William and Lucile Mann travel with the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies in 1937. William Mann collects a birds, animals and reptiles, a list and quantity of which is recorded at the end of the diary. While traveling, they meet with local officials, visit pertinent local institutions (zoos, etc). The diary is a typed account kept by Lucile Man
The Manns visited Brazil and Argentina, to collect live animals for the National Zoological Park. They travel and collect in the vicinity of São Paulo, Brazil and in Argentina in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and San Carlos de Bariloche. The diary, written by Lucile, is arranged by date and details their travels; acquisitions from dealers; interactions with with colleagues, and visits to zoos in the majo
The first part of the diary is organized by subject and describes the Liberian political system and marital law; the second part is arranged by date and covers the conditions of their travel, the plantations visited, lists of specimens collected (page 39), interactions with native population, and negotiations for permission to collect in vicinity of various villages. Collecting occurred in the are
The 1956 diary records Waldo Schmitt's observations during the Bredin-Smithsonian Caribbean Expeditions, 1956-1959. Entries are sometimes dated, and include interactions with colleagues and local inhabitants (includes names), daily activities, preparing specimens, details about destinations, supplies (including food), expenses, terrain of locations where specimens and soil samples collected, times
The 1957 diary records Waldo Schmitt's observations in the Pacific. Entries are usually dated, and entries include personal observations, daily activities such as dealing with customs or procuring supplies, interactions with colleagues and locals, and collecting sites. Locations are throughout the Pacific including, Apia, Suva and Moreno.
The diary documents Waldo Schmitt's activities during the Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition to Yucatan, 1960. Entries include issues and conditions during the expedition; interactions between expedition participants; expenses; weather; times dredging for, collecting and preparing specimens; anchorages; food served; some listings of distance covered, temperature, winds and corresponding dates.
This field book is a diary kept by Stejneger during his trip to Nikolski (Nikol’skoye) Bering Island (Ostrov Beringa) to study fur seals in 1908 (this year is questionable). The notebook is dated 31 August to 08 September. Stejneger's notes provide a daily account of his experiences, including observations of the seals and their environment, and of the processes of the killing of seals and collect
Diary documents travels of William Healey Dall December 1 - August 4, 1868 during the Western Union Telegraph Expedition. He records his impressions of Russian and American expedition participants; relationships and conflicts between participants; interactions with indigenous people; weather; daily activities; collecting and preparing of specimens; lyrics; lists of provisions; and travel on rivers
The diary (1 of 2) documents Bohumil Shimek's work during a trip to Europe, primarily Austria-Hungary, covering June 12 -July 22, 1914. Entries are dated. The first portion is primarily in Czech; subsequent entries are mostly in English. Entries include lists of personal purchases, contacts and their information, botanical field work with colleagues (Dr. von Degen) on islands of the Danube in Buda
The diary (2 of 2) documents Bohumil Shimek's work in Austria-Hungary and Germany, July 23 - September 6, 1914 (2 books). Some entries switch back and forth between English and Czech. Pages are numbered. Entries are dated and describe a wide range of topics. Entries cover weather; local sights visited; institutes, universities and gardens seen; terrain observed especially along river banks; notes
This diary kept between approximately 5 February to 29 April 1900 contains photo identifications, expense accounts, and miscellaneous notes from Stejneger's trip to Puerto Rico and the West Indies. Notes are narrative and mostly describe the events of the day with only some mention of collecting birds, lizards, and bats.