Mark H. Dall Collection, 1574-1963
by Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Collection Overview...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Descriptive Entry...... 1 Names and Subject Terms ...... 1 Container Listing...... 3 Mark H. Dall Collection Accession 87-057
Collection Overview
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., [email protected]
Creator: Dall, Mark H
Title: Mark H. Dall Collection
Dates: 1574-1963
Quantity: 7.69 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 87-057, Dall, Mark H, Mark H. Dall Collection
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of information about the Healey family; the 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.
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects: Unitarianism
Types of Materials: Black-and-white photographs Books Clippings Drawings Manuscripts Maps
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Names: Dall, C. H. A. (Charles Henry Appleton), 1816-1886 Dall, Mark H. Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927. Healey, Mark.
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Container Listing
Box 1
Folder 1 Incoming correspondence to William H. Dall, 1891-1899. Includes letters from George Kennan, Stearns, and Rathbun.
Folder 2 Correspondence to W. H. Dall from relatives, 1865-1896
Folder 3 W. H. Clarke, Whitney Dall and Family to W. H. Dall, 1876-1897
Folder 4 Correspondence from other relatives to W. H. Dall, 1865-1912
Folders 5-8 Annette W. Dall to W. H. Dall, 1879-1890
Folders 9-11 Charles Henry Appleton Dall to W. H. Dall and Nettie Dall, 1867-1886
Folders 12-15 Correspondence with Sarah Dall Munro, 1885-1908
Folder 16 H. D. Chichester, "Seals and the Seal Islands," 1898, includes photographs on Unalaska
Folder 17 W. H. Dall, "The Essentials of Civilization," a speech given before the student body at the University of Pennsylvania, 1904.
Folder 18 William J. Rhees, The Smithsonian Institution: Origin and History, Vol. I, 1835-1887
Box 2
Folder 1 William J. Rhees, The Smithsonian Institution: Origin and History, Vol. II, 1887-1899
Folder 2 Frederick Whymper, Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, 1868
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
Folder 4 W. H. Dall, Tribes of the Extreme Northwest, Part I, 1876; Dall, Coal and Lignite of Alaska, 1896
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
Folder 6 Drawings by Georg Tsaroff
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
Folder 9 W. H. Dall, "Reminiscences of Yukon Exploration," 1906
Folder 10 "Access to an Open Polar Sea," 1853, about the search for Sir John Franklin and his companions
Folder 11 Quackenbush, L. S., "Notes on Alaskan Mammoth Expeditions of 1907 and 1908"
Folder 12 House of Representatives report on the population and resources of Alaska, 1880
Folder 13 W. H. Dall, "Alaska as it Was and Is, 1865-1895"
Folder 14 Report of the cruise of the U.S. Revenue (steamer?), Arctic Ocean, 1880
Folder 15 Frobese, F. E., "Origin and Meaning of the Totem Poles in Southeastern Alaska," 1898
Folder 16 Davis, Andrew McFarland, "Indian Games: An Historical Research," 1896
Folder 17 Kelley, Hall J., "Geographical Sketch of the Oregon Territory," 1830
Folder 18 Brinton, Daniel G., "Ikonomatic Method of Phoenetic Writing," 1886
Folder 19 Wilkes, Charles, "Western America," 1849
Folder 20 George Melville, "Jeannette Expedition," 1882
Folder 21 W. H. Dall, "Scientific Results of the exploration of Alaska," article IV, 1865-1874
Folder 22 "Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska," 1885
Box 3
Folder 1 Goode, George Brown, The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896
Folder 2 W. H. Dall, The Harriman Expedition, Vol. II, 1901 (2 copies)
Folders 3-4 Hayden, F. V., United States Survey of Colorado, 1873-1874, 2 vols., a report
Folder 5 Pacific Coast Pilot, Alaska, Part I, 1883
Folder 6 History of Mammalia, Vols. I and II, 1849
Folder 7 W. H. Dall, "Reminiscences of Alaskan Volcanoes," 1881
Folder 8 Bartsch, et. al., biographical sketch of Dall, 1946
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
