Title
Diary, 1866 - May 25, 1867
Title Variants
Alternative:
Wm H. Dall, Sci. Corps W.U.S. Exp., San Francisco, January 1866
Related Titles
Contained In:
William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
Series:
SIA RU007073
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1866-1867
Notes
English
The diary documents the daily activities of William Healey Dall and his colleagues in the Scientific Corps on the Western Union Telegraph Expedition while in San Francisco, California as well as during their field work in Alaska. Entries are dated from January 1, 1866 to May 25, 1867. First entries describe daily work while in California including writing reports, studying specimens, preparations and acquisition of equipment for field work, personal activities, and weather. Later entries describe travel by ship to Alaska, observed marine life and birds, specimens collected and prepared (including fossils), illustrations of accommodations, personal and professional interactions with local inhabitants and expedition participants including participating Russians, as well as personal impressions. In the middle of the book, miscellaneous lists are included such as a cash account, a list of letters sent, a list of recipients of a copy of Memorial on Bridges to other papers, and synopses of letters of importance.
Subjects
Alaska
,
California
,
Diary
,
Field notes
,
Geology
,
Illustrations
,
Invertebrates
,
Ornithology
,
United States
,
Western Union Telegraph Expedition (1865-1867)
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.96969
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