1 "P" miscellaneous, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1965, 1972, [n.d.] "Frederick A. Cook," by Joe Purcell, Upper Delaware Drummer,
1965, pp.1-ff "A Visit to the Living Ice Age" by Rutherford Platt, National Geographic Magazine, April 1957 Polar Times, June 1955. Page 30 has obit on Matt Henson, Frank Stokes, who was an artist on Peary expedition, and Ootah, an Eskimo who was on 1909 Peary expedition to N. Pole "The Secret of the Vanished Explorer," by Morton M. Hunt, Saturday Evening Post, June 9, 1951, pp.40-ff. Article is about Frederick Pohl. book jacket for Life on an Ice Floe, by Ivan Papanin
2 Peary, Robert Edwin, 1962-1965, 1968-1969, 1974, 1976, [n.d.] H. Levin's notes H. Vetter's notes handwritten notes by Frederick A. Stokes, on The North Pole by Robert E. Peary, 2nd edition, 1910
3 Peary, Robert Edwin, 1909, 1912-1913, 1920, 1926, 1935, 1939, 1948-
1949, 1952-1957, 1959 H. Vetter's notes
1940 letter to Dr. Cook from George Peppy, an engineer on the Peary ship Windward, 1900-1901 "Peary Flag Comes to Rest," by Marie Peary Stafford, National Geographic Magazine, Vol. CVI, No. 4, October 1954 - with annotations by Helene Cook Vetter H. Levin's notes "Peary as a Leader," by Donald B. MacMillan, National Geographic Magazine, vol. 37 no.4, April, 1920, pp. 293-318 "Peary's Explorations in the Far North," by Gilbert Grosvenor, National Geographic Magazine, vol. 37 no.4, April, 1920, pp. 319-
322 "The National Geographic Society's Notable Year," National Geographic Magazine, vol. 37 no.4, April, 1920, pp.338-342 "The National Geographic Society's Memorial to Peary" National Geographic Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 6, June 1922 How Peary Reached the North Pole, by Robert E. Peary, [1910] "The Peary Expedition," The Chautauquan, vol. 16, Oct. 1892- March 1893, pp. 221-223. "We Followed Peary to the Pole," National Geographic Magazine, Vol. CIV, no. 4, October 1953 "Gold Medal Awarded to Mrs. Robert E. Peary" National Geographic Magazine, Jan. 1956 "My Wonderful Christmas Tree," by Marie Ahnighto Peary, Holiday, vol. 14 no.6, December, 1953, pp.6- "The Struggle for the South Pole," by R.E. Peary, The World's Work, May, 1912, pp.113-116 "Discovery of the Pole : Peary's Own Pictures of His Greatest Exploit, Life, vol. 30 no. 20, May 14, 1951, pp.77-80
4 Peary, Robert Edwin, Miscellaneous Legal, 1911, 1953-1956, 1963, 1970 Peary's will other correspondence, re: Peary's death, and location of his remains, records of his naval service
1911 affidavit, re: Peary and his "concubine" records of his naval compensation, October 1881-March 1911 service record of R. E. Peary compiled by Russ Gibbons, April,
1956 "History of USS Peary (DD 226)," compiled by Russ Gibbons, March, 1953 legal document, "Distribution Account in the Estate of Robert E. Peary," 1920 (1954 copy)
5 "Peary's Race for the North Pole," 1973 TV documentary, 1973-1974,
1976 clippings, re: the show and also clips, re: Wolper organization (the producers) correspondence between H. Vetter and others with CBS, Wolper Productions, re: the show
1973 Avon ad for the "Marine Binoculars Decanter," which commemorates Peary
6 Plaisted Polar Expedition(s), 1968-1969, 1972 note: Ralph Plaisted led two snowmobile expeditions to the North Pole, in 1967 and 1968 excerpts from To the Top of the World, by Charles Kuralt, [n.d.], with notes by H. Levin
