Elisha Kent Kane papers, 1825-1855
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- Journal, photograph, silhouette, printed booklet, and annotated sketch. The journal is one kept by Kane during the Second Grinnell Expedition, the purpose of which was to search for Sir John Franklin. The journal dates from June 4, 1854 to May 15, 1855.
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Extent | .25 linear foot |
| Place | California |
| Publication date | 1825 - 1855 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 |
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Subjects
| Subject | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 |
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| Subject | Franklin, John, 1786-1847 |
| Subject | Grinnell Expedition (2nd : 1853-1855) |
| Subject | Explorers > United States |
| Subject | Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > American |
| Subject | Northwest Passage |
| Subject | Explorers |
| Genre | Journals (notebooks) |
| Genre | Photoprints. |
Bibliographic information
| Additional physical form | also available on microfilm in Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. |
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| Acquisition | Purchased, 1934. |
| Biographical/Historical | Arctic explorer, surgeon, naval officer, and author. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; educated at the Universities of Virginia and Pennsylvania. He received his doctor of medicine in 1843. Kane travelled abroad extensively, explored the Arctic, and was a member of the Second Grinnell Expedition to the Arctic, 1854-1855. He died in Havana, Cuba February 16, 1857. |
| Publications | Kane, Elisha Kent. "Arctic Explorations." |
| Note | Finding aid available in Special Collections Reading Room and online. |
| Note | Historical Society of Pennsylvania, The Dreer Collection. |
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| LCCN | ms 67002059 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/bp650qb3576 |
| Location | Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305. |