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The station data documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the West Coast of South America, 1926-1927. Station data covers stations 1-69, August 29, 1926 - January 22, 1927. Includes a notebook and loose sheets of paper. The loose list details numbered locations, location names, dates, and related remarks. The notebook includes notes about

The notebook documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the West Coast of South America, 1926-1927. Station data covers stations 70-127, January 31, 1927 - May 18, 1927. Entries are numbered and detail locations, collecting site conditions, date, and sometimes a combination of type of specimen (by scientific or common name), time of day, tid

Typed and hand written expense accounts and receipts document Waldo Schmitt's work during the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927. Expenses are itemized by date, and include supplies and types of equipment used for collecting (with specific descriptions); meals; accommodations; and locations. In notes, includes an partial

Reports detail the work completed by Waldo Schmitt for the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927. They discuss quantity and type of specimens collected, locations visited, colleagues and institutions involved, an abbreviated diary, handwritten notes, and a heavily marked and noted draft of a "study of the crustaceans of Sout

This field book is part of a collection of field notes by Robert (Bob) A. Bartlett (1875-1946). Bartlett was born in Brigus, Newfoundland. He spent much of his career at sea in the Arctic, taking part in and later leading expeditions in the region. This field book includes notes taken during an expedition to West Greenland. The notes are written on loose pages in a fabric cover, and they record th

These are papers that document preparations for the Western Union Telegraph Expedition from William H. Dall to Robert Kennicott including: copy of order from Charles S. Bulkley; order from Dall to Captain of steamer regarding specimen collections; Stores; directions for Collecting; Dall letter to scientific friends; copy of Spencer F. Baird telegram to Bulkley on Stimpson and the destruction of th

Notebook contains lists of flora and fauna specimens collected for Western Union Telegraph Expedition to Alaska. Specimens are listed with Latin name, collector, storage method, and location. Several are from San Francisco Bay as well as from parts of Alaska. There is also a list of shells received from March 20 - July 10, 1865, including quantity and collector; a description of the geology of Oun

Materials include a field book and loose notes compiled by Alexander Wetmore, May - November 1918 in the western United States, while working for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. He was the vicinity to obtain information on breeding waterfowl and the economic value of bats, for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological

Materials were created during Alexander Wetmore's work in the western United States investigating crop damage from ducks and blackbirds in 1917-1918, while employed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. Includes five memoranda of traveling expenses detailing food, lodging, and travel expenses (locations and form of travel is indicated). Detailed lists

The drawings and notes document the field work of William Henry Holmes in Xochimalco [Xochimilco], Mexico, during 1895. Drawings depict layouts of buildings and portions of the deserted settlement, structural details of buildings, sections, terrain. Drawings often contain detailed annotations. Field notes are headed with location and describe observations and measurements.

Covers preparations for field work, as well as travel May – August 1895 to Alaska. Entries are dated, and usually a few sentences in length. They describe travel details and route, accommodations, people with whom worked, weather, daily activities, short descriptions of field work collecting fossils (including names of individuals with whom collected), short observations of locations where collect

The notes and diary document the archaeological work of William Henry Holmes while Yucatan, Mexico, during 1895. He was working for the Field Museum of Chicago. The notebook contains field drawings of local inhabitants, buildings including structural details, notes with observations and personal impressions. There is a typed transcript of the first few pages. Loose notes (some headed "diary) are d