Two notebooks of Frederick William True containing field notes and daily entries on seals and other wildlife on St. Paul Island, Kelaire, Lukannan, Polovina, Tolstoi, and St. George's Island, Alaska
date: label: Date Range
content: 1895
label: Start Date
content: 18950627
label: End Date
content: 18950815
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Field book, Pribilof Islands, 1895
notes: label: Abstract
content: Two notebooks of Frederick William True containing field notes and daily entries on seals and other wildlife on St. Paul Island, Kelaire, Lukannan [Lukanin rookery], Polovina, Tolstoi [rookery], and St. George's Island, Alaska, June 27 - August 15, 1895. Journal entries are dated, and include narrative style entries. They include observations of wildlife and surrounding environments, sometimes including periodic recordings for one day. One contains extended descriptions interactions between mother and cub seals; a sealing event; list of birds seen (with sketches); and in the back a list of stations, dates, and observations on changes in observed numbers. Includes a pasted insert with a list of birds and eggs. Half the note book is blank. The second notebook includes observations of seal populations (cows, bulls, and pups); sealing; numbers relating to sealing (killed or rejected because of size); and includes some sketches of seals. |Both books have True's name on the inside cover, but place the author at different places on the same day. It is possible that one of the books belonged to Leonhard Stejneger or another participant of the expedition. Includes sketches of birds and a list of specimens.
place: label: Place
content: Alaska
label: Place
content: Saint Paul Island
label: Place
content: Tolstoi Rookery
label: Place
content: Lukanin Rookery
label: Place
content: Saint George Island
label: Place
content: Aleutian Islands
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Seals (Animals)
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Mammalogy
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Frederick William True Papers, circa 1886-1910
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content: True, Frederick William, 1858-1914
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007181
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
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physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Frederick William True Papers, circa 1886-1910
label: Physical Description
content: 2 field books
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 3 Folder 2