Olaus Johan Murie fonds [textual record, graphic material]
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Olaus Johan Murie fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:38 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
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Record information Olaus Johan Murie fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Date:1914-1917.Reference:R1583-0-3-E, MG30-B102Type of material:Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:98121Date(s):1914-1917.Place of creation:United StatesExtent:15.1 cm of textual records.
183 photographs : b&w.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of the following: Hudson Bay Expedition diary, 1914-1915, 537 pages; On the Shores of Hudson Bay, n.d., 38 pages; and Labrador-Ungava Expedition, 1917, 161 pages.
The fonds also contains photographs which depict scenes of trips to Hudson Bay, Labrador, and northern Quebec by Olaus J. Murie including views of settlements, Inuit, and camps.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Murie, Olaus Johan, 1889-1963 : Olaus J. Murie, biologist, was first employed by the Oregon State Games Commission from 1912-1914. From 1914-1917, he was field Naturalist and Curator of Mammals for the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh. During this period, he made his two expeditions to Canada, to Hudson Bay in 1914-15 and across the Labrador Peninsula in 1917. During the First World War, he served as a balloon observer. In 1920, he joined the U.S. Biological Survey where he served until 1945. He undertook many wildlife studies during this period. He became Director of the Wilderness Society in 1945 and was President from 1950 to 1957.
During his career Murie wrote a number of natural history books, including The Elk of North America 1951, A Field Guide to Animal Tracks in 1954 and Alaska- Yukon Caribou in 1935. He received many awards from conservation bodies, a few of which are the Audubon Medal in 1959, the John Muir Award of the Sierra Club in 1963 and the Conservation Award of the American Forestry Association in 1955.Additional information:General note:Photographs previously known as the Margaret E. Murie collection.
Acquired in 1977 from Mrs. O.J. Murie, Moose, Wyoming.Subject heading:- Climate - Hudson Bay, 1914-1915 Moose Factory (Ont.), 1914-1915
- Flora and fauna - Hudson Bay, 1914-1915 Port Harrison (N.W.T.), 1914-1915
- Indians of North America - Canada - Religion and mythology, 1914-1915 Sept-Isles (Quebec), 1917
- Indians of North America - Canada - Social life and customs, 1914-1915 Moise River (Quebec),1917
- Inuit - Canada - Religion and mythology, 1914-1915 Fort Chimo (N.W.T.),1917
- Inuit - Canada - Social life and customs, 1914-1915 Ungava Bay (N.W.T.), 1917
- Birds - Hudson's Bay, 1914-1915 Labrador-Ungava Expedition 1917
- Birds - Canada, 1914-1917
- Physical geography - Labrador Peninsula, 1917
- Labrador Peninsula - Description and travel, 1917
- Voles - Labrador Peninsula, 1917
- Flora and fauna - Labrador peninsula, 1917
- Physical geography - Ungava Bay, 1917
- Ungava Bay - Description and travel, 1917
- Birds - Ungava Bay, 1917
- Flora and fauna - Ungava Bay, 1917
- Voles - Ungava Bay, 1917
- Birds - Labrador Peninsula, 1917
- Biologists - United States, 1889-1963
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-B102 -
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