Miriam MacMillan recording on 'Bowdoin,' 1947
Contributed by Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
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Miriam MacMillan was a pioneer in recording Inuit songs and conversation for the first time. Here she is using wire-recording equipment to capture the sounds of Inuktitut and play them back to a delighted audience.
She and her husband, scientist and Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan, made many trips aboard the schooner he designed and captained. On the Bowdoin, he charted many of the areas of Labrador and Greenland.
Other Information
- Title: Miriam MacMillan recording on 'Bowdoin,' 1947
- Creator: MacMillan, Donald Baxter
- Creation Date: 1947
- Subject Date: 1947
- Town: Siorapadoo
- Media: negative
- Local Code: 1994.5.786
- Collection: Miriam MacMillan Bequest
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Bowdoin College, 9500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011-8495
(207) 725-3416
http://academic.bowdoin.edu/arcticmuseum/
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Bowdoin (ship)
Inuit
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Expeditions & surveys
People
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