William Healey Dall - Papers to Robert Kennicott, Western Union Telegraph Expedition, 1866

From 1865-1867, a group of scientists, under the guidance of the Smithsonian Institution and Chicago Academy of Sciences, set off to explore building a trans-Pacific communication system through Alaska and Asia. How did those institutions collaborate to plan such a lengthy, complex trip? Find out with this set of papers from naturalist William Healey Dall, leader of the expedition's Scientific Corps. Find the team's directions for collecting and list of necessary supplies, among other memos and correspondence. Get a unique look into the preparation for the Western Union Telegraph Expedition and help transcribe Dall's notes!