7 Polar Who's Who, compiled by Helene Cook Vetter, [n.d.]
8 Pole : Foreign Comment, 1909 clippings from non-American newspapers, many in English
9 "Q" miscellaneous, 1912, 1937
10 "R" miscellaneous, 1910, 1924-1926, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1953-1954, 1957,
1960, 1966 H. Levin's notes "Bagging Arctic Monsters with Rope, Gun, and Camera," by Paul J. Rainey, Cosmopolitan Magazine, vol. 50, December 1910-May,
1911 "Ice Islands in the Arctic," by Kaare Rodahl, Scientific American, vol. 191, no.6, December, 1954, pp.40-45 Knud Rasmussen's Arctic Odyssey," 1925 H. Vetter's notes, re: Greenland - by the Polar Sea, by Knud Rasmussen H. Vetter's and H. Levin's notes, re: Dark Companion by Bradley Robinson
11 Race for the Pole, by John E. Weems, 1960, 1967 H. Levin's extensive notes, re: the book miscellaneous correspondence, re: the book
12 Rawlins, Dennis, 1973-1974 Levin's notes on Rawlins's book, Peary at the North Pole : Fact or Fiction? clippings "Reply to Dennis Rawlins," by Hugh Eames
13 Rost, Ernest C., 1914, 1956 Mount McKinley : Its Bearing on the Polar Controversy, by Rost,
1914, with H. Vetter's notes
14 "S" miscellaneous, 1909, 1912, 1914-1916, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1938,
1940, 1944, 1954, 1957-1959, 1965-1966, 1970-1975 H. Levin's notes "North Toward the Pole on Skis," by Bjorn O. Staib, National Geographic, vol. 127 no.2, February, 1965, pp. 254-ff A History of Polar Exploration and Adventure, by Helen Putnam van Sicklen, Little Blue Book, no. 580, 1924, with index by H. Vetter, inside back cover. Science World, vol. 9 no. 8, January 6, 1965, Special Issue on the Arctic "Magnetic Variation around the North Pole," by Thomas C. Stowell, Sunday Magazine, 1912 "Enemies of the Republic," by Lincoln Steffens, no pub. info given "The Polar Eskimos and the Polar Expeditions," by H.P. Steensby,
1909
15 Script - Movie, [n.d.], by Willard Newell and Clarence McElroy
16 Stafford, Edward Peary and Marie Peary Stafford, 1953-1954, 1964, 1966-
1967
17 Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1916, 1936, 1940, 1951, 1953-1954, 1958, 1960-
1962, 1964, 1967, 1972 H. Levin's notes, re: "Solving the Problems of the Arctic," by Stefansson, 1919, and other notes, re: "Stef" H. Vetter's notes, re: Discovery : the Autobiography of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1964 H. Vetter's general notes on Stef Wendell Phillips Dodge's review of Discovery : the Autobiography of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1964 "Old Viking on the New Frontier," by Norman Carlisle (about Stef), True, vol. 42, December, 1961, pp.18-ff "We Found the North Pole," edited by V. Stefansson, Stag, vol. 4 no.10, October, 1953, pp.83-98
1940 letter to Dr. Cook from ?, re: Stef's book, Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic, 1939 Pages from Stefansson diary - January-November, 1916, pp.147-
205
18 "T" miscellaneous, 1910, 1916, 1927, 1936, 1939-1940, 1950, 1953-1959,
1965-1966, 1973 Tribune Index, 1896-1906 "The Great Polar Feud - Who Won?" by Rear Adm. Charles W. Thomas, The Retired Officer, February, 1973 excerpt from Lowell Thomas's broadcast, August 5, 1940 "First at the Pole," by Lowell Thomas, This Week, New York Herald Tribune, April 2, 1939 other articles authored by Lowell Thomas H. Levin's notes on Lowell Thomas's The Untold Story of Exploration, 1935 "Scientists Ride Ice Islands on Arctic Odysseys," by Lowell Thomas, Jr., National Geographic Magazine, vol. 128 no.5, November, 1965, pp.670-691 H. Levin's notes on Lowell Thomas's Book of the High Mountains,
