Title
Record of collections made by the Point Barrow Polar Expedition, 1881-1883
Title Variants
Alternative:
Record of collections made by the Point Barrow Polar Expedition 1st Lieut. P. H. Ray commanding from October 1881 to 1883
Related Titles
Contained In:
John Murdoch journals, 1881-1883
Series:
SIA RU007203
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Murdoch, John, 1852-1925
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1881-1883
Notes
English
This field book contains John Murdoch's catalogue on natural history and ethnological collections made by the Point Barrow Polar Expedition, 1881-1883. Collections are from Point Barrow, Alaska and other Alaska locations between approximately 15 October 1881 and September 1883. Both natural history and ethnological collections are combined into one list. Natural history collections contain a wide variety of specimen and does not seem to have a focus or scope. Most or all specimen are Animals, especially mammals, but also include some aves, and possibly other animals. Recorded are collector, specimen / object number, date, article (what was collected), and locality. Some specimen names are in another language, possibly in Iupiaq. Numbers range from 1 to 1794. Box 1 Folder 1 contains a preservation copy of this item.
Subjects
Alaska
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Field notes
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International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Al
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Mammalogy
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Naturalists
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Point Barrow
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United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.96970
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