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"National Geographic" Maynard Owen Williams Hand Written Letter Dated 1960.
ES-6988E
aynard Owen Williams
(September 12, 1888–June 1963) became the first
National Geographic
foreign correspondent
in 1919. Over the course of his career, he explored
Asia
and witnessed the
Russian Revolution
. In 1923, he witnessed the public opening of
King Tut's Tomb
in
Kingdom of Egypt
, then a
British
protectorate.
In 1931, he participated in the
Croisière Jaune
(Yellow Expedition) of
Georges-Marie Haardt
for the
Citroën
company and travelled to
Afghanistan
and
British India
.
In his own words a "camera-
coolie
and a
roughneck
," Williams pioneered the field of
travel photography
. The Maynard Owen Williams Prize for
creative nonfiction
at
Kalamazoo College
is named in his memory.