- Hope Smith to Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 10 February 1961, Box 32 Folder E.A. 1961. Rauner Library Special Collections, Dartmouth College. Stefansson Collection [Mss-96]
In spite of the collapse of the project as a whole, there was still interest in some of the information compiled in the project. Above (top) is part of a correspondence between Stefansson himself and a librarian named Hope Smith on February 10th, 1961. Mrs. Smith has requested several volumes of the Encyclopedia Arctica, but Stefansson breaks the news (bottom) that the volumes requested are unavailable, and explains the rise and fall of the project. Instead, he offers Mrs. Smith several volumes of the Encyclopedia which are available and essentially complete. We see here that Stefansson transitions from attempting to publish his magnum opus to simply promoting the use of the information.
2. Morton to Alan Cooke, 22 July 1961, Box 32 Folder E.A. 1959. Rauner Library Special Collections, Dartmouth College. Stefansson Collection [Mss-96]
This letter is part of a series of correspondence between Dr. Morton and Stefansson’s Assistant, Dr. Cooke, discussing use of the Encyclopedia Arctica as a supplement for the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. This letter is evidence of a shift in Stefansson’s focus from acquiring personal fame towards selflessly deconstructing his magnus opus in order to make it available as a resource for promotion of Arctic studies. He also talks about having Dr. Morton as a guest lecturer with the Dartmouth Institute of Arctic Studies program, showing that he sought to strengthen his lasting legacy in the Arctic community.
3. Evelyn Stefansson to Don Charles Foote of McGill University, 31 October 1962, Box 94 Folder: 19, Correspondence M, 1962. Rauner Library Special Collections, Dartmouth College. Stefansson Collection [Mss-196] 
This final letter is from Evelyn Stefansson to Professor Don Charles Foote of McGill University dated, October 31, 1962. Evelyn requests that Professor Foote change the title of his lecture to correspond with her late husband’s perspective of the Arctic and his focus on the Inuit people. This ethnocentric focus is characteristic of Stefansson, as he frequently used the participant observation method during his studies in the Arctic.