Juneau Icefield Research Project [Motion Picture Film]
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- Created Date
- Between 1948 and 1958
- Description
The Juneau Icefield Research Project (JIRP), a decade-long (1948-1958) program of glaciological research, was organized and sponsored by the American Geographical Society (AGS) of New York City. JIRP was led by William O. Field, Director of the AGS Department of Exploration and Field Research and supported by the Office of Naval Research. Maynard Malcolm Miller was responsible for field operations in Alaska. After 1958, Miller assumed responsibility for JIRP, renaming it Juneau Icefield Research Program, and gave it a stronger educational focus. This program continues to the present, attracting participants from around the world.
The JIRP films in the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL) cover the initial project period 1948-1958. The films were digitized for the AGS Library as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant. They document research on fluctuations of glaciers in relation to climate change, and feature mass-balance and meteorological measurements, construction of high-ice camps, close-up shots of JIRP scientists, airdrops from airplanes of the Kodiak Naval Air Station, scenes of downtown Juneau, and many natural features of the Juneau Icefield.
Color
Silent
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- Juneau Icefield Research Project - Motion Picture Films
Juneau Icefield Research Project
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - North and Central America
NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Film Collections II - Monochrome Acetate Negatives and Motion Picture Film
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Location
- North and Central America
North America
United States; Canada
Alaska; British Columbia (province) - Type
- moving image
- Format
- Safety film
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Juneau Icefield Research Project [Motion Picture Film]. Between 1948 and 1958. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/13543. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (Between 1948 and 1958) Juneau Icefield Research Project [Motion Picture Film]. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/13543
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/13543>.