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Topic: Natural history
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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1963
1963
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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The envelope, loose black-and-white photographs, and album pages document field work completed during the Southern Island Cruise 1 on Howland Island, 1963. The images in the envelope have captions on the reverse side listing a combination of location, date (March 1963), cruise number, and possibly negative identifier. Subject matter shows island terrain (coastline), and close-up images of wildlife (birds of various ages, hermit crabs). Loose images have captions with similar information,...
Topics: Ornithology, Botany, Invertebrates, United States, Howland Island
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465
1923
1923
by
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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Topics: United States Navy, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Tanager (AM-5), Tanager Expedition (1923),...
The botanical notebook (3 of 6) document Bohumil Shimek's work in Nicaragua, 1892-1893. The notebook covers specimens (287-525) and are divided by location, first half covers Ometepe (287-400), second half covers El Castillo de La Concepcin (401-525). Entries are headed by specimen number, and include detailed plant descriptions of parts (fruit, leaves), color, texture, structure, sometimes surrounding environment, terrain, nearby vegetation, and measurements. Includes some illustrations of...
Topics: Botany, Nicaragua, Ometepe, Isla de, El Castillo de La Concepcin, Ro San Juan
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Topics: Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, Mayan art
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1934
1934
by
Mann, William M., 1886-1960; Mann, Lucile Quarry, 1897-1986; Heinrich, Carl, 1880-1955
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Topics: National Zoological Park (U.S.), National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to...
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305
1904
1904
by
True, Frederick William, 1858-1914
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Topics: Paleontology, Cetaceans, Miocene
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Topic: Marine Invertebrates
Biodiversity Heritage Library
367
367
1937
1937
by
Mann, William M., 1886-1960; Mann, Lucile Quarry, 1897-1986
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The photograph album was compiled for Lucille Mann, and includes images taken during the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies, 1937. Compiler is unknown. Subject matter includes the Manns and others; Batak people; native dancing; agricultural fields; portraits of collected animals, reptiles, and amphibians; informal scenes of animals interacting with each other and people. There are several images of primates interacting with tigers. Some...
Topics: National Zoological Park (U.S.), National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to...
857
857
1924
1924
by
Hitchcock, A. S. (Albert Spear), 1865-1935; Chase, Mary Agnes, 1869-1963
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Topics: Botany, Botanists, Grasses
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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38
1962
1962
by
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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The black and white photographs document field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, 1962. Image captions include number, photographer, date, location and legend. Some descriptions are lengthy. Photographs were taken by David B. Marshall. Subject matter includes bird colonies (Laysan Albatross), detail images of various types of birds (White-capped Noddies, Laysan Ducks, Fairy Terns, Sooty Terns, Redtailed Tropicbirds, Laysan Albatross), monk seals of various ages,...
Topics: Ornithology, United States, Laysan Island, Hawaii
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Topics: Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, Pre-Columbian art
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Topics: Ornithology, Animal behavior, Ethology
415
415
1944
1944
by
Deignan, H. G. (Herbert Girton), 1906-
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Topics: Ornithology, Herpetology, Mammalogy, Invertebrates, Entomology, Mollusks
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503
1902
1902
by
United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Marine biology, Ichthyology, Marine invertebrates
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501
1935
1935
by
Deignan, H. G. (Herbert Girton), 1906-
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Topic: Ornithology
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427
1902
1902
by
United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Marine biology, Ichthyology, Marine invertebrates
The 33 black-and-white photographs document field work completed on Jarvis Island, June 1968. Sixteen photographs taken by C. D. Hackman show several Sooty Tern colonies, a group of 25-30 cetaceans off the coast of the island, several Red-tailed Tropicbirds on nests in vegetation (Lepturus) on the beach, a Red-tailed Tropicbird on nest in the interior of the island near vegetation (Sesuvium and Lepturus), a plaque commemorating a shipwreck on the island, vegetation (Sesuvium and Lepturus) near...
