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The diary documents Waldo Schmitt's working during the Tortugas Laboratory Trips, August 2-9, 1931. Work as conducted at the Carnegie Institute of Washington, Marine Biology Laboratory at the Dry Tortugas Islands on Loggerhead Key in Florida (1903-1939). The diary are loose leaf paper, and discuss observations of shoreline, reefs, caves and types of fish during collecting; characteristics of obser

Eight pages of typed excerpts from Cochran's travel diary during her 1935 trip to Brazil to collect frogs. Entries include 1 February abd 16 March 1935. These excerpts were possibly the foundation of Cochran's essays "Collecting frogs in Brazil" and "Expedition to Brazil". Cochran's entries discuss frog collecting in Santa Alexandrina (a suburb of Rio de Janeiro) and Ouro Preto. Some descriptions

The 1962-1963 travelogue documents Doris Cochran’s National Science Foundation funded trip to visit museums in South America and collect frog specimens, building on collections she made there in 1935. Includes summary of events, itinerary, and narrative entries on daily activities. Narrative entries include description of surrounding flora and fauna and references to specific collections of herpet

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Main Library

The specimen catalog documents the work of Frederick True and Daniel Prentiss ,Jr., while in Maine, during the summer of 1897. Information includes field number, scientific name, sex, locality (town), date, measurements, and remarks. Remarks detail collecting method, collector, habitat and additional location information. Pages are numbered. Locations include Brooklin, Walker Pond, Hancock county,

The drawings document the field work of William Henry Holmes in Tuloom [Tulum], Mexico, during 1895. Several of the drawings are oversized. They vary in level of detail, some are field drawings, while others appear ready for publication. They depict views of ruins, layouts, architectures sections, and structural details. Some drawings have annotations, including dates.

Two notebooks of Frederick William True containing field notes and daily entries on seals and other wildlife on St. Paul Island, Kelaire, Lukannan [Lukanin rookery], Polovina, Tolstoi [rookery], and St. George's Island, Alaska, June 27 - August 15, 1895. Journal entries are dated, and include narrative style entries. They include observations of wildlife and surrounding environments, sometimes inc

An essay (seems to be unpublished) in which Doris Cochran summarizes some of the natural history observations and collections she made. Cochran says the purpose of the trip was to bring back a "large slice of the fauna and flora of southeaster Brazil". Cochran notes collecting toads, frogs, lizards, plants, fish, and insects, providing scientific names and description of some species. Localities i

This field book documents Goldman's field research and travels in Mexico between 17 February 1892 and 31 January 1894. The notes are a narrative account describing plant, mammal, bird, and reptile specimens observed and collected, routes traveled, and other observations during his trip. Goldman uses both common and scientific names to refer to specimens. Examples of frequently noted specimens incl

This item contains an essay by Doris Cochran about her 1935 trip to Brazil. In "Expedition to Brazil", Cochran describes her 1935 trip to South America. Although not field notes, the essay contains a first-hand account of her collecting trip and provides names of collecting localities (such as Bello Horizonte [sic] and Pirapora on Rio Sao Francisco), names of accompanying collectors (such as Joaqu

This field journal documents Raven's fascinating field trip to Singapore, Java (Jawa), and Borneo from 22 February 1912 to 2 November 1914. The journal begins as a travel diary of events and observations as Raven sails to his destination. Raven's notes on field collecting are narrative and detailed. He describes the trapping, shooting, and collecting of birds, mammals, reptiles, and perhaps other

Copy of logbook of the Fish Hawk, 16 July to 26 August 1881, station record numbers 917-960. Data recorded include instrument used, current number of observation, date, locality, bearings, time of day and tide, state of sky, temperature of (air, surface of water, at depth of, of bottom), depth, nature of bottom, direction of, force of, name of vessel, to what service attached, name and rank of com