Papers, 1911-1912.

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Papers, 1911-1912.

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Collection includes typescript of Amory's account of his summer trip from Seattle to Dawson and down the Yukon River, June 14 to Oct. 4, 1912, to collect specimens of mammals for the Smithsonian Institute. Also includes a letter describing the trip, a map of the area surrounding the Yukon River, and an excerpt from The Wilderness of the upper Yukon by Charles Sheldon (published as: The wilderness of the upper Yukon : a hunter's explorations for wild sheep in sub-arctic mountains. -- New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1911).

1 box (0.2 ft.)

Dartmouth College Library

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Amory, Copley, 1890-1964

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Copley Amory (1866-1960) was a member of a family originally from Boston, Massachusetts, of whom three generations took part in expeditions to Greenland, Siberia, and Alaska between 1860 and 1915. Amory, like his father, attended Harvard University. After graduation (1888), he operated a stock and dairy farm at Walpole, New Hampshire. He rebuilt a Hudson's Bay trading post in Easter, Quebec, as a summer home. He served in the military during World War I in Cuba and Iran. In 1931, he hosted a bio...

Smithsonian Institution

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Hudson's Bay Company

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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...