Item 48: Published account of “Down the Susquehanna by Canoe”, 1950 October 2

Item — Box: 18, Folder: 24

Staff Only

Dates

Created: 1950 October 2

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Publication

Condition Note:

Good, no issues.

Measurements:

6 ⅞ in. x 10 in.

Title:

Down the Susquehanna by Canoe.

Description:

A large publication documenting an expedition of several men who traveled from the start of the Susquehanna River to the ocean in 1950. Included is a letter addressed to Gilbert Stuart McClintock on. The letter was written by Ralph Gray and Walter M. Edwards thanking McClintock for his help researching local history for their National Geographic article. The article that McClintock helped research is “Down the Susquehanna by Canoe” by Gray and Edwards. Ralph Gray was the author of this article and Walter M. Edwards was the photographer. Their journey started at the Goodyear Dam near Oneonta, New York. and ended in Port Deposit, Maryland. They included pictures of Wilkes-Barre, Azilum, and Harrisburg that they passed through. They described the landscape, history, and the local people.