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Arctic Exploration and the Search for the Northwest Passage in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century :
Parry & Ross Through Franklin's Last Voyage : A Guide to Primary Sources Held at Library and Archives Canada The purpose of this bibliography is to provide researchers at Library and Archives Canada with a listing of primary printed sources for the study of the search for the Northwest Passage in the early nineteenth century. The focus is on Library and Archives Canada holdings, but, where significant documents are held only in other Canadian repositories, these locations are noted. Secondary sources that were published between 1800 and 1860 are included as well, although items dealing primarily with the search for John Franklin will be found in a separate bibliography entitled "The Search for Franklin and Franklin Relics, 1847-1880." Also listed are reference works at Library and Archives Canada which are particularly helpful in locating additional primary sources. Such works will be found under the headings "Bibliographies" and "Library catalogues and collection guides." Bibliographies Library catalogues and collection guidelines General guides Catalogues of specific collections Other useful reference works Government documents (in chronological order) Published as part of the sessional papers Contemporary accounts of voyages by officers and crew; journals; correspondence; sketches; separately published reports (by date and expedition leader) Contemporary works about the search for the Northwest Passage and about those engaged in that search in the first half of the nineteenth century (in chronological order) BibliographiesArctic bibliography. Washington : Dept. of Defense, 1953. Cooke, Alan. The exploration of northern Canada, 500-1920 : a chronology. Toronto : Arctic History Press, 1978. (Includes a 50-page bibliography on the Franklin search) Corley, Nora T. A bibliography of expeditions to the Canadian Arctic 1576 to 1966, with special emphasis on the classics of Canadian exploration. Ottawa : Arctic Institute of North America, 1973. Day, Alan Edwin. Search for the Northwest Passage : an annotated bibliography. New York : Garland, 1986. Library catalogues and collection guidesGeneral guidesMinion, Robin. Polar and cold regions library resources : a directory. 2nd ed. Edmonton : Northern Libraries Colloquy, 1985. Catalogues of specific collectionsArctic Institute of North America. Library. Catalogue of the Library of the Arctic Institute of North America, Montreal. Boston : G. K. Hall, 1968.
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence. Naval Library. Author [and subject] catalogue of the Naval Library, Ministry of Defence, London. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1967. National Library of Scotland. Shelf-catalogue of the Wordie collection of polar exploration. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1964. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain). Library. Catalogue of the Library. London : HMSO, 1968- Scott Polar Research Institute. The library catalogue of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1976.
Stefansson Collection. Dictionary catalog of the Stefansson Collection of the Polar Regions in the Dartmouth College Library. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1967. Other useful reference worksCooke, Alan. I. Toronto : Arctic History Press, 1978. (Includes an extensive list of officers and crewmen involved in the Franklin search) Markham, Clements Robert. The Arctic navy list, or, A century of Arctic & Antarctic officers, 1773-1873 : together with a list of officers of the 1875 expedition, and their services. Portsmouth : Royal Naval Museum, 1992. Reprint. Originally published: London : Griffin, 1875. Poulsom, Neville Wright. The white ribbon : a medallic record of British polar expeditions. London : Seaby, 1968. Government documents (chronological order)Published as part of the sessional papers Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Sessional papers : accounts and papers. London, 1847- . Based on the Arctic bibliography, returns dealing with this period of Arctic exploration will be found in:
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