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This collection consists of four bound volumes: a handwritten preface, two full manuscripts on the summer cruises of 1886 and 1887, and a transcription of the manuscript of the 1886 cruise. The volumes relate the events of the Columbia College Canoe Club's 6-week summer cruises on Lake George, Lake Champlain, Richelieu River, St. Lawrence River, and Thousand Islands in summer 1886. In summer 1887, the Canoe Club had a permanent camp at Little Harbor Island, Lake George.
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Jerome W. Frank canoe cruise diaries; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
No additions are expected.
1997.004: Source of acquisition--Jerome D. Frank. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1997. 2022-2023 M010 -- Emily Frank, Gift, July 29, 2022.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
2022-08-03 Added 1887 canoe cruise diary. (JR)
Jerome W. Frank received a PhB (Bachelor of Philosophy) in the course of Analytical and Applied Chemistry from the Columbia School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry in 1888. He was a member and later Secretary (1886) and Purser (1887) of the Canoe Club. Frank was elected as a class speaker at commencement. A chemist, Frank was a member of the Chemist Standard Varnish Workers and served as Vice President of the Langville Black & Carbon Company, in New York, NY. He was a member of the Chemistry Society, American Chemical Society and the American Society for Testing Materials. He died in July 1932.
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| Diaries | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
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| Columbia University. School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry -- Students | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |