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The diary documents daily activities of William Dall, including his work along the coast of Alaska of 1873 -1874 while working for the United States Coast Survey (USCS). Entries are chronological, headed with the date, and are listed on the left hand side of the notebook for the first half of the diary. Notes, calculations, or illustrations are usually on the right hand side. Entries detail weathe

Gabrielson's more or less daily journal from 29 December to 1931 to 22 December 1935 containing lists of birds observed and collected, notes of professional activities such as meetings, conferences, and field investigations. Notes on mammals are also included. Localities encompass a wide geographic range as Gabrielson traveled often. Localities include but are not limited to Pocatello (Idaho), Can

The diary of 1935 includes notes and station data kept by Waldo LaSalle Schmitt on the Hancock Galapagos Expedition. The notebook is prestamped with dates, but many of these have been crossed out for other types of entries. Most entries are short, listing a specimen number (364-487), indicated activity (i.e. dredging) and time of day, and sometimes information about collecting environment (i.e. re

Gabrielson's more or less daily journal from 1 January 1936 to 8 January 1940 containing lists of birds observed and collected, notes of professional activities such as meetings, conferences, and field investigations (for example comments on park development). Notes on mammals are also included. Localities encompass a wide geographic range as Gabrielson traveled often. Localities include but are n

The diary contains notes made on the Hartford-Smithsonian West Indies Expedition, 1937 recorded by Waldo Schmitt. The notebook has preprinted dates, and they appear to be accurate. Most entries are between February 27 - May 20. They record time of day and temperature (sometimes hourly), locations, destinations, expenses, weather, and include short descriptions of daily activities, personal observa

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