Field notes, 1880 (1 of 2)
date: label: Date Range
content: 1880
label: Start Date
content: 18800513
label: End Date
content: 18800822
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Notebook No. 1, 1880
notes: label: Abstract
content: The note book documents work for the United States Coast Survey (1871-1880). Includes records from William Dall, Noyse, and Baker. Data recorded includes voyage information from California to Alaska including time, barometric readings, air and water temperature and wind direction, measured every four hours. Lists destinations, discusses composition of Alaskan population, activities of survey members, descriptions of coastal terrain, crops farmed by indigenous tribes. Some locations include the vicinity of Chugachik Bay [Kachemak Bay], Sitka, Chilkaht River [Bering River], Mount Fairweather, and Kachemak Bay. There is an index at the back of the notebook including survey locations.
place: label: Place
content: Alaska
label: Place
content: Sitka
label: Place
content: Bering River
label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Mount Fairweather
label: Place
content: Kachemak Bay
topic: label: Topic
content: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
label: Topic
content: Natural history
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007073
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 24 Folder 7