to Mark Sullivan, August 20, 1931; E. Murphy "Mt. McKinley - Summit Phenomenon" from Did Cook Discover the North Pole, 1930; letter from Mount McKinley National Park to Robert Holder, March 30, 1965; "Wildlife of Mount McKinley National Park" by Adolph Murie, 1953 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 98 | Mazama, 1907, 1945, articles "The Conquest of Mount McKinley" (1907) and Mount McKinley and the Mazama Expedition" (1945) |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 99 | Mount McKinley, 1956, H. Vetter's scrapbook |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 100 | Mount McKinley, articles by Vetter, Helene Cook, 1956, 1957, 1972, 1973 |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 101 | Mount McKinley correspondence, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1970; notes and correspondence to and/or re: Frank Ashley, MEB Banks, Jake Breitenbach, Sir Edmund Hillary, TIME, and Bradford Washburn |
| 139-129-2 | 18 | 102 | Mount McKinley Diary Study, 1961, 1972-1974; notes and correspondence from Hugo Levin |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 1 | "Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska," 1937, 1953 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 2 | Mount McKinley Newspaper Articles, 1957, 1963, 1974, 1975 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 3 | Mount McKinley Photograph Notes, 1909, 1955, 1956, 1972 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 4 | Mount McKinley Subject File, 1956, by Vetter, Helene Cook |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 5 | Mountains, 1910, 1926, 1946, 1951, 1954, 1956-1958, 1961-1965, 1967, 1972-1974, 1976; assorted articles on Mt. McKinley, Mt. Everest, the Matterhorn, Mt. Kennedy, Mt. Huntington, and Mt. Logan |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 6 | Overland Monthly, 1913; "Hazards of Climbing Mount McKinley" by Ralph H Cairns, February 1913 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 7 | "P" Miscellaneous, 1896, 1914, 1931, 1955, 1964; notes and correspondence re: Cook's expedition photos and other summit photographs |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 8 | Pacific Monthly, 1910, 1911, "Mount McKinley and the Mazama Expedition" September 1910; "On the Trail of Dr. Cook" November 1910; "On the Trail of Dr. Cook" January 1911; "Dr. Cook, Faker" March 1911; notes by Hugo Levin |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 9 | Parker, Prof. Herschel C., 1906, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1965, newspaper articles re: expedition, lectures, his opinion on Cook controversy; notes and correspondence by Hugo Levin re: Parker |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 10 | Pearson, Grant H., 1906, 1962; notes on publications; excerpts from correspondence with Hudson Stuck |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 11 | Poindexter, Miles, 1909-1910, 1913,-1915, 1974; research notes by H. Vetter; copies of correspondence; articles |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 12 | "Q" Miscellaneous, 1964; correspondence and clipping from Hugo Levin to Vetter, Helene Cook re: quake on Mt. McKinley |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 13 | "R" Miscellaneous, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1938, 1947, 1956; Rost, Ernest C. "Mount McKinley, Its Bearing on the Polar Controversy;" maps and articles re: Mt. McKinley routes |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 14 | Rose, Richard, 1971-1972; correspondence with Vetter, Helene Cook and clippings |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 15 | "S" Miscellaneous, 1906, 1913, 1929, 1938, 1950, 1955, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1975; Scientific American, December 15, 1906; "Rescue on Mt. McKinley," Saga, March 1955; "The Six Slaphappy Sourdoughs on Mt. McKinley," Saga, November 1955; "In Defense of Dr. Cook" letter to the editor, Saga, May 1956 clippings and articles re: Don Sheldon; "On Top of the World," by Showell Styles, 1967; "The Ascent of Denali" by Hudson Stuck, 1913; articles and correspondence by and re: Hudson Stuck; "Who Climbed Mount McKinley" by Numa F. Vidal, "The Saturday Evening Post," February 18, 1950 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 16 | Saga, 1955, 1956; issues and correspondence |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 17 | Salzer Study, 1953, 1962 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 18 | Sayre, Woodrow Wilson, 1958, 1964, 1966; articles and correspondence |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 19 | Sky, 1957, 1959, "The Hues of Heaven" [n.d.] (possibly from Life); clippings re: the color of the sky |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 20 | Sourdough Expedition, 1909, 1910; Thomas Lloyd |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 21 | Sports Illustrated, 1956, "Tale of a Wayside Inn;" notes and correspondence |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 22 | Steffens, Lincoln, 1931, "Enemies of the Republic;" notes by Hugo Levin; notes on "Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens" by Robert Dunn |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 23 | "Talkeetna Encounter" by Vetter, Helene Cook, 1956-1958; article, notes, and correspondence |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 24 | Trott, Otto T., expedition diary, 1956 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 25 | "U" Miscellaneous, 1964, 1966; "The Age of Mountaineering" by James Ramsey Ullman, excerpts and correspondence, notes by Hugo Levin |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 26 | "V" Miscellaneous, 1950; "Who Climbed Mount McKinley?" by Numa F. Vidal; notes and correspondence re: Vidal |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 27 | Vetter, Helene Cook, Mt. McKinley article ideas, 1962, 1970 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 28 | Vetter, Helene Cook, writings and notes, 1956, 1957, 1959-1961, 1970, 1972 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 29 | "W" miscellaneous, 1955 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 30 | Waale, Hans C., 1974, "Common Sense and Mt. McKinley" |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 31 | Waale, Hans C., correspondence, map, and advertisement, 1985 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 32 | Washburn, Bradford, "A Tourist Guide to Mount McKinley," 1971, 1972, 1975; correspondence and reviews |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 33 | Washburn, Bradford, correspondence and clippings, 1951, 1955-1958, 1960-1962, 1964-1965, 1972-1974, 1976, 1977 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 34 | Washburn, Bradford, National Geographic, 1938, 1953, "Over the Roof of Our Continent" July 1938, "Mount McKinley Conquered by New Route" August 1953 |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 35 | Whymper, Edward, 1965, clipping |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 36 | Wright, Helen and Samuel Rapport, "The Great Explorers" excerpts, 1957, notes by Hugo Levin |
| 139-129-3 | 19 | 37 | Zavatti, Silvio, 1961, 1970-1972; his writings (in Italian), re: McKinley and Cook; correspondence between H. Vetter and J. J. Cores, translator; translations of Zavatti's works by Cores; "La Prima Scalata del McKinley (Alasca)," by Silvio Zavatti, Istituto Geografico Polare Pubblicazioni Storiche, 2, 1970, preCook, Frederick Ae by H Vetter in Italian; translation of "La Prima Scalata del McKinley (Alasca)," by Silvio Zavatti, Istituto Geografico Polare Pubblicazioni Storiche, 2, 1970, preCook, Frederick Ae by H Vetter in Italian; H. Vetter's notes |