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Biographical NoteHunter, naturalist, and conservationist Charles Sheldon (1867-1928) collected, photographed, and observed wildlife. From 1903 to 1908 he devoted his time to the study of wildlife in the northwestern part of the North American continent, hunting grizzly bears in the upper Yukon and Denali. From 1912 to 1922, he shifted his focus to the Southwest, hunting and collecting desert bighorn sheep from Arizona to Sonora, Mexico. Sheldon was a key figure in both the development of the Mount McKinley National Park in Alaska, and the establishment of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Hundreds of the biological specimens that Sheldon collected are now in the National Museum at the Smithsonian. For further biographical information, see The Wilderness of the Southwest. Scope and Content NoteThis collection consists chiefly of two journals and photographic materials documenting Charles Sheldon's desert bighorn sheep collecting expeditions from 1912 to 1916. The second journal also documents his studies of the Seri Indians and Tiburon Island, 1921-1922. OrganizationThis collection is organized into two series:RestrictionsRestrictionsNone. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Related MaterialBooks relating to Sheldon's research include: The Wilderness of Desert Bighorns and Seri Indians, and The Wilderness of the Southwest. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Sheldon, Charles, 1867-1928 --
Diaries Geographic Name(s) Sonora (Mexico : State) -- Description and
travel Subject(s) Bighorn sheep hunting -- Arizona Bighorn sheep hunting -- Mexico -- Sonora (State)
Hunters -- Diaries Seri Indians -- Social life and customs Genre Form(s) Journals Notes Photographs Administrative InformationCredit LineCharles Sheldon papers(AZ 408). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Container List
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