Sir Edmund Hillary Autograph
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A1998.09
name: label: Creator
content: Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008
place: label: Place
content: Nepal
label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.)
label: Place
content: USA -- District of Columbia -- Washington
topic: label: Topic
content: Mountaineering
creator: label: Creator
content: Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (1919-2008) was New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. As part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay were the first men to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, the highest point on Earth, on May 29, 1953. For this feat, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, while Tenzing received the George Medal, one of Britain's highest civilian awards. Hillary would go on to participate in other expeditions in the Himalayas, as well as an expedition to the South Pole. In 1985, he was appointed New Zealand High Commissioner to India. Hillary also devoted much of his time and energy to various philanthropic causes, particularly those dedicated to preserving the ecology of the Himalayas and improving the living conditions of the Sherpa people. In 1998, Hillary was the recipient of the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal in honor of his "monumental explorations and humanitarian achievements." This autograph drawing was made by Hillary during a press conference at the Freer Gallery on November 16.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sheet (31 x 38 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: November 16, 1998
container: label: Container
content: Folder 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Gift of Sir Edmund Hillary, 1998.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1998.09
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Sheets
label: Type
content: Ink drawings
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Signatures (names)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Organized in one file folder.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Ink drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Signatures (names)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One sheet bearing Hillary's signature, along with a line drawing of two figures climbing a mountain, both in black ink.