Topics: Ornithology, Mammalogy, Line Islands, Jarvis Island
The fifth of five diaries document Waldo Schmitt's work during Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the West Coast of South America, 1926-1927. Dates covers March 7 - June 6, 1927. Entries are dated and are journal style. Entries describe issues and incidents during travel; accommodations; opinions and observations about places and people; narratives; collecting specimens; and weather. Includes loose inserts. Locations include Brazil (Bahia) and the Falkland Islands
Topics: Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition (1925-1927), Zoology, Crustaceans
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1861
1861
by
Waller, Horace, 1833-1896, collector; Kirk, John, Sir, 1832-1922, associated name; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries); Smithsonian Field Book Project
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statement of responsibility: HW
Topics: Pictorial works, Specimens, Waller, Horace, 1833-1896, Butterflies, Nature prints
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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45
1966
1966
by
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program; Gould, Patrick J; Shelton, Philip C. (Philip Clarence) 1937-
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The black and white photographs documents field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program on Lisianski Island, 1966. Image captions include negative number, location, date, description, and photographer. Photographs were taken by Pat Gould and P. C. Shelton. Subject matter cover birds of various ages in habitat (Common Noddy Tern, Christmas Shearwater,Wedge-tail Shearwater, Albatross, Blue-faced Boobies,Hawaiian Noddy, Great Frigate bird) and vegetation (types)
Topics: Ornithology, Botany, United States, Hawaii, Lisianski Island
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350
1935
1935
by
Blackwelder, Richard E
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Topics: Blackwelder, Richard E, Entomology
R. T. Abbott was a medical malacologist. He became Assistant Curator and Associate Curator of the Department of Mollusks. He was a Navy bomber pilot during WWII, and later joined the Naval Medical Research Unit to study schistosomiasis, a disease affecting troops in the Pacific.This field book includes lists of stations and their numbers, with notes and drawings, for Abbott's field trip to Guam Island during a Pacific War trip. the stations are numbered 105-256 and the field notes are dated...
Topics: Abbott, R. Tucker (Robert Tucker), 1919-1995, United States. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2,...
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693
1902
1902
by
United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Marine biology, Ichthyology, Marine invertebrates
The notebook documents the field work of Russ Greenberg during 1993. The volume begins with a description of bird calls, listing common name of bird, scientific name, and description. This is followed with administrative notes relating to staff, list of expenses, and field entries. These are sometimes dated, headed with time of day, sometimes location information (habitat type or landmarks), common name of bird, and quantity. These entries are intersperse with detailed descriptions of...
Topics: Ornithology, Migratory birds
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201
1966
1966
by
Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) 1902-
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Topics: Paleontology, Geology
The papers are a continuation of a handwritten diary, correspondence, and photographs of Celedonio Gutierrez's observations on the activity of Paricutn Volcano, 1947-1949, 1951-1952. Celedonio Gutierrez was an inhabitant of San Juan Parangaricutiro, a community adjacent Paricutin Volcano region, prior to its eruption, and was Foshag's assistant during fieldwork at the volcano. The diary gives a daily description of changes observed in Paricutn and Mesa de los Hornitos and the surrounding...
Topics: Volcanos, Geology, Volcanological research
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Topics: Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, Mayan art
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Topics: Ornithology, Animal behavior, Ethology
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363
1923
1923
by
Hitchcock, A. S. (Albert Spear), 1865-1935
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Topics: Botany, Botanists, Grasses, Grazing, Agriculture
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Topics: Western Union Telegraph Expedition (1865-1867), Invertebrates, Geology, Ornithology
The black and white photographs and negatives were taken by Arno Brehme, and depict Paricutin Volcano, April 1943 - March, 1944. On the reverse side, photographs include a mixture of information, sometimes including the date, description, type of exposure, and vantage point. Subject matter includes lava and smoke emanating from the volcano (close and from a distance); slopes of volcano; Quitzoche ridge; birth and growth of the Zapicho flow; lava flows (including dates of flows); candid images...
Topics: Volcanos, Geology, Volcanological research, Mexico, Paricutín
The hydrographic sheet no. 1485 documents collecting of sea bottom specimens from off the coast of Padre Island in Texas, May 20 - 28, 1881. Lieut. M. Sebree, U.S.N., was commanding the party. The table of data includes date, section number, locality with latitude and longitude including minutes and seconds, fathoms, and appearance
Topic: Marine Invertebrates
The notes document the field work on crayfish by Horton H. Hobbs in Nueva Leon [Nuevo LeÛn], Mexico, during December 1940. Information varies. Hobbs lists details about travel and routes including time of day and mileage. There are also dated and narrative style entries that describe daily activities, campsites, personal experiences, observations of flora and fauna, and collecting information. Collecting information includes station number (e.g. 12-1640-1), location, description of...
