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Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.
Dates:
Circa 1903-1982, undated.
Microfilm of journals of John Francis Campbell, 1841-1842; and, Matthew Boulton Rennie, 1831, describing visits to Spain.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.799
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Journal of John Francis Campbell describing his time in Spain during a Mediterranean tour Campbell made while he was still a student at Eton, between 1841 and 1842 (Adv.MS.50.3.14, folios 18-86, 287-440);
Journal, 1831, of Matthew Boulton Rennie of a visit to Spain (MS.19949).
Dates:
1834, 1841-1842.