Box 6
Container
Contains 56 Results:
Draft and final versions of Explorer's Journal article about Burg by Oshen Agathon, 1981-1982
File — Box: 6, Folder: 15
Identifier: Series 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of papers relating to the life and work of Oregon-born explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker Amos Burg. A significant portion of the collection consists of diaries, trip logs, notes, and correspondence that reflect Burg's travels; his work as an assignment and freelance writer, photographer, and filmmaker for the National Geographic Society, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and Erpi Classroom Films; and his later career at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A...
Dates:
1981-1982
Article in Alaska Magazine, quoting Burg's opposition to river dams, 1984 June
File — Box: 6, Folder: 16
Identifier: Series 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of papers relating to the life and work of Oregon-born explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker Amos Burg. A significant portion of the collection consists of diaries, trip logs, notes, and correspondence that reflect Burg's travels; his work as an assignment and freelance writer, photographer, and filmmaker for the National Geographic Society, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and Erpi Classroom Films; and his later career at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A...
Dates:
1984 June
Explorer's Club newsletter with feature about Burg, 1984
File — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Identifier: Series 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of papers relating to the life and work of Oregon-born explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker Amos Burg. A significant portion of the collection consists of diaries, trip logs, notes, and correspondence that reflect Burg's travels; his work as an assignment and freelance writer, photographer, and filmmaker for the National Geographic Society, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and Erpi Classroom Films; and his later career at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A...
Dates:
1984
Essay by Ken Wise, "North to Alaska - by Canoe (Two Thousand Miles from Seattle to Circle, Alaska)," citing Burg as an inspiration, 1985
File — Box: 6, Folder: 18
Identifier: Series 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of papers relating to the life and work of Oregon-born explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker Amos Burg. A significant portion of the collection consists of diaries, trip logs, notes, and correspondence that reflect Burg's travels; his work as an assignment and freelance writer, photographer, and filmmaker for the National Geographic Society, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and Erpi Classroom Films; and his later career at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A...
Dates:
1985
"Campfire Reflections" column by Mark Kissel about Burg, 1986
File — Box: 6, Folder: 19
Identifier: Series 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of papers relating to the life and work of Oregon-born explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker Amos Burg. A significant portion of the collection consists of diaries, trip logs, notes, and correspondence that reflect Burg's travels; his work as an assignment and freelance writer, photographer, and filmmaker for the National Geographic Society, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and Erpi Classroom Films; and his later career at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A...
Dates:
1986
Ship documentation, 1939-1982
File — Box: 6, Folder: 20
Identifier: Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series relates to a schooner that Burg purchased around 1939 and initially named the Captain R. O. Rankin after its former owner before changing its name to Endeavour. In addition to official paperwork relating to the ship, this series includes the ship's plans, a manual for its operation, logbook entries, a few photographs, and two newspaper articles about the ship. The series also includes notes that Amos Burg and his wife, Carolyn Burg, wrote about the ship in the 1980s, and a...
Dates:
1939-1982
Ship manual (black and white photocopy and preservation color photocopy), 1908
File — Box: 6, Folder: 21
Identifier: Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series relates to a schooner that Burg purchased around 1939 and initially named the Captain R. O. Rankin after its former owner before changing its name to Endeavour. In addition to official paperwork relating to the ship, this series includes the ship's plans, a manual for its operation, logbook entries, a few photographs, and two newspaper articles about the ship. The series also includes notes that Amos Burg and his wife, Carolyn Burg, wrote about the ship in the 1980s, and a...
Dates:
1908
Ship plans (photocopies of sections), circa 1908
File — Box: 6, Folder: 22
Identifier: Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series relates to a schooner that Burg purchased around 1939 and initially named the Captain R. O. Rankin after its former owner before changing its name to Endeavour. In addition to official paperwork relating to the ship, this series includes the ship's plans, a manual for its operation, logbook entries, a few photographs, and two newspaper articles about the ship. The series also includes notes that Amos Burg and his wife, Carolyn Burg, wrote about the ship in the 1980s, and a...
Dates:
circa 1908
Newspaper clipping about Burg purchasing Endeavour, 1939 July 6
File — Box: 6, Folder: 23
Identifier: Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series relates to a schooner that Burg purchased around 1939 and initially named the Captain R. O. Rankin after its former owner before changing its name to Endeavour. In addition to official paperwork relating to the ship, this series includes the ship's plans, a manual for its operation, logbook entries, a few photographs, and two newspaper articles about the ship. The series also includes notes that Amos Burg and his wife, Carolyn Burg, wrote about the ship in the 1980s, and a...
Dates:
1939 July 6
Notes about best practices in sailing, circa 1941
File — Box: 6, Folder: 24
Identifier: Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series relates to a schooner that Burg purchased around 1939 and initially named the Captain R. O. Rankin after its former owner before changing its name to Endeavour. In addition to official paperwork relating to the ship, this series includes the ship's plans, a manual for its operation, logbook entries, a few photographs, and two newspaper articles about the ship. The series also includes notes that Amos Burg and his wife, Carolyn Burg, wrote about the ship in the 1980s, and a...
Dates:
circa 1941