Topics: Invertebrates, Limnology, Crayfish
Materials document Alexander Wetmore's time in Europe in 1930. He came to collect specimens of birds for the US National Museum (USNM) in Spain, and attend the VII International Ornithological Congress in Amsterdam. Materials include field notes, circa 3 May - 21 June, 1930, passport, collected business cards, memorabilia, notes, and maps. Notes detail a variety of information: latitude and longitude positions, lodging, locations and addresses, bird lists (including sex), sketches, and lists of...
Topics: United States National Museum, Ornithology, Puente de los Fierros, Leon, Pontón, Puerto del,...
This field catalog lists specimens collected by Francis Harper (with A. B. Plummer, and others) in France, 1919. Includes collector numbers 1 through 208. Entries list: collector number, sex, scientific name, locality, date, total length, tail foot, hind foot, hind foot (sine unguine) and remarks. Localities include: Cote d'Or, Pyrenees-Orientales, and Bouches du Rhone
Topics: Paleontology, Mammalogy, France, Côte-d'Or, Pyrénées-Orientales, Bouches-du-Rhône
The volume documents the field work of Paul Bartsch on nudibranchs during the Philippines Expedition aboard the U.S.S. Albatross, as well as detailed field illustrations by Kumataro Ito [ , ]. Also includes news clippings. Inside the front cover is a poem by Bartsch,"count that day lost whose low descending sun finds no new nudibranch described, drawn and done." The illustrations were created on individual sheets of paper and pasted into the volume. They appear to be watercolor and...
Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Albatross Philippine Expedition (1907-1910), Invertebrates, Marine...
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385
1886
1886
by
United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Ichthyology, Marine biology, Marine invertebrates
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308
1969
1969
by
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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Topics: United States National Museum, Ornithology
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411
1941
1941
by
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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Topics: United States National Museum, Ornithology, Goajiro Indians
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265
1890
1890
by
United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Marine biology, Ichthyology, Marine invertebrates
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Topics: Animal behavior, Mammalogy, Ethology
This field book consists of a specimen list of A. S. Hitchcock from collecting activities in Ecuador in 1923. The specimen list includes collector number (21467 to 22042); scientific name; and description including notes on locality, physical characteristics, abundance, etc. Localities include: Loja; San Lucas; Cuenca; Huegra; Baos; Quito; Mt. Chuniboraro [?]
Topic: Botany
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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1962
1962
by
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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The six envelopes of black and white photographs document observations of red-tailed tropicbirds completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. The captions on the reverse side include a combination of description (type of bird, sometimes number,age listed in number of days old, sex), nest number, roll number. Subject matter include individual and groups of the birds in habitat and eggs. Pictures often include a ruler to indicate size. Four of the envelopes are numbered for the...
Topics: Ornithology, United States, Kure Atoll, Hawaii
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1911
1911
by
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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Topics: United States Dept. of Agriculture, Ornithology, Fur farming, Bird trapping, Mammalogy
This field book contains a list of the birds Mearns observed or collected on Conanicut Island, Rhode Island. Incorporated into these notes are observations made by Dr. Joel Asaph Allen, and some notes are by Louis di Zerega Mearns. Birds are noted by species on separate cards. Notes remark on abundance / scarcity, the time of year seen, and quantity of each species. Collector numbers range from approximately 112-180. Notes were taken from approximately November 1899 to March 1902, although...
Topics: Ornithology, United States, Rhode Island, Conanicut Island
Miscellaneous notes cover work completed by Waldo Schmitt during the Palmer Peninsula (Antarctica) Survey, 1962-1963. Includes notes about selection of landing sites (terrain, water accessibility) and materials collected and by whom (some including references to fossils). Locations discussed include bases in Dorian Bay, Paradise Harbor, Lockroy, and Arthur Seymour Island, Dorian Bay and Snow Hill
Topics: United States Antarctic Program, Palmer Peninsula (Antarctica) Survey (1962-1963), Zoology
This journal and register includes material on mammals of the Hudson Highlands and an index to all of the notes on birds; a list of specimens by label number and a chronological list of birds seen each day, 1874 to 1886. Mearns writes at the beginning of the journal that he will start with a list of labels of birds already collected, then will commence with listing birds seen every day since March 5 1874. The initial label list includes the following: locations, sex and age, scientific name,...
Topics: Ornithology, Mammalogy
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458
1899
1899
by
Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
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English
Topics: Botany, Mammalogy, Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
Typescript copies of itineraries and narratives from Mearns's time in the Philippine Islands for military and collecting purposes, 17 June 1902 to 30 March 1907. These itineraries are typed copies of the handwritten itineraries in the same collection. Included are notes on birds, mammals, and other specimens Mearns collected or observed, including several bird lists, and measurements of some specimens. No collector numbers seem to be included. Also included is detailed surveyor data from...
