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Mary S. Kennicott regarding her fears over the Alaskan exploration and for Robert Kennicott's safety, 1865-1866; Henry M. Bannister regarding Robert Kennicott's disposition, 1/9/1866; Dall to General O. H. Palmer regarding his monetary conflict with William H. Ennis, 12/20/1865; Letters from Elizabeth Merriam, 1869- ; Memorandum regarding Dall's plans for his U.S.C.S. expedition, [c. 1871]; Letter of introduction from Hutchinson, Kohl and Co. for Dall's 1871 expedition to Alaska, 8/25/1871; Dall to [Theodore Nicholas?] Gill regarding the U.S.C.S. expedition, 10/24/1871; Dall's adoption papers for George Tsaroff, November 1872; Spencer F. Baird regarding Dall's estimated height of Mount Saint Elias and Baird's feelings toward Henry W. Elliott, 10/11/1874; Receipt for instruments used in the U.S.C.S. expeditions, 1874; Photograph of Fannie Langhorn and her friends, c. 1875; Manuscript from Bernhard Bendel on the handling of native Alaskans by the United States fur trading companies, 9/2/1875; E. P. Herendeen on his expedition to Alaska, 9/10/1875; Wendell Phillips Garrison in regard to printing Dall's letter in -- The Nation -- , 12/1/1877; W. S. Washburn, J. B. Lippincott & Company, regarding the pronunciation of Alaskan names, 1/7/1878, 1/19/1878; Commissioner, Bureau of Education, Department of Interior, regarding the establishment of schools in Alaska and its effect on tribal relations, 1/9/1878; Josua Lindahl seeking scientific information which would aid a Swedish expedition investigating the Northeast Passage, 2/11/1878, 2/14/1878; William Lloyd Garrison, letters of introduction for Dall, 4/1878; Joseph Henry, letter of introduction for Dall, 5/1/1878; J. A. Turner to Mrs. Caroline Healey Dall regarding Joseph Henry's death, 5/17/1878; Marcus Baker regarding a labor riot in Washington, D.C., 7/29/1878; Athenaeum (England) invitation to stay for one month, 8/6/1878; William Gouverneur Morris regarding Alaskan politics, 1879--; Ivan Petroff regarding Alaskan politics, 1879--; H. B. James, Chief of Customs, Treasury Department, requesting suggestions to a prepared bill dealing with the governmental organization of Alaska, 12/1/1879; Proposed Alaskan bill prepared by the Office of the Secretary, "A Bill Authorizing the Appointment of Justices of the Peace and Constables in the Territory of Alaska, and for Other Purposes," enclosed in H. B. James' letter, 12/3/1879; Constitution of the Biological Society of Washington, 3/16/1881; E. P. Herendeen regarding an estimation of the number of walrus killed in Alaska each year, 3/24/1881; A form letter asking Dall to contribute to the Republican Congressional Committee (see comment on the back side), 5/15/1882; Marcus Baker, an interesting letter regarding Baker's feelings of friendship toward Dall, 2/9/1883; Dall's appointment to the U.S. Geological Survey as a paleontologist, 8/11/1884; Notification of Dall's election as Vice-President, Section H, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Julius Erasmus Hilgard, Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, regarding Dall's resignation from the Survey, 9/15/1884; Dall's inventory of material turned over to Marcus Baker as instructed by Hilgard, 9/30/1884; Attached Memorandum by Robert C. Campbell on the Yukon River, 11/16/1884; Wendell Phillips Garrison, editor of -- The Nation -- , on the politics of James G. Blaine and Grover Cleveland, 11/8/1884; Melville Philips to -- The Nation -- in reply to editorial comments on his book, -- In the Lena Delta -- , 1/21/1885; U.S.G.S. instructing Dall on his expedition to Florida, 3/31/1885; Dall to George Brown Goode on materials needed for the Department of Mollusks, 1885-1886, 4/28/1885; Dall to Thomas Francis Bayard, "Memorandum on the Alaskan Boundary as defined by the Russo-British Treaty of February 28/16, 1825," 5/4/1885; John Wesley Powell regarding fiscal allotment for the Cenozoic Division of Invertebrate Paleontology, 6/20/1885; Spencer F. Baird regarding improprieties of the U. S. Coast Survey, as Baird might inadvertently be doing the same thing, 7/4/1885, 7/8/1885; Dall to Goode regarding the investigation of the U. S. Coast Survey and the means for purchasing private collections, 8/8/1885; Personal letters from Edward E. Norton, 11/23/1885, 11/30/1885; Joseph Willcox informing Dall of the death of Isaac Lea, 12/9/1886; Cosmos Club letter stating Dall's election as a member to that organization, 5/2/1887; Dall to W. W. Rice, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, on the possibility of his teaching there, 5/30/1887; George Brown Goode regarding the uniformity of annual reports submitted by the Division of Mollusks and Cenozoic Invertebrates to the U.S. National Museum, 7/1/1890; Correspondence with Alexander Agassiz and Georg Herman Baur regarding the exploration of the U.S. Fish Commission steamer, -- Albatross -- , 1891-1892. This includes (2) maps, February, 1871; U.S. Geological Survey 1891 fiscal allotment for Division of Cenozoic Paleontology, 1/12/1891; Charles D. Walcott on the temperament of Dall's report to be used as part of the U.S.G.S. Director's Twelfth Annual Report, 4/4/1891; Notification of Dall's appointment as a member of the permanent force of the U.S.G.S. at a reduction in salary, 8/8/1892; Cyrus Adler, Librarian, U.S. National Museum, upon receiving the donation of Dall's 101st scientific publication, 7/12/1893; A list of the living members of the California Academy of Natural Sciences in 1895 (having