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William Laird McKinlay fonds [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1913-1983.

Reference:

R2289-0-X-E, MG30-B25

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97680

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William Laird McKinlay fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1913-1983.

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

23.1 cm of textual records.
7 microfilm reels negative and positive 35 mm.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a transcript of a diary while on Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913, describing the wreck of the KARLUK and survival on Wrangel Island, (original in N.L. of Scotland) 1913-1914; manuscripts, 1974, of his draft for his book KARLUK; anotated, The Adventure of Wrangel Island, 1925 by V. Stefansson; photocopy and transcript of diary of Lorne Knight, 1921-1923; original diary of John Hadley, 1914; correspondence and report of John Hadley and John Monroe to V. Stefansson (Photocopies from Dartmouth College, N.H.); correspondence with John Batts concerning W.L. McKinlay's research and his papers in the National Library of Scotland.

In addition, microfilm material consists of the following: letters to McKinlay from survivors of the Karluk expedition and from relatives of explorers who died on this expedition, 1913-1924; letters and papers relating to the period spent on Wrangel Island by members of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1914, later material, 1974; letters and papers to William McKinlay from Dr. and Mrs. Rudolf Anderson (Mae Belle Allstrand Anderson), 1913 to 1927; typescript work on the life and activities of Stefannson by McKinlay, 20 pages; McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia, published in "Karluk", (London, 1976); McKinlay's diary of the Canadian Arctic Expedition; notebook with newspaper clippings; handwritten notes, and related documents. This material is located on microfilm reels A-2146 to A-2152.

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McKinlay, William Laird, 1889-1983

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Textual records (microform) (Electronic) The finding aid is a microfilm shelf list of the microfilmed material only. It is organized by reel number. MSS2001 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000852.pdf

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General note:

The transcript of the 1913-1914 diary (volume 1) was transferred from the Marine Division, Department of Transport in 1937. The remainder of the textual records was acquired in 1974, 1977 and 1978 from William L. McKinlay except for the correspondence donated by John S. Batts in 1987.

In addition, the London Office of the National Archives of Canada acquired a microfilm copy of the McKinlay papers in the National Library of Scotland and transferred the reels to the National Archives of Canada.
Subject heading:

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Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration - Canadian, 1913-1925 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1914

Scientific expeditions - Canada, 1913-1925 C.G.S. Karluk (Ship), 1913-1925

Shipwrecks - Canada, 1913-1925 Wrangel Island (U.S.S.R.), 1913-1925

Lorne Knight, 1921-1923

Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1923-1925

John Hadley, 1914, 1918

John Monro, 1923-1925
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1987/0349 MSS
1994/0115
2003-00237-5

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-B25
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 B 25] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 2001] 527--530

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfilm reel A-2146--A-2152

[Consultation 90 Open]

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