This series of 16 notebooks includes 14 notebooks containing a various assortment of material taken from Dall's expeditions to Alaska under the auspices of the United
States Coast Survey (1871-1880). This Alaskan material contains field notes, current and tidal observations, log notes regarding barometer readings and thermometer readings
of the ocean. There are lists of birds, Aleutian whale names and sketches of whales along with lists of specimens of birds collected and field notes regarding strata. Four
notebooks on magnetic bearings taken on board the Humboldt (1871-1874), one notebook containing the same information taken on board the Yukon (1874), and two
notebooks containing weather and bearing readings on board the Yukon (1880), appear to be copies taken from other original material. The two notebooks not containing
material taken under the U.S.C.S. are: (l) Natural History Short Notes and References to Papers, 1875; (2) List of Dall's publications and communications to the press, circa
1882.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7073, William Healey Dall Papers
