Charles Sheldoncollection, 1912-1922

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Charles Sheldoncollection, 1912-1922

This collection consists chiefly of two journals and photographicmaterials documenting Charles Sheldon's desert bighorn sheep collectingexpeditions from 1912 to 1916. The second journal also documents his studies ofthe Seri Indians and Tiburon Island, 1921-1922.

.75 linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 6633860

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Sheldon, Charles, 1867-1928

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Charles Sheldon (1867-1928), big game hunter, conservationist, and authority on mountain sheep, was a close personal friend of Edward William Nelson. Nelson was co-editor of Sheldon's posthumously published "The Wilderness of Denali," and the author of a biographical memoir on Sheldon. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_212_pid_EACP209 Hunter, naturalist, and conservationist Charles Sheldon (1867-1928) collected, photographed, and...