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The miscellaneous notes documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 1957. Includes descriptions of local inhabitants and long term residents that Waldo worked with, who gave information about the islands, notes about soil samples (including numbers, location, date and location description), drafts of correspondence, and notes and copied citations of ref

Station data documents work completed by Waldo Schmitt during the Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, during April and May of 1957. List includes accession number, list of participating scientists, station numbers followed by date, time of day, description of environment, depth, island, and approximate location in reference to island. Additionally some descriptions detail type of line u

The second volume of Waldo Schmitt's diary documents his work during the Smithsonian-Hartford West Indies Expedition, 1937. Dates cover April 18 - May 12, 1937. Entries are dated. Subject matter covers interactions with local inhabitants and colleagues; procurement of supplies; visits to communities; locations visited; specimen collecting including descriptions of locations (beaches and reefs); de

Volume 1 of Waldo Schmitt's diary documents his work during the Smithsonian-Hartford West Indies Expedition, 1937. The dates cover March 3 - April 17, 1937. Subject matter covers travel details; issues procuring vessels; interactions with local inhabitants; specimen collecting (dredging); types of specimens collected; list of individual crew members; temperatures and weather; descriptions of commu

The itinerary and list of expenses document William Henry Holmes' field work in South America, 1908-1909. Most travel appears to have been in Peru. Notes include detailed lists of expenses, as well as notes regarding photographs taken, notes for work and locations visited. Also includes field notes for January 18 - 19, describing travel and and work completed in Arequipa, Peru, and a sketch of ter

The scrapbook was compiled by Lucile Mann, from materials gathered relating to a trip to Argentina and Brazil (1939), for the purposes of collecting and exchanging live animals with zoos in South America. Materials in the scrapbook cover sites throughout Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) and Argentina (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, La Plata, Lake Nahuel Huapi). The scrapbook appears to be arranged chronologically,

This field book is a specimen list of mostly reptiles, amphibians, and birds that Stejneger collected during or after the biological survey of the San Francisco mountain region, 1889, led by C. Hart Merriam. Specimens listed in this field book were collected from various locations within California (ex. Calibasas), Arizona (ex. Prescott, Walnut Canyon), and the Grand Canyon. Additionally, specimen

This item is comprised of list of scientific names of fishes collected by Perrygo in Haiti in 1929. Data include size of specimen measurements in millimeters, locality, and date of collection. Some entries contain narrative descriptions of specimens. Localities include: Bigie Bay, Baradères Bay (also known as Bardaires Bay), Petite Cayemite, and Île à Vache There are also a few localities listed i

The notes document the work of C. Wythe Cooke in Virginia, undated. The sheet contains detailed descriptions (measurements, color, composition, type of minerals and fossils present) and geological section for the structure and section between the Blue Ridge and Little North Mountain, as well as west of Strasburg Junction to Strasburg, Virginia.

The drawings and notes document William Henry Holmes' field work Teotihuacán, Mexico, during 1884. Includes an illustration in preparation for publication. Field drawings depict structural and architectural details, oblique views of ruins, layouts of structures at the settlement. Drawings often have detailed annotations.

The drawings and notes document William Henry Holmes' field work in Tiahuanaco, Bolivia, 1909. The images show oblique views of landscapes and ruins. There are also notes that appear to be an outline or list of questions relating to the study of the culture and the plateau.

The notes document M. Moynihan's observations of Tinamus major birds (Great tinamou), February - August, 1960. Pages are numbered. Entries are headed with date, location, and type. Entries describe extended observations of behavior, appearance, and bird calls of wild and captive birds, their young, with referenced to time of day and time of hatching, comparisons to birds raised in captivity, behav