Letter from Allan Crawford to Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 11 April 1921
Date11 April, 1921
ms numberStefansson Mss-98, Box 9, Folder 5
AbstractCorrespondence, newspaper articles, and other material related to the ill-fated 1921 expedition to Wrangel Island.
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Crawford
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168 Walmer Road ,
TORONTO, Apr.11th 1921
Mr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson ,
Harvard Club ,
NEW YORK City.
Dear Sir;
Your letter to Sir Robert Falconer, President of Toronto University asking him to nominate an assistant on your next expedition,has been referred to me by Dr. W.A.Parks, Prof. of Palaeontology. I understand that my name is being sent to you so I thought it might be wise to furnish some further particulars .
I am twenty years old (1/2/01), weigh 151 lbs. and am 5’10"high. I have never had any eye trouble and I believe my vision is above average. My circulation and heart action is OK and I have a good stomach. I have never had any serious contagious disease.
I was under age to go overseas but I was in the Officers Training Corps in Canada. I was employed by the Geological Survey of Canada last summer in Algoma and so have had some practical experience in Pre-Cambrian geology. In this matter I might refer you to Mr. Ellis Thomson,
Dept. of Mineralogy at
Toronto University or Dr. W.A.Collins ,Director of the Survey.
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I am writing my third year exams. at Toronto. My college work for the last two years has been chiefly ,geology, palaeontology, chemistry and mineralogy. I have had a good grounding in science and mathematics having taken the First Edward Blake Scholarship in Science at the Honour Matriculation examination at Toronto University in 1918.
Although I have not a written for my degree I find in my course I am up against men much older and more experienced than myself. I feel I could aquit myself much more creditably if I had the opportunity such as you offer. My father Prof .J.T.Crawford
is quite in accord with my ideas.If you are disposed to consider me we might arrange an interview either in New York or wherever would be convenient to you.
Yours very sincerely ,
Allan R. Crawford
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