Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972

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Louise Arner Boyd (b. September 16, 1887, San Rafael, California-d. September 14, 1972, San Francisco, California) was a geographer, big game hunter, patroness of the arts, and leader of eight expeditions into polar regions, including several to Greenland. In 1955 she flew over the North Pole to take photographs for the American Geographical Society.

She held honorary degrees from the Universities of Alaska and California and from Mills College.

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creatorOf Louise A. Boyd Papers, 1925 - 1941 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Joseph Nathan Kane collection, 1938-1939 Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
creatorOf Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972. Papers, ca. 1920s-1930s. Marin County Historical Society
creatorOf Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972. Photograph album of Louise Arner Boyd's polar bear hunting trip to the Arctic on the M.S. Hobby, 1926 [graphic]. California historical society
creatorOf Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1970. Boyd family scrapbooks, 1872-1916. California historical society
creatorOf Kane, Joseph Nathan, 1899-2002. Audio materials, 1938-1939 [sound recording]. Library of Congress
referencedIn Society of Woman Geographers. Records, 1925-1987. Library of Congress
referencedIn Society of Woman Geographers Records, 1910-1998 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Oosting, Henry J. (Henry John), 1903-1968. Henry J. Oosting papers, 1937-1968. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972. Louise Arner Boyd papers, 1930-1960. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
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associatedWith American Committee for International Wild Life Protection. corporateBody
associatedWith Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 person
associatedWith Boyd family. family
honoraryMemberOf California academy of sciences corporateBody
associatedWith Effie M. Morrissey (Schooner) corporateBody
associatedWith Hobby (Ship) corporateBody
associatedWith Howard, James Keir, 1934- person
associatedWith International Geographical Congress corporateBody
associatedWith Kane, Joseph Nathan, 1899-2002. person
leaderOf Louise A. Boyd Expedition to East Greenland (1937-1938) corporateBody
honoredBy Mills College corporateBody
associatedWith Oosting, Henry J. (Henry John), 1903-1968. person
associatedWith San Francisco symphony orchestra corporateBody
associatedWith Society of Woman Geographers. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Alaska Road Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. National Bureau of Standards. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Arctic regions
Arctic Ocean
Franz Josef Land (Russia)
Sweden
Spitsbergen Island (Norway)
Greenland
Subject
Ships
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Ice
Muskox
Natural history
Polar bear
Polar bear hunting
Sami (European people)
Scientific expeditions
Scientists
Sealing
Seals (Animals)
Occupation
Women explorers
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Birth 1887-09-16

Death 1972-09-14

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