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This notebook details the field work of Lester F. Ward for the United States Geological Survey from 1892-1893. Localities include but may not be limited to areas within Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Dated journal entries include observations of soils and rock (mostly sands and clay), such as coloration, composition, and depth, as well as accounts of collecting various plant fossils. Loca

This item is an index for the Devonian localities Cooper conducted research in. Numbers correspond to pages in field notes. Localities in Ontario, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Missouri, New York, Indiana, Ohio, and Minnesota are listed in this index.

These notes contain lists and locality indexes for paleontological and geological field work Cooper conducted at Glass Mountain, Texas. Notes contain list of mollusks found at Glass Mountain, blocks collected at Glass Mountain, a list entitled “new numbers", another entitled “1952 field numbers", and lists dated 1957 and 1958.

The notebook documents work completed off the coast of Louisiana, Texas and Florida, February 14, 1917 - April 4, 1917. Includes Grampus stations 10464-10487. The entries are ordered by stations numbers and date. Includes time of day data was collected, water depth and temperatures, bottom composition, weather, and fish counts (by type). Data for specimens covers type, quantity, and sometimes phys

This field book contains the specimen list of Martin W. Gorman from his collecting activities in the Iliamna Lake region of Alaska in 1902. The specimen list includes date; collector number; scientific name; collection notes (such as location, conditions, etc.); notations on abundance (six designations from "rare" to "common"); notes on how the plant is cooked or prepared and consumed; and sometim

The charts, one hand-drawn and one printed, document findings during the USBF Halibut Survey, 1914. Maps cover the Oregon Halibut Banks, near the Oregon-California border. The hand-drawn chart covers near Pelican Bay. The printed chart includes details about fishing grounds on Halibut, Cod, Sand, Rocky conditions, coral, and shell.

This volume logs locality and time-date information for BT [bathythermograph] and salinity stations on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands trip in October and November 1964. Fields include station number, date, time, lat., and long. Station numbers span from 1 to 109. Station localities are on the Pacific Ocean in an area approximately bounded by 0° to 21° N and 158° to 180° W. A note on the cover in

This item consists of the photocopied field notes of Peter Marshall from his work counting and banding birds with the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey in August 1964. Marshall's notes document banding as well as counting of birds, nests, chicks, and eggs on Southeast Island, Pearl and Hermes Reef and Lisianski Island.

This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, 1964, in the area of Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands (Kiribati). Materials include: bird observation data, fix data, at sea daily observations summary sheets, and climatological data sheets. Bird observation sheets list time, species, #, dir., hgt., and remarks. Observation summary sheets

Mary Agnes Chase records details for her travels to Europe to collect and exchange materials and specimens for the United States Department of Agriculture. The diary is typed, and listed chronologically. She travels to herbariums across western Europe, including details about the voyage; passengers and acquaintances; interactions with colleagues; descriptions of herbariums, their condition and org

These are a collection of notes, note cards and essays relating to lectures Chase gave about her two collecting trips to Brazil. The first relates to her trip to Caparaó from the Minas side in Serro do Mar in 1929. Second grouping relates to a talk given for the Biological Society, October 24, 1925 on collecting in Brazil. Also included is a document title "Quest for Grasses in Brasil." Materials

This item consists of the field notes of Robert W. McFarlane from his work with the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey in 1963. McFarlane's field notes include documentation of his activities collecting and banding birds in and around Hawaii. Notes include references to taking blood samples and examining stomachs of sea birds.