Dartmouth College Arctic Seminar
Dartmouth College Arctic Seminar papers, 1953-1962.
The Arctic Seminar papers are a part of the Vilhjalmur Stefansson Collection on the Polar Regions and consists of administrative papers and student term papers. The administrative papers were collected by Mrs. Stefansson as director (1957, 1959 - 1960) and include notes on course content, correspondence with guest lecturers, and administrative correspondence. Student papers were collected each year (1953 - 1960) and include abstracts of oral reports and the complete term papers with comments by Vilhjalmur Stefansson and other staff members.
The Arctic Seminar was a course offered at Dartmouth College, 1953 - 1962, in conjunction with the Northern Studies program of the College. Limited to 15 selected upperclassmen per year, the course offered the possibility for indepth study of the polar regions, particularly the study of the physical environment, cultural history, and the modern Arctic. Robert A. McKennan, professor of Anthropology, was director of the Seminar, 1953 - 1957. Evelyn Stefansson was appointed director, 1958 - 1962. The faculty came from the sciences and the social sciences. The format of instruction was lectures by staff and other specialists, reports by students, and the writing of a term paper.
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Dartmouth College Arctic Seminar
Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Arctic regions -- Research.
Arctic regions -- Study and teaching.
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