Honorary Chair Sir Edmund Hillary 1919-2008	President Lorie Karnath, MBA, Ph.D. hon	Honorary President Don Walsh, Ph.D.

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RESEARCH COLLECTIONS Dorthea Sartain, Ph.D., C.A., has been appointed Curator of Archives, Collections and Books. She is a graduate of Reed College in Portland, Oregon and received her Ph.D. from Kings College, Cambridge. Dr. Sartain, a Certified Archivist, comes to The Explorers Club from Trinity Church on Wall Street, whose archives are among the very oldest and most extensive in the city. She took up her new duties on February 25, 2008. Research Collections is devoted to historical material, including information on Club members no longer living. For press information or to request location shoots, please contact Jeff Stolzer, communications director. See Contact Us. Holdings The library's holdings include manuscripts, film, photographs, more than 15,000 books, and 5000 maps. The main subject areas represented are science and scientific investigation, terrestrial exploration in the 19th and 20th centuries, and Explorers Club members. Samples from the Collections Research the Club's Deceased Members files, view images of original documents by our charter members, browse the chronology of the Club's presidents. Ex Post Facto The Curator's quarterly column highlighting documents, images, and artifacts in the Club's archives. Rules for Use of Collections and Facilities Visitors must comply with all Library rules, written or otherwise. Materials do not circulate; researchers are supervised at all times; unprocessed materials are not available for research; undirected/casual surveys of Club materials are not permitted. Dorthea Sartain, Ph.D., C.A. Curator of Archives, Collections and Books The Explorers Club 46 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021 Tel: 212-628-8383 Fax: 212-288-4449 dsartain@explorers.org

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