To the Pole: the diary and notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925-1927

(print) 161 p. : ill. ; 24 cmIntroduction 1 -- The Making Of An Explorer : Richard Evelyn Byrd, 1888-1924 7 -- The Greenland Expedition Of 1925 17 -- The North Pole Flight Of 1926 41 -- The Transatlantic Flight Of 1927 97 -- Epilogue : Richard Evelyn Byrd, 1928-1957 119 -- Appendix A : Chronology Of Byrd's Life 133 -- Appendix B : Navigational Report Of Byrd's Flight To The North Pole, 1926 139 -- Additional Readings 15

Luncheon given for Admiral Richard E. Byrd, May 29, 1935

Thomas J. Watson of IBM discusses the importance of pioneer work and the personality traits required to follow through ideas. Watson thanks Byrd and speaks of the thrill when hearing Byrd broadcast over radio from Little America. Watson assures Byrd of future cooperation of IBM, the importance of Little America, and invites Byrd to speak. Byrd contrasts North and South Poles, discussing animal life and temperature, as well as living under the ice and snow, testing thickness of ice, and concludes speech with comments on how he has enjoyed the luncheon. The recording ends with Watson’s praise of Byrd.Digital preservation funded by the Kane Lodge Foundation, Inc., New York, New York

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A letter from Byrd presenting the AGS with an American flag he carried with him on his Trans-Atlantic Flight in 1927

Note, ca. 1935-1937

Handwritten note, [Richard?] Byrd, "May I have these copies next June as I sent them 11/8/35 and would like to have them when discarded," ca. 1935-1937 [Signed by Byrd

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The New York Times newspaper clippings, correspondence between the American Geographical Society and The New York Times regarding publishing a booklet about Byrd's Antarctic expedition, and correspondence between The New York Times and the Federal Radio Commission, Washington, D.C., to request a license renewal for a short wave radio transmitter to communicate between the newspaper and the Byrd expedition

Telegram, 1928 June 22, New York, to Amelia Earhart, London

Richard E. Byrd cablegram to Amelia Earhart, “Your Wednesday story will be of immeasurable help in the progress of Trans Atlantic Flying,” regarding the Friendship flight, stamped June 22, 192

Canada, aerial view of mountains, Ellesmere Island

Taken from an altitude of about 3000 feet by Byrd on McMillan Arctic Expedition showing the top of some of the rugged snow-covered mountains of Ellsmere Island, north-west of Etah. Though the low-lands were free of snow, the highland is eternally covered with snow. This photograph was taken in August 1925. There were very few landing-places in this region on the summer snow

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Chart of route flown by Richard E. Byrd from Kings Bay, Spitsbergern, to the North Pole, May 9, 1926. Signed by Byrd and members of the U.S. Geological Survey and presented to Isaiah Bowman

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Photographs from Byrd's first Antarctic Expedition

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Log book documenting vertical angle data at various observation stations by the geological party of the Byrd Expedition