Summary

Creator:

Turner, Lucien M (Lucien McShan)

Title:

Lucien M. Turner Papers, circa 1882-1884

Dates:

1882, 1882-1884

Notes:

Lucien M. Turner (1848-1909), a member of the Army Signal Corps, collected natural history and ethnological specimens for the United States National Museum. From 1874 to 1877, he was a meteorological observer for the Signal Service at St. Michael, Alaska. He also trained voluntary observers for the Service in the Aleutians from 1878 to 1881. In 1882, Turner was sent to Fort Chimo, Labrador, as an observer and remained there until he returned to Washington in 1884. At each of his duty stations, Turner made extensive collections and sent them to the Smithsonian

Summary:

These papers include notes and manuscripts by Turner and by others concerning the collections he made, and photographs of the natives of Labrador

Restrictions:

Use of this record unit requires prior arrangement with the Archives staff

Topics:

Anthropology, Natural history

Subjects:

Turner, Lucien M (Lucien McShan), Dall, William Healey 1845-1927, Edwards, William Henry, 1822-1909, Farlow, W. G (William Gilson) 1844-1919, Fernald, Charles Henry b. 1838, Marx, George, Smith, Sidney I (Sidney Irving) 1843-1926

Form/Genre:

Photographs, Collection descriptions

Local Number:

SIA RU007192