William H. Dall - Field Notes, 1873

In 1873, eight years after he was appointed to lead the corps of scientists on the Western Union Telegraph Expedition, American naturalist and prominent malacologist William Healey Dall was in the Alaska region again, this time conducting research on islands along the southern rim of the Bering Sea.This field book includes his personal descriptions and observations of birds and other animals and the sites from which they were collected. Largely lists, Dall also includes sketches, measurements and Aleut terminology for whales. Join with us and other digital volunteers to transcribe these field notes of a man dedicated to gaining a better understanding of the Alaskan and North Pacific regions and their ecosystems.