Title
Alaska, July 8 - 24, 1881
Title Variants
Alternative:
Private journal, July 8, 1881 to July 24 '81, St. Michael's Alaska to Icy Cape
Related Titles
Contained In:
Edward William Nelson and Edward Alphonso Goldman Collection, circa 1873-1946 and undated
Series:
SIA RU007364
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1881
Notes
This field book documents Nelson's field work from Saint Michael to Icy Cape (in the North Slope region) in Alaska between 8 and 24 July 1881. During this time, Nelson was on general assignment to study the zoology of Alaska, as well as geology, meteorology, and ethnology. This notebook contains mostly notes on traveling and ethnological, but also natural history observations. Natural history observations describe of flora and fauna, particularly birds, of the regions Nelson travels through. Weather conditions were recorded along with temperatures. This note book also contains several sketches of land masses, villages, and ethnological specimen.
Subjects
Alaska
,
Botany
,
Cape Darby
,
Cape Espenberg
,
Diary
,
Ethnology--Alaska
,
Field notes
,
Icy Cape
,
Illustrations
,
Ornithologists
,
Ornithology
,
Saint Michael
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141498
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