Subject Files (Miscellaneous) in the Helene Cook Vetter Papers
| Location | Box | Folder | Folder Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 1 | Amundsen, Roald, 1909-1911, 1927-1930, 1934, 1936, 1955, 1959, 1975; clippings, many, re: Amundsen's endorsement of Cook; "Le esplorazioni polari di Amundsen," by Massimo Cirone, Rivista Bimestrale dell' Istituto Geografico Militare, vol. 39 no. 3, 1959 (Italian); Belgica information; correspondence, miscellaneous, includes letters to Cook from others, re: Amundsen; "Close Calls in My Life as an Explorer," by Amundsen, The World's Work, June 1927; 2 copies, one signed by Amundsen to Cook, Frederick A; "Amundsen Answers his Critics," by Roald Amundsen, World's Work, July 1927; H. Vetter's notes |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 2 | Balch, Edwin Swift, 1915, 1922, 1925-1926, 1955-1956; "Magnetic Variation in the North Polar Regions," compiled by Clark Brown, 1914, blueprint map; "North Pole Questions, I Admiral Peary's Claims," by Balch, Independent, volume 115, November 21, 1925, pp. 575-576; "North Pole Questions, II Cook's Claims, Conclusion," by Balch, Independent, volume 115, November 28, 1925, pp. 607 ff; 1956 letter from B. Washburn to H. Vetter, re: Balch's book; copies of Balch's correspondence with others; "The Undiscovered North," by J. M. Wordie, MA, Discovery, 1921, pp 88-91; H. Vetter's notes |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 3 | Bernard, Dr. Raymond - 1963, "The Hollow Earth" |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 4 | Clippings, miscellaneous alphabetical A-B, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934, 1946- 1947, 1951, 1953-1957, 1971 |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 5 | Clippings, miscellaneous alphabetical C-Z, 1909, 1927-1928, 1930-1931, 1936-1937, 1951-1956, 1964, 1975, 1978 |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 6 | Delaware Valley Society, [n.d.] |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 7 | Encyclopedias and Reference Works, A-F, 1913-1914, 1931, 1935, 1939- 1940, 1948, 1950, 1952-1959, 1961, 1964-1966, 1968-1969, 1971-1972, 1975-1976, H. Vetter's notes and copies of encyclopedia articles and reference works and their coverage of Dr. Cook; correspondence |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 8 | Encyclopedias and Reference Works, G-Z, 1910, 1916, 1928, 1954, 1956- 1957, 1962, includes H. Vetter's index |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 9 | Frederick A. Cook Society, early organizational, 1940, 1956-1957, 1964-1965; early Cook Society organizational, including minutes of meetings; some early materials are from Ralph Shainwald von-Ahlefeldt's files, re: organization of the Cook Arctic Club; 1957 President's message, by Charles W. Thomas, Rear Admiral; correspondence between Vetter and R. Gibbons, re: Society; 1940 letter from Eileen O'Connor to Ted Leitzell, re: proposed expedition by Wilkins to rediscover Bradley Land |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 10 | Frederick A. Cook Society - Projects - Centennial Celebration, 1965; mailing lists; reprints of Congressional Record; correspondence; articles; news clippings |
| 139-129-6 | 22 | 29 | Frederick A. Cook Society - Projects - Vetter's press kit list, 1965; H. Vetter's tiny card file in paper clip box - stored with bibliography card file, O-Z |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 11 | Frederick A. Cook Society - 49th Anniversary Press Release, 1957, clippings, H. Vetter's notes |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 12 | Greenland - 1956, "Wringing Secrets from Greenland's Icecap" National Geographic Magazine, Jan. 1956 |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 13 | International Geophysical Year, 1957 |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 14 | Life-Time, 1958-1959, 1964, 1968, 1972-1973, clippings from and about Life; Cook, Frederick A., vol. 1 no. 1, 1964; basic premise of this publication seems to be to bash Life |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 15 | Miscellaneous Notes [n.d.] |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 16 | Mount Everest - 1954, 1955; "Triumph on Everest" National Geographic Magazine, July 1954; "Beyond Everest" National Geographic Magazine, Nov. 1955 |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 17 | National Geographic Society, 1910, 1915, 1936, 1950, 1954-1957, 1964, 1966-1968, 1973-1975; clippings; Congressional Record, vol. 52, no. 80 part 1, March 15, 1915; "The National Geographic Society and Its Magazine" National Geographic Magazine, Jan. 1936; "John Oliver La Gorce Vice-Chairman of Board, Melville Bell Grosvenor New President-Editor" National Geographic Society, March 1957; Vetter, Helene Cook Bibliography/Subject Card File; note: Cards originally together in one metal file box. Now housed in 3 Hollinger card files, Bibliography A-N, Bibliography O-Z, Subject A-Z |
| 139-129-7 | 23 | 18 | Yahgan Dictionary, 1931, 1935-1937, 1948-1949, 1954-1955, 1957-1959, 1964, 1966; correspondence between H. Vetter and others; writings by H. Vetter and others; information, re: the Belgica and how it relates to the Yahgan ictionary; excerpts from Uttermost Part of the Earth, by E. Lucas Bridges 1949; "The Mystery Surrounding the Wandering Yahgan Dictionary," by H. Vetter, 1957; a brief of "The Mystery Surrounding the Wandering Yahgan Dictionary," by H. Vetter, 1957; "Uttermost Region of the Earth," Life, June 1, 1959; 1935 letter to H. Levin from W. Barclay, re: Dr. Cook; has Cook's notes on it |