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The Haidas: Original Notebook and Sketches 1878

by George Mercer Dawson

A surveyor’s 1878 record of Haida culture

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A surveyor’s 1878 record of Haida culture

George Mercer Dawson’s 1878 survey of the Queen Charlotte Islands brought together geological work and close observation of Haida culture. This unabridged edition presents his observations alongside previously unpublished material, with sketches from a second notebook also included. The volume offers a historical document shaped by Dawson’s combined interests as a scientist and anthropologist, and by his broader exploration of the northwest coast from 1875 to 1898. Its contents connect field documentation—mapping, measurement, writing, photography, and drawing—with an account of Haida culture from the period.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in the history of British Columbia and the Queen Charlotte Islands.
  • Those studying Haida culture or nineteenth-century anthropology.
  • Readers interested in historical field notebooks, surveys, and sketches.

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Haida cultureHistorical documentationAnthropologyGeological surveyingNineteenth-century British Columbia

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Book overview

Complete and unabridged with unpublished material, Dawson's observations during his 1878 survey of the Queen Charlotte Islands concerning the Haida culture are presented. In this he had a special interest as an anthropologist, over and above his work as a scientist for the Geological Survey of Canada. From 1875-1898 he explored the northwest coast, mapping, measuring, observing, writing, taking glass-plate photographs and drawing. His sketches from another 1878 notebook are included.

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