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Olaus Johan Murie fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1914-1917.

Reference:

R1583-0-3-E, MG30-B102

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98121

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Olaus Johan Murie fonds
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Fonds includes:

38 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1914-1917.

Place of creation:

United States

Extent:

15.1 cm of textual records.
183 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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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:

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Murie, Olaus Johan, 1889-1963

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Murie, Margaret E

Biography/Administrative history:

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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.

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Photographs: (Other) See "Photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number." FA-500

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General note:

Photographs previously known as the Margaret E. Murie collection.
Acquired in 1977 from Mrs. O.J. Murie, Moose, Wyoming.
Subject heading:

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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:

Private

Related control no.:

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1977-253 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-B102
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 B 102] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MURIE, OLAUS J. 1977-253] RV3 211

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: Restrictions on use: Nil. Copyright: Expired. Credit: Name of photographer / Olaus J. Murie fonds / Library and Archives Canada / Copy negative no.

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