Psychographic Observation Paper

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1135Evergreen Avenue
Madison, WI 53707-1135
September 29, 2014

Dr. Mark Appleby
Photographic Archivist
Museum of Science and Industry
1400 South Lakeshore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605-6001

Dear Dr. Appleby

As I mentioned during our telephone conversation, my Explorers Club is learning about Antarctica and I am preparing a report about the Antarctic expeditions of Sir Ernest Shackleton. I would like permission to view the museum’s special collection of expedition photographs. I will be in Chicago on Saturday, December 9, and would like to view the photographs in the afternoon between 1 and 3 p.m.

I am very interested in viewing the following photographs:

Description Expedition
Shackleton, Scott, and Wilson 1901 National Antarctic
Shackleton,

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