This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Notable Obituaries Across Arts and Exploration
J B Priestley died in London at 89, author of The Good Companions and Litera ture and Western Man. Lief Henie, brother of Sonja Henie, died in Oakland. noted ski jumper, speed boat racer, and ice hockey captain. John Tuck Jr, Arctic explorer and South Pole station first commander, died in Worcester at 51. Bobbie Campbell, AIDS patient and nurse, died in San Francisco at 32. Ruth Murray Underhill, anthropologist and expert on American Indian culture, died near Denver at 100. Joe Screen, former Trust Territory official and import firm executive, died in Saipan at 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Priestley
London
Priestley
Lief Henie
Sonja Henie
Oakland
Calif
Henie
Norway
Sonja
John Tuck JR
U.S
South Pole
Worcester
Mass
Tuck
Navy
Arctic
Antarctica
Bobbie Campbell
Newsweek
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco
Campbell
Ruth Murray Underhill
Denver
Colo
Ms. Underhill
Columbia University
Arizona
Joe Screen
Trust Territory of the Pacific
Saipan
Northern Marianas
Screen
American Samoa
J.C. Tenorio Co