Letter from Alfred J. T. Taylor to Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 27 September 1921
Date27 September, 1921
RepositoryRauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Call Numberstefansson-wrangel-09-07-091
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Stefansson Arctic Ex.
NoAns
Sept. 27th, 1921.
V. Stefansson, Esq.,
c/o American Geographical Society,
Broadway at 196th Street,
New York, U.S.A.
c/o American Geographical Society,
Broadway at 196th Street,
New York, U.S.A.
Dear Stefansson,
I have just received your telegram of the
27th, advising your wishes in regard to publicity, and
telling me that you are sending $1500. to-morrow.
27th, advising your wishes in regard to publicity, and
telling me that you are sending $1500. to-morrow.
I have had a talk with Brown, and he is
running an article to-morrow, simply announcing that
the party on the "Silver Wave" have reached Wrangell
Island, and established a winter camp, and I think
Brown intends putting this message on the Associated
wire so that it will be run in New York.
running an article to-morrow, simply announcing that
the party on the "Silver Wave" have reached Wrangell
Island, and established a winter camp, and I think
Brown intends putting this message on the Associated
wire so that it will be run in New York.
While we are on the matter of telegrams, I
believe from past experiences I have had with leekages
through telegraph offices, that we should be guarded
as to what we say in our telegrams as to the real pur
pose of the expedition. It is astonishing how people,
who have no connection with the message, will get hold
of information that does not concern them, and I think
we should be more than ordinarily careful that there is
nothing in our wires that could later reach sources
that might embarrass us. You have a far larger
measure of that most admirable quality of confidence in
your fellow man than I have, but I once possessed a
good deal more than I have now. My experiences of the
last three years have perhaps made me more than ordin
arily suspicious.
believe from past experiences I have had with leekages
through telegraph offices, that we should be guarded
as to what we say in our telegrams as to the real pur
pose of the expedition. It is astonishing how people,
who have no connection with the message, will get hold
of information that does not concern them, and I think
we should be more than ordinarily careful that there is
nothing in our wires that could later reach sources
that might embarrass us. You have a far larger
measure of that most admirable quality of confidence in
your fellow man than I have, but I once possessed a
good deal more than I have now. My experiences of the
last three years have perhaps made me more than ordin
arily suspicious.
I will send you a clipping of whatever Brown
runs in the "Province", by to-morrow's mail, and you
can depend upon his hearty co-operation in the matter
of publicity, and indeed I would suggest that, if there
are any phases of the company's activities that you
runs in the "Province", by to-morrow's mail, and you
can depend upon his hearty co-operation in the matter
of publicity, and indeed I would suggest that, if there
are any phases of the company's activities that you
V. Stefansson, Esq. -2- Sept. 27/21
would like to have mentioned from time to time, please
don’t hesitate to let me know, because it is easier to
get matter into the New York papers through Vancouver,
than it might be by going to them direct.
don’t hesitate to let me know, because it is easier to
get matter into the New York papers through Vancouver,
than it might be by going to them direct.
Yours sincerely,
A. J. Taylor
A. J. Taylor
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