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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 87-057

Dall, Mark H.

Mark H. Dall Collection, 1574-1963

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Dall, Mark H.
Title:Mark H. Dall Collection
Dates:1574-1963
Quantity:7.72 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
Collection:Accession 87-057
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of information about the Healey family; personal and business correspondence of Mark Healey, maternal grandfather to William Healey Dall; poetry, correspondence, publications, photographs, and sermons by and pertaining to Charles Henry Appleton Dall, first Unitarian minister in India, and father of William Healey Dall; and correspondence, photographs, publications, awards, and certificates pertaining to William Healey Dall, and in particular, his interest in Alaska.

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This accession consists of information about the Healey family; personal and business correspondence of Mark Healey, maternal grandfather to William Healey Dall; poetry, correspondence, publications, photographs, and sermons by and pertaining to Charles Henry Appleton Dall, first Unitarian minister in India, and father of William Healey Dall; and correspondence, photographs, publications, awards, and certificates pertaining to William Healey Dall, and in particular, his interest in Alaska.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 87-057, Mark H. Dall Collection

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Container List

Box 1

Folder 1 Incoming correspondence to William H. Dall, 1891-1899. Includes letters from George Kennan, Stearns, and Rathbun.

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Folder 2 Correspondence to W. H. Dall from relatives, 1865-1896

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Folder 3 W. H. Clarke, Whitney Dall and Family to W. H. Dall, 1876-1897

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Folder 4 Correspondence from other relatives to W. H. Dall, 1865-1912

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Folders 5-8 Annette W. Dall to W. H. Dall, 1879-1890

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Folders 9-11 Charles Henry Appleton Dall to W. H. Dall and Nettie Dall, 1867-1886

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Folders 12-15 Correspondence with Sarah Dall Munro, 1885-1908

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Folder 16 H. D. Chichester, "Seals and the Seal Islands," 1898, includes photographs on Unalaska

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Folder 17 W. H. Dall, "The Essentials of Civilization," a speech given before the student body at the University of Pennsylvania, 1904.

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Folder 18 William J. Rhees, The Smithsonian Institution: Origin and History, Vol. I, 1835-1887

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Folder 1 William J. Rhees, The Smithsonian Institution: Origin and History, Vol. II, 1887-1899

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Folder 2 Frederick Whymper, Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, 1868

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Folder 3 W. H. Dall poetry; project for the Brimmer School which Dall attended; William H. Holmes to Dall about the Powell monument, 1914; W. H. Dall Alaskan literature; Fernow poetry about W.H. Dall

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Folder 4 W. H. Dall, Tribes of the Extreme Northwest, Part I, 1876; Dall, Coal and Lignite of Alaska, 1896

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Folder 5 George Tsaroff drawing, "Scene on Yukon River Alaska;" W. H. Dall, Map of Northwest Territory, 1869; Photographs: Bogoslof Volcano, Old Bogoslof, Michael LeBarge (2 photographs), LeBarge Home at Chateaugay, and Birdseye view of Sitka, Alaska

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Folder 6 Drawings by Georg Tsaroff

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Folder 7 George A. Dorsey, The Cheyenne, 1905; the Southwest Society of the Archaeological Institute of America journal with an article on the Luis Library, 1906

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Folder 8 Washington magazine with articles about Alaska, 1906

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Folder 9 W. H. Dall, "Reminiscences of Yukon Exploration," 1906

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Folder 10 "Access to an Open Polar Sea," 1853, about the search for Sir John Franklin and his companions

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Folder 11 Quackenbush, L. S., "Notes on Alaskan Mammoth Expeditions of 1907 and 1908"

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Folder 12 House of Representatives report on the population and resources of Alaska, 1880

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Folder 13 W. H. Dall, "Alaska as it Was and Is, 1865-1895"

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Folder 14 Report of the cruise of the U.S. Revenue (steamer?), Arctic Ocean, 1880

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Folder 15 Frobese, F. E., "Origin and Meaning of the Totem Poles in Southeastern Alaska," 1898

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Folder 16 Davis, Andrew McFarland, "Indian Games: An Historical Research," 1896

