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Operation Deep Freeze III collection, 1957-1959
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Crick, Rolla J. (Rolla Joe), 1918-2013
- Title
- Operation Deep Freeze III collection
- Dates
- 1957-1959 (inclusive)19571959
- Quantity
- 0.1 cubic feet, (1 folder in shared box; 1 oversize folder in shared box)
- Collection Number
- Coll 28
- Summary
- Collection consists of materials relating to a 1957 trip by Oregon Journal reporter Rolla J. Crick to Antarctica, dubbed "Operation Deep Freeze III." Included are prints of digitized photographs; photocopy newspaper articles; and reports and correspondence.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Rolla Joe "Bud" Crick was born in 1918 in Twin Falls, Idaho, and was raised in Southern California. He later moved to Oregon, where he held a variety of occupations, including as a shipwright, a chicken rancher and a freelance journalist. During World War II, Crick served in the Pacific theater as a newswriter and combat correspondent. After the war, Crick returned to Oregon, where he became a reporter for the Oregon Journal newspaper and later for the Oregonian. Some of Crick's most notable stories were his coverage of the Vanport Flood in 1948, a city-wide crackdown on illegal abortion operations in the Portland area in 1951, an expedition to Antarctica in 1957 during which he became the first journalist to reach the South Pole, and his coverage of the Vietnam War. Crick retired in 1989. He died in 2013.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection consists of materials relating to a 1957 trip by Oregon Journal reporter Rolla J. Crick to Antarctica, dubbed "Operation Deep Freeze III." Included are prints of digitized photographs with captions, 1957; photocopy newspaper articles and a flier for a speech regarding the trip; and reports and correspondence.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Operation Deep Freeze III collection, Coll 28, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Gifts of Rolla J. Crick, November 2004 (Lib. Acc. 25622) and Eleanor Crick, October 2015 (Lib. Acc. 28658).
Related Materials
Two silver medals, a flag, and a pair of shoes, all relating to Rolla Crick's visit to Antarctica, are held in museum collections, Oregon Historical Society.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Journalists--Oregon--Portland
Personal Names
- Crick, Rolla J. (Rolla Joe), 1918-2013
Geographical Names
- Antarctica--Description and travel
Form or Genre Terms
- clippings (information artifacts)
- photographs
