Scope and Contents
Vernon Boyd was a Marine Corps officer, specialist in Arctic logistics. His papers include personal log books for "Operation Nanook," in the Canadian Arctic, summer of 1946; Marine Detachment Task Force 39, Devon Island, N.W.T., 1947; Devon Island Expedition, Arctic Institute of North America, 1960 and 1962, slides present from these expeditions; Marine Detachment Task Force 39, operations from aboard the Burton Island in the Antarctic, 1947-1948. There are also manuscripts of technical papers by Boyd, published technical papers, and minor correspondence, including letters from Paul Siple, with covers, from Pole Station, Antartica, 1957.
Dates
- 1933-1965
Creator
- Boyd, Vernon David, 1908-1965 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Biographical / Historical
Major Vernon Boyd was a Marine Corps officer, specialist in Arctic logistics. He was born in 1908 and died in 1965, spent much of his life consulting with other arctic explorers or journeying the arctic, especially in Byrd's arctic explorations in 1920, and was well known by many. There is a glacier named after him (Boyd's Glacier).
Extent
2.75 linear feet (2 containers) : 1 record storage box, 1 flat box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Major Vernon Boyd was a Marine Corps officer, specialist in Arctic logistics. His papers include log books for "Operation Nanook,"; Devon Island Expeditions, Arctic Institute of North America, 1947, 1960 and 1962, slides; Marine Detachment Task Force 39, operations from aboard the Burton Island in the Antarctic, 1947-1948, manuscripts of technical papers and correspondence.
Arrangement
Arranged in original order, some boxes combined.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Vernon Boyd (Nina), June 8, 1966.
Processing Information note
Preliminary processing done upon receipt in 1966 by library staff. Revised by Danica Alexander in December 2018.
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- Videocassettes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Vernon Boyd papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team. Revised by Danica Alexander in December 2018
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