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Folder 17 Kelley, Hall J., "Geographical Sketch of the Oregon Territory," 1830

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Folder 18 Brinton, Daniel G., "Ikonomatic Method of Phoenetic Writing," 1886

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Folder 19 Wilkes, Charles, "Western America," 1849

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Folder 20 George Melville, "Jeannette Expedition," 1882

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Folder 21 W. H. Dall, "Scientific Results of the exploration of Alaska," article IV, 1865-1874

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Folder 22 "Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska," 1885

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Box 3

Folder 1 Goode, George Brown, The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896

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Folder 2 W. H. Dall, The Harriman Expedition, Vol. II, 1901 (2 copies)

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Folders 3-4 Hayden, F. V., United States Survey of Colorado, 1873-1874, 2 vols., a report

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Folder 5 Pacific Coast Pilot, Alaska, Part I, 1883

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Folder 6 History of Mammalia, Vols. I and II, 1849

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Folder 7 W. H. Dall, "Reminiscences of Alaskan Volcanoes," 1881

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Folder 8 Bartsch, et. al., biographical sketch of Dall, 1946

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Folder 9 Science, obituary on Dall, 1927, by C. Hart Merriam

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Folder 10 Certificate presented to W. H. Dall from the Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1899

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Box 4

Folder 1 Appleton's Guide to Alaska, 1893, includes photographs

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Folder 2 Dictionary of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, 1834

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Folder 3 Boss, et. al., The Zoological Taxa of William Healey Dall, 1968

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Folder 4 Herron, Edward A., First Scientist of Alaska, William Healey Dall, 1958

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Folder 5 Harriman Alaska Expedition publication series, Vol. V, cryptogamic botany

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Folder 6 Harriman Alaska Expedition publication series, Vol. VIII, insects, part I

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Box 5

Folder 1 Harriman Alaska Expedition publication series, Vol. IX, insects, part II

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Folder 2 Harriman Alaska Expedition publication series, Vol. XI, nemerteans

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Folder 3 Harriman Alaska Expedition publication series, Vol. XII, annelids

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Folder 4 Confederate war record of Ball provided Dall by William Gouveneur Morris, Sitka, 1882; copies of correspondence between Dulany Ball and the Secretary of War, President David (?); regarding his status as a prisoner of war (Civil War); information on Ivan Petroff as an army deserter

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Folder 5 Mark Healey correspondence, vouchers, deeds, 1850s-1970s

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Folder 6 Mark Healey correspondence, 1814-1866

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Folder 7 Correspondence with Caroline Dall regarding Mark Healey's ancestry, 1870-1874

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Folder 8 C. H. A. Dall correspondence, 1840s

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Box 6

Folder 1 Mark Healey correspondence, 1870s, regarding property

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Folder 2 Mark Healey correspondence concerning holdings of southern land, 1860s-1870s

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Folder 3 C. H. A. Dall to William and Nettie Dall, from Calcutta, 1880s; notice of C. H. A. Dall's death and a photograph of his grave in India

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Folder 4 C. H. A. Dall correspondence while a minister at large, 1840s

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Folder 5 Correspondence to C. H. A. Dall, 1830s-1850s

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Folder 6 C. H. A. Dall Correspondence with his father and brothers, 1810-1880

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Folder 7 Copies of C. H. A. Dall's wills; India newspaper clippings, 1840s-1880

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Folder 8 Letters to C. H. A. Dall, 1850s-1880s

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Folder 9 C. H. A. Dall poems, correspondence, and burial prayers

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Folder 10 Letters from Indian friends to C. H. A. Dall, 1850s-1880s

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Folder 11 Letters from Clergymen to C. H. A. Dall, 1840s-1850s

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Folders 12-14 C. H. A. Dall, sermons and records of preaching, 1840-1846

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Folder 15 W. H. Dall, "Remains of Labor Pre-historic Man," 1878

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Folder 16 W. H. Dall, "Masks, Labrets," 1885

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Folder 17 V. I. Bering, "Early Exploration to the region of the Bering Sea and Strait," translation by W. H. Dall, 1891, with map

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Folder 18 W. H. Dall, "Tribes of the Extreme Northwest," 1876