joined between 1853 and 1865), 1895; National Geographic Society By-Laws and Amendments, as of 11/19/1897, enclosed with letter dated 11/23/1897; Geological Society of London upon Dall's election as one of the Society's foreign correspondents, 5/24/1898; George E. Billings regarding the claims made by A. C. Rulofson on the late Captain W. G. Hall's estate, 11/4/1898; William T. Brigham, Director of the Bernice Panahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, asking Dall if he can come to the museum to examine its collections which will be catalogued for publication, 3/8/1899; Joseph Willcox, for the Wagner Free Institute of Science, regarding the Institute's gold medal award to be presented to Dall, 4/5/1899, 4/24/1899; American Social Science Association invitation to Dall to become a member in recognition of his distinction as a naturalist, 11/22/1899; The National Cyclopedia of American Biography regarding the insertion of Dall's biography in the Cyclopedia, 11/28/1899; Director of the Mint asking Dall to estimate the production of gold and silver in Alaska in 1899, 1/11/1900; F. S. Dellenbaugh regarding the purchasing of a punchbowl for Edward H. Harriman as a token of gratitude for the 1899 expedition, 3/5/1900; 3/7/1900; 3/31/1900; 5/10/1900; The London Times -- , thanking Dall for his articles on Alaska for the -- Encyclopaedia Britannica -- , 6/7/1901; G. W. Eustis regarding the memorial of Dall's son, 2/16/1902; Louis Agassiz Gould regarding biographical information pertaining to his father, Augustus Addison Gould, 7/23/1903; Philosophical Society of Washington regarding Dall's election as a member to its executive committee for 1904, 1/12/1904; University of Pennsylvania regarding its decision to confer upon Dall an honorary degree of Doctor of Science, 1/20/1904; Literary Society of Washington, D.C. regarding Dall's election as a member to that society, 1/26/1904; Men of Mark in America in regard to using Dall's biography in their publication and the following quotation of his, "Do the work next [sic] you, and do it with all your might. Nothing is too trifling to do well, and no knowledge ultimately useless," 8/8/1904; Literary Society of Washington, in regard to Dall's election as a member of its Executive Committee, 12/31/1905; The American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia's celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, 4/17/1906; Boston Society of Natural History notifying Dall of his election as a Corresponding Member to that society, 4/26/1906; Wendell Phillips Garrison regarding his resignation from editorial control, 6/28/1906; Russell H. Chittenden, Director of the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, inquiring if Dall would accept a position as Lecturer for the Silliman Foundation for 1910, 5/26/1908; Cyrus Adler regarding subscription of funds for a portrait of the late Samuel P. Langley to be presented to the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, l/19/1914; George Washington University in regard to Dall's receiving an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, 6/3/1915; Dall to Leonhard Stejneger, Head Curator, Department of Biology, regarding the history of T. C. Chamberlain's legacy to the Smithsonian Institution for the benefit of the Isaac Lea collection, 10/24/1916; National Geographic Society regarding Dall's election as the first Jane M. Smith life member of the Society, 1/6/1917; G. W. Eustis regarding the health and death of Edward E. Norton, 6/14/1917; Material regarding mandatory retirement and an extension of Dall's position with the U. S. Geological Survey, June-July, 1920; Otto Halla regarding prospecting along the Solomon River, Alaska, including photographs, maps, blueprints and charts, November 26-27, 1920 and 12/6/1920; Oswald Garrison Villard, editor, -- The Nation -- , regarding Dall's discontinued subscription to the magazine as a result of an article by H. L. Mencken, 2/3/1922; Material regarding an extension of Dall's service with the U.S.G.S., 4/22/1922, 6/10/1922; William T. Brigham regarding his work and the decaying value of the Bernice Panahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, 8/1/1922; Committee on the Spencer F. Baird Memorial celebration, c. 1923; American Association for the Advancement of Science in regard to giving Dall an Emeritus life membership, 4/15/1924 ; The American Association of Museums' invitation and acceptance of Dall as a member of its society, April 1924; Material pertaining to Dall's continuance in the U. S: Geological Survey, April-November, 1924; Retirement of Dall from the U.S.G.S., May, 1925; Dall to his son Charles Whitney regarding his retirement from the U.S.G.S., and future economical arrangements, 6/30/1925; Cosmos Club finances, 5/6/1926; H. E. Wheeler, Secretary of the Southern Conference of the American Association of Museums to Dall's son Charles Whitney, regarding a research question on Dr. Gates, whom Dall knew, 12/14/1934.
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William Healey Dall Papers
William Healey Dall Papers / Series 4: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1865-1927. INCOMING AND OCCASIONAL OUTGOING. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY THEREUNDER. / Box 18
Summary
The following is an example of the correspondence located in Series 4. Material below is listed in chronological order.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7073, William Healey Dall Papers
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