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Field journal covers Edmund Heller's work from December 1915 to February 1916 relating to work completed during the National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvian Expedition, 1915. Entries are dated and cover his departure from New York; sea conditions during cruise; weather; arrival to Jamaica and trip to Hope Botanical Garden; description of vegetation and terrain; marine life, mammals, bi

The field journal of Edmund Heller covers his field work in Peru and South America, March to April 1915. Entries are dated and include information relating to a visit to the Lima Zoo, photographing animals, a bull fight, cruise to Valparaiso, vegetation and terrain, elevation, weather, reference to discussion of Incan hunting methods, descriptions of breakwaters around commercial ports, impression

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

This notebook contains data on a collection of dragonflies made in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, but principally in the eastern United States from 13 August 1949 to 10 July 1960. Some collecting was done in the south, southwest, and west. Not all locations are listed in this record. A complete record of habitat from which most specimens were taken and occasional notes of the chase for esp

The notebook documents the field work of Harry S. Ladd across the United States, circa 1915 - 1921. The volume begins with an index listing pages and subject matter: minerals, igneous rocks, sedimentary, metamorphic, phenomena. He states that he is giving no, date of collection, locality, collector, composition, and all other necessary data about specimen (when available). Notes about where specim

The notebook documents Harry S. Ladd's field work relating to geology and ornithology, August 6 - September 2, 1922. The volume begins with an index listing an page number and subject matter. Entries begin with notes about a trip to Lake Superior and the formations of northeastern Minnesota. They include descriptions of terrain and formations, sketches and geological sections, descriptions of spec

The notebook documents Harry S. Ladd's work relating to geology, including Geological Society of America meeting, December 28 - 30, 1922, and field work in Iowa and Missouri, June 18 - July 13, 1923. The volume begins with an index listing page and subject: geology notes, addresses, picture locations, daily log, money, work, correspondence, and lists of equipment. Field work entries consist of a l

The notebook documents Harry S. Ladd's work relating to geology in Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio, 1922 - 1924. The volume begins with an index, listing page number and subject: scientific discipline, picture locations, work, log, food account, money, correspondence, and lists. Geology notes describe details about thesis problem relating to Iowa, routes traveled, specimens collected, observations of terr

Paleontological and geological field notes of Ira Sayles taken on the Hamilton Formation in New York from 18 September to 15 October 1888. Sayles describes the stratigraphy of locations visited and fossils collected there. A wide range of fossils are noted; some examples include brachiopoda and crinoids. Each location is numbered and location numbers in this book range from 1200-1212. Some locatio

This field book contains 5 years of field notes from 15 February 1950 to 5 February 1955 on the birds of the Arlington and Fairfax areas of Virginia. Notes do not document collecting, but rather bird observations. Weather conditions and temperatures, types of songs, behavior, sometimes sex, quantity, and common names of birds are listed.

Edward Chapin collected materials and compiled notes relating to his collecting trips to Cuba and Jamaica in 1937 and 1941, conducted for the Smithsonian Institution. The diary is typed and paginated. Entries are chronological and listed by the date. During his visit to Cuba and Jamaica in 1937, Chapin traveled to Havana, met with colleagues at the University, before traveling to Santiago de las V

This field book contains field notes on note cards taken from 28 August to 13 December 1931. Notes document birds observed in Woodbridge and Occoquan in Virginia. A note dated 1985 from Mrs. James Eike (Claire Eike) about the provenance of the field notes is included.