1964 H. Levin's notes on Professor Griffith Taylor's article(s); unsure of title(s), due to fading of copies "Our Polar Islands - the Queen Elizabeths," by Andrew Taylor, Canadian Geographical Journal, vol. 52 no.6, June, 1956, pp233-ff "Dr. Frederick A. Cook (1907-1909)," by Andrew Taylor, 1955 "Health of a Carnivorous Race : a study of the Eskimo," by William A. Thomas, M.D., 1927
19 "U" miscellaneous, [n.d.] original folder empty
20 U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings "Peary and the North Pole : Not the Shadow of a Doubt," by Comm. Edward Peary Stafford (grandson), December, 1971 "Peary and the North Pole : the Lingering Doubt," by Dennis Rawlins, June, 1970 H. Levin's notes on the Stafford and Rawlins articles H. Vetters manuscript, "The Polar Controversy : What Really Happened," August, 1972, with H. Levin's notes
21 "V" miscellaneous, 1924, 1948, 1956, 1964 A History of Polar Exploration and Adventure, by Helen Putnam van Sicklen, Little Blue Book, no. 580, 1924 "The American Eagle Has Spread Its Wings of Glory over the World's Top," 1964, [blue pamphlet by H. Vetter]
22 "W" miscellaneous, 1900, 1907, 1909, 1916-1917, 1926, 1928, 1936,
1938-1939, 1955-1957, 1961-1962, 1965, 1968, 1975 Who's Who in America, 1916-1917 (selected pages) "No Foxes Seen, A Log of Arctic Flying Adventures," by Captain Sir George Wilkins, World's Work, August, 1928 excerpts from The Whitneys : an Informal Portraight 1635-1975, by Edwin P. Hoyt, 1976 "Under the Ice to the North Pole," by Dick Halvorsen, Man's Life, vol. 3 no.5, September, 1955 "Weather from the White North" by Andrew H. Brown, National Geographic Magazine, April 1955 "Misundertood Male of the Month : Sir Hubert Wilkins," by Earl P. Hanson, For Men, vol.2 no.5, September, 1938 "Our Search for the Lost Aviators," by Sir Hubert Wilkins, National Geographic Magazine, vol. 74 no.2, August, 1938 "With Arctic Highlanders," by Walter A. Wycoff, Scribner's Magazine, vol. 28 no.3, September, 1900 "With Arctic Highlanders, part II" by Walter A. Wycoff, Scribner's Magazine, vol. 28 no.4, October, 1900
23 Wallace, Mene (also called Minik, Menie, or Meenie), 1908-1910, 1916,
1918, 1953, 1969, 1971, 1977 note: he was an Eskimo brought to the U.S. by Peary in 1900 for exhibition purposes correspondence between H. Vetter and R. Gilberg of the Danish Museum, re: his research on Mene, and his plans to write a book about him photocopy of 1909 letter to Dr. Cook from Mene photocopy of 1908 letter signed by Peary to William Wallce, which states his ship is too full to take Mene to see his people (the Eskimos) H. Levin's notes Excerpt from Bankers, Bones and Beetles, by Geoffrey Hellman
24 Wright, G. Theon, The Big Nail, 1969, 1970 clippings H. Vetter's notes reviews
25 "Y" miscellaneous, 1955
26 "Z" miscellaneous, 1956
27 Zavatti, Silvio, 1956-1960, 1964-1965, 1970 "Chi Raggiunse per Primo il Polo Nord?" by Silvio Zavatti, Estrato da L'Universo, Rivista bimestrale dell'Istituto Geografico Militare, vol. 37 no.6, 1957 (2 copies) translation of "Chi Raggiunse per Primo il Polo Nord?" by Silvio Zavatti, Estrato da L'Universo, Rivista bimestrale dell'Istituto Geografico Militare, vol. 37 no.6, 1957. In english, "Who Reached First the North Pole?" by Silvio Zavatti, Extract from L'Universo, Bimonthly Review of the Military Geographic Institute, vol. 37 no.6, 1957 (2 copies) other writings by Zavatti on Cook v. Peary, in Italian, some with English translations
28-30 Vetter, Helene Cook. Bibliography/Subject Card File note: Cards originally together in one metal file box. Now housed in 3 Hollinger card files, Bibliography A-N, Bibliography O-Z, Subject A-Z.