Title: Fishing Instructions for a U.S. Navy Survival Kit

Date/Date Range :   circa 1939-1945

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection houses a World War II era set of "Fishing Instructions" for a Navy fishing survival kit designed to help a soldier survive in case of becoming stranded on islands. It outlines general rules for fishing, the contents of the kit with instructions for each part, and information about certain types of animals and plants. There is also a note on native peoples.

Call number: MS-3109

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection donated to UTK Special Collections Library by Paul Parmalee in January 1990.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Fishing Instructions for a U.S. Navy Survival Kit, MS-3024. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one folder.

Dr. Paul Parmalee (1926-2006) served in the United States Navy during World War II, after which time he earned his Ph.D. in Wildlife Sciences and Vertebrate Zoology from Texas A&M University (1952). He then worked for the Illinois State Museum until 1973, when the University of Tennessee hired him for the Anthropology Department. He soon founded the zooarchaeology laboratory, which houses one of the largest zooarchaeological comparative collections in the country.

This collection houses a World War II era set of "Fishing Instructions" for a Navy fishing survival kit designed to help a soldier survive in case of becoming stranded on islands. It outlines general rules for fishing (e.g. "4. Try to catch small fish rather than large ones" , the contents of the kit with instructions (e.g. "Rig No. 7 / Small Harpoon or Spear [is] very useful for taking small sharks" ), and information about certain types of animals and plants, including sting rays, turtles, birds, snakes, and seaweed. There is also a note on native peoples - "Except along the coast and in the Northern mountains of New Guinea, you can almost always go to them safely for help."

• United States. Navy.
• United States. Navy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• World War, 1939-1945.