Bassett Jones, The Grolier Club, and the 1932 Polar Exhibition: Two Thousand Items and Counting

• Main Author: Stam, David H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: SURFACE at Syracuse University 2009
• Subjects: Grolier Club; Polar expeditions; Jones; Bassett; 1877-1960; Stefansson; Vilhjalmur; 1879-1962; Arts and Humanities; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://surface.syr.edu/maxwell_other/8; https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=maxwell_other

David H. Stam delivered a talk at a special dinner of the Grolier Club on May 11, 2009 describing a 2005/2006 exhibition of polar literature and artifacts. The exhibition was planned as a harbinger of the Fourth International Polar Year which took place in 2007/2008. The exhibition included items fr...