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Folder 19 W. H. Dall, "The Discovery and Exploration of Alaska," vol. II

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Folder 20 W. H. Dall, 'The Song of the Innuit"

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Folder 21 Symonds genealogy, 1574-1846

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Folder 22 Cyrus Adler, "The Shofar - Its Use and Origin," 1893

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Folder 23 The Alaskan Boundary Question, 1888-1889

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Folder 24 University of Pennsylvania, "Proceedings of 'University Day,'" 1904

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Folder 25 Science and the New York Times obituaries on W. H. Dall, 1927

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Folder 26 W. H. Dall, "Alpheus Hyatt," 1902

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Folder 27 Maps drawn by Brimmer classmates, 1860

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Box 7

Folders 1-4 "Precepts of Jesus," in Hindu (4 copies)

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Folder 5 "Our Indian Mission and Our First Missionary," a memorial service in honor of C. H. A. Dall, 1887

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Folder 6 Julius Cornet, A Manual of Russian and English Conversation, 1857

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Folder 7 Alaskan Commercial Company, "Russo-American Primer," 1871

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Folder 8 C. H. A. Dall, From Calcutta to London by the Suez Canal, 1869

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Folder 9 The Bhagvat-Geeta, 1845

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Folder 10 Drawing: "Indian Village, Sitka," from sketch by F. Whymper; photograph by Bradley and Rulofson (Jeannette, a ship); I. W. Taber photographs: Blue Canon, Muir Glacier, Hotel at Blue Canon, Totem Poles, Sub-glacial stream (Muir Glacier), Junction of Morain and Muir Glacier, Ancon steamer, in Glacier Bay; two unidentified photographs

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Folder 11 Awards, memberships, fellows: Alaska Historical Society, 1890; British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1888; Boston Society of Natural History, 1863; National Geographic Society of Natural History, 1863; California Academy of Natural Sciences, 1865; American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1912; constitution and by-laws of the Society of Alaska Natural History & Ethnology; biographical sketch of C. H. A. Dall; The Illustrated London News, 1869

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Folder 12 Alaska sketches by W. H. Dall and F. Whymper

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Box 8

Folder 1 Grant to Francis Bernard to be the collector of duties, 1764

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Folder 2 Two Russian engravings

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Folder 3 Drawings by George Tsaroff

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Folder 4 Drawings by F. Whymper

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Folder 5 Photograph of painting of schooner, Yukon, by W. A. Cortlin, San Francisco, 1875

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Folder 6 Photographs: Bogoslof Volcano; of group by Watkins; E. J. Muybridge, "Helios;" Russian lithograph, 1851; photograph of a Russian Church in Sitka; Sketches of an Indian village in Sitka and St. George's Island; 2 photographs of painting by Gracy Carbons; 4 photographs, Lone Rock, California (2 views), Lasser Peak, California (from the cinder cone), camp scene

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Folder 7 Deeds, maps, and certificates

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Folder 8 Memberships, fellowships, and awards: National Geographic Society, Life member, 1917; Special United States Passport, 1878; Essex Institute, 1866; California Academy of Sciences, 1874; American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1897; Naturalist Society, Leipzig, 1900; National Academy of Sciences, 1897; International Zoological Congress, Paris, 1889; Geographical Society, Sweden, 1885; Honorary Curator, Bishop Museum, 1899; Wesleyan University; Berlin Society for Geographers, 1882; Zoological and Botanical Society, Wein, 1870

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Folder 9 W. H. Dall certificate as delegate to the International Zoological Congress, 1907; Department of State passport, 1906; Letter of Safe conduct to England from G. Brown Goode, 1888

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1832, Henry A. Breeds Deed

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1869, diagram of Dennings Point Property

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Map of Dennings estate

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1862 certificate to C. H. A. Dall

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Map, B, H & E Ferry Extension R.R. Co.

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Map, Land granted to Erie Railway Co.

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Certificate, National Academy of Sciences, 1897

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Certificate, Department of the Interior, 1900

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Diploma of Participation, International Congress of Zoology, 1889

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Diploma, Wesleyan University

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2 German certificates, W. H. Dall

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