Young scientists can find themselves saddled with the more mundane tasks of a major project such as the Western Union Telegraph Expedition. Twenty year old William Dall (1845 - 1927) shared his dismay with the Smithsonian's Assistant Secretary Spencer Baird in the early days of the expedition. Help us transcribe his correspondence to see how his assignments changed and his findings altered the understanding of mollusk life and habitats in the cold waters of the North Pacific.
Young scientists can find themselves saddled with the more mundane tasks of a major project such as the Western Union Telegraph Expedition. Twenty year old William Dall (1845 - 1927) shared his dismay with the Smithsonian's Assistant Secretary Spencer Baird in the early days of the expedition. Help us transcribe his correspondence to see how his assignments changed and his findings altered the understanding of mollusk life and habitats in the cold waters of the North Pacific.
Read more about the Archives' collection of Western Union Telegraph Expedition (SIA Record Unit 007213) papers or browse the other Expedition papers that our volunpeers have already transcribed.