HTM_WCMss376.xml Guide to the Melvin Jacobs Collection 1934-1990 Jacobs (Melvin) Collection Updated by Zoe Henderson Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2013, 2019
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-07-10. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2019 Edited by Zoe Henderson for compliance with DACS and WCNA Required Elements for Archival Description. English Whitman College and Northwest Archives
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Melvin Jacobs Collection Jacobs, Melvin WCMss.376 1.4 linear feet 1 manuscript box, 1 flat box 1934-1990 The Melvin Jacobs Collection contains material dating from 1934 to 1990, related to Melvin Jacobs's post at the Comanche Bay Weather Station in Greenland and his father's time as a professor at Whitman College.

Collection is open for research.

The Melvin Jacobs Collection consists of a letter of thanks to Melvin Jacobs from Whitman archivist Lawrence Dodd, articles about Melvin Jacobs Sr., a historical record of the Greenland campaign at Comanche Bay, and a National Geographic article titled "Americans Stand Guard in Greenland." This collection, which dates from 1934 through 1990, also contains a map of Greenland locating the weather station, letters, a poem, messages, certificate from Harry, a personnel roster of the Greenland weather station Comanche Bay Weather Station records, three handwritten diaries, and three scrapbook of Melvin Jacob's time in Greenland.

Melvin Jacobs Jr. was born in 1918 to Maybelle and Melvin C. Jacobs. He served as a noncommissioned officer in charge of the Greenland Campaign at Comanche Bay from September 9, 1944 to October 2, 1945. he taught science and athletics at Whitman College after he graduated in 1939. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and an avid basketball player. After his time in Greenland, he worked as an engineer at General Electronics Corporation in the Chemical Processing Department. He was married to Betty Kirkman Jacobs and had two children, David and Janet Jacobs.

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by Betty Kirkland in May 2009. The accession number associated with this donation is 2009-017.

 Sykes, Robert Beckler, Johnnie Whitman College