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A. Tunzi fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1914-1915, 1971.

Reference:

R5152-0-5-E, MG30-B147

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102829

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A. Tunzi fonds
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Record information – Details
Fonds includes:

3 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1914-1915, 1971.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

34 photographs b&w.
0.5 cm of textual records (5 p.).

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of photographs taken by A. Tunzi, U.S. Coast Guard radio operator, depicting: the rescue of the men of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913 after the sinking of the Karluk from Wrangell Island; the ship Corwin tied to an ice pack; and mail delivery to the Alaskan coastal village of St. Michael.

Fonds also consists of textual material which consists of letter and memorandum of 28 Nov. 1971 from A. Tunzi of San Bruno, Calif., to Philip Chaplin of the Directorate of History. They describe the rescue in 1914 of the men of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913 of the ship KARLUK at Wrangel Island by the ships BEAR of the United States Coast Guard and the KING and WING.

Provenance:

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Tunzi, A

Biography/Administrative history:

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Tunzi, A : A. Tunzi, radio operator, was a radio operator on the U.S. Coast Guard ship BEAR from 1914 to 1916.

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General note:

The originals were transferred from S. Harris, Directorate of History, National Defence Headquarters.
Photocopies of 34 photographs transferred to the Documentary Art and Photography Division, were retained in the collection, 1914, 9 pages.
Subject heading:

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United States. Coast Guard

Arctic regions - Canada, 1914, 1971 Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913

Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration, 1914 Karluk (Ship), 1914

Arctic regions - Exploring expeditions, 1914 Wrangle Island (N.W.T.), 1914

Bear (Ship), 1914

King (Ship), 1914

Wing (King), 1914

San Bruno (Calif.), 1971

Philip Chaplin, 1971
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1982-205 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-B147
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 B 147] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright expired.

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