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Harriman Alaska Expedition collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4689

Scope and content

Videotape and accompanying press kit. The videotape, "The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced," is a documentary concerning two scientific expeditions to Alaska, over 100 years apart. The original Harriman expedition in 1899 included 25 scientists, writers, and artists, among them Louis Agassiz Fuertes. A Smith College expedition in 2001 retraced Harriman's route. The film describes these two expeditions, noting the environmental damage and the change in society's attitudes over the intervening years.

Dates

  • 2002.

Extent

2 items. (2 items.)

Language of Materials

English

Related Archival Materials

Related digital collection: Louis Agassiz Fuertes Ornithological Artwork, online at http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/Fuertes2000/.

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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