Box 4
Folder 1 Appleton's Guide to Alaska, 1893, includes photographs
Folder 2 Dictionary of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, 1834
Folder 3 Boss, et. al., The Zoological Taxa of William Healey Dall, 1968
Folder 4 Herron, Edward A., First Scientist of Alaska, William Healey Dall, 1958
Folder 5 Harriman Alaska Expedition publication series, Vol. V, cryptogamic botany
Folder 6 Harriman Alaska Expedition publication series, Vol. VIII, insects, part I
Box 5
Folder 1 Harriman Alaska Expedition publication series, Vol. IX, insects, part II
Folder 2 Harriman Alaska Expedition publication series, Vol. XI, nemerteans
Folder 3 Harriman Alaska Expedition publication series, Vol. XII, annelids
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
Folder 5 Mark Healey correspondence, vouchers, deeds, 1850s-1970s
Folder 6 Mark Healey correspondence, 1814-1866
Folder 7 Correspondence with Caroline Dall regarding Mark Healey's ancestry, 1870-1874
Folder 8 C. H. A. Dall correspondence, 1840s
Box 6
Folder 1 Mark Healey correspondence, 1870s, regarding property
Folder 2 Mark Healey correspondence concerning holdings of southern land, 1860s-1870s
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
Folder 4 C. H. A. Dall correspondence while a minister at large, 1840s
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
Folder 7 Copies of C. H. A. Dall's wills; India newspaper clippings, 1840s-1880
Folder 8 Letters to C. H. A. Dall, 1850s-1880s
Folder 9 C. H. A. Dall poems, correspondence, and burial prayers
Folder 10 Letters from Indian friends to C. H. A. Dall, 1850s-1880s
Folder 11 Letters from Clergymen to C. H. A. Dall, 1840s-1850s
Folders 12-14 C. H. A. Dall, sermons and records of preaching, 1840-1846
Folder 15 W. H. Dall, "Remains of Labor Pre-historic Man," 1878
Folder 16 W. H. Dall, "Masks, Labrets," 1885
Folder 17 V. I. Bering, "Early Exploration to the region of the Bering Sea and Strait," translation by W. H. Dall, 1891, with map
Folder 18 W. H. Dall, "Tribes of the Extreme Northwest," 1876
Folder 19 W. H. Dall, "The Discovery and Exploration of Alaska," vol. II
Folder 20 W. H. Dall, 'The Song of the Innuit"
Folder 21 Symonds genealogy, 1574-1846
Folder 22 Cyrus Adler, "The Shofar - Its Use and Origin," 1893
Folder 23 The Alaskan Boundary Question, 1888-1889
Folder 24 University of Pennsylvania, "Proceedings of 'University Day,'" 1904
Folder 25 Science and the New York Times obituaries on W. H. Dall, 1927
Folder 26 W. H. Dall, "Alpheus Hyatt," 1902
Folder 27 Maps drawn by Brimmer classmates, 1860
Box 7
Folders 1-4 "Precepts of Jesus," in Hindu (4 copies)
Folder 5 "Our Indian Mission and Our First Missionary," a memorial service in honor of C. H. A. Dall, 1887
Folder 6 Julius Cornet, A Manual of Russian and English Conversation, 1857
Folder 7 Alaskan Commercial Company, "Russo-American Primer," 1871
Folder 8 C. H. A. Dall, From Calcutta to London by the Suez Canal, 1869
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
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
Folder 12 Alaska sketches by W. H. Dall and F. Whymper
Box 8
Folder 1 Grant to Francis Bernard to be the collector of duties, 1764
Folder 2 Two Russian engravings
Folder 3 Drawings by George Tsaroff
Folder 4 Drawings by F. Whymper
Folder 5 Photograph of painting of schooner, Yukon, by W. A. Cortlin, San Francisco, 1875
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
Folder 7 Deeds, maps, and certificates
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
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
Oversize
1832, Henry A. Breeds Deed
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1869, diagram of Dennings Point Property
Map of Dennings estate
1862 certificate to C. H. A. Dall
Map, B, H & E Ferry Extension R.R. Co.
Map, Land granted to Erie Railway Co.
Certificate, National Academy of Sciences, 1897
Certificate, Department of the Interior, 1900
Diploma of Participation, International Congress of Zoology, 1889
Diploma, Wesleyan University
2 German certificates, W. H. Dall
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