Topics: Ornithology, Mammalogy, Surveying, Philippines, Mindanao, Basilan, Apo, Mount, Malindang, Mount,...
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464
1902
1902
by
United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Marine biology
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1955
1955
by
Stelfox, Arthur Wilson, 1883-1972
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Topics: Entomology, Hymenoptera
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1909
1909
by
United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Marine biology
This contains three copies of an unpublished manuscript written by William Healey Dall entitled, "Beach and shore shells of Monterey, California; collected in person with notes on geographical distribution, synonymy and habits." Notes document specimen collecting in the vicinity of the Salinas River in Monterey, California, during January 1866. As the title indicates, the manuscript includes information about types of fauna observed (typically mollusks), as well as population...
Topics: Invertebrates, Marine invertebrates, Mollusks, United States, California, Monterey, Salinas
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1880
1880
by
United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Topics: Fish Hawk (Steamer), Marine biology
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1924
1924
by
Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
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Topic: Zoology
This record refers to 3 field books created for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Southern Island Cruise 13, in 1966 on Palmyra Atoll. Envelope 1 contains a field book by B. A. Harrington that includes bird banding and returns data that includes band numbers (747-54101 to 797-27700), age, and sex. Envelope 2 contains a field book by N. H. Heryford that includes bird banding data (listing band numbers 747-54284 to 863-82300). Envelope 3 contains a field book by Dayle N. Husted that...
Topics: Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, Ornithology, Bird banding, Palmyra Atoll
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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105
1965
1965
by
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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The black and white photograph documents field work on Sand-Johnston Island as part of Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, circa 1965. The photograph shows a Sooty Tern in flight
Topics: Ornithology, Sand Island, Johnston Atoll
John Brooks Henderson, Jr., a diplomatic advisor to China, was a shell collector. Interested in the marine shell life of the West Indies, he participated in several expeditions to the Caribbean. He also traveled to collect marine mollusks along the Southeastern United States. His collections were donated to the United States National Museum. He did volunteer work in the Division of Mollusks in his spare time, and wrote several articles for the Proceedings of the United States National Museum...
Topics: Henderson, J. B. (John Brooks), 1870-1923, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of...
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Topic: Marine Invertebrates
The 6 photographs document geological and botanical observations of Bohumil Shimek. These were mostly likely originally part of a numbered grouping. Photographs are numbered and include descriptions. Subject matter includes terrain (prairie slopes and ridges, woods). vegetation (oak trees, prairie flora), views along roads. Locations include Reno, Minnesota; Unionville, Homestead, Iowa City, Iowa
Topics: Botany, United States, Minnesota, Reno, Iowa, Unionville, Homestead, Iowa City
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1902
1902
by
United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Marine biology, Ichthyology, Marine invertebrates
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1960
1960
by
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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Topics: United States National Museum, Ornithology
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1865
1865
by
Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
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Topic: Western Union Telegraph Expedition (1865-1867)
The black-and-white photographs document Bohumil Shimek's field work in Missouri and Iowa, 1905 - 1908. Most photographs are labeled and dated. Subject matter includes detail and distance images of terrain, pot holes, ravines, cuts in the terrain, cliffs, buildings and structures outside Saint Joseph, Missouri; along roads and railroad tracks; geological specimens with shell bands; and Aftonian and pre-Kansan exposures. Some cuts are numbered. Locations include Saint Joseph, Missouri; Council...
Topics: Botany, Geology, United States, Missouri, Saint Joseph, Iowa, Turin, Council Bluffs
Robert P. Higgins, born in 1932, is an invertebrate zoologist who held various positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History, 1968-1996. The Smithsonian Institution Archives house field notes that document his collecting trips around the world.This field book includes field notes on various locations, covering Tobago, the former USSR, and the South Pacific Ocean, between 1965 and 1991. They are filled on printed cards with forms, all checked as...
Topics: Higgins, Robert P, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Smithsonian Institution, Marine...
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1918
1918
by
Hitchcock, A. S. (Albert Spear), 1865-1935
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Topics: Botany, Botanists, Grasses
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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1936
1936
by
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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Black and white photographs document terrain and wildlife on Jarvis Island, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1948 and undated. Images have captions on the reverse side; information varies, sometimes listing negative, location, dated, expedition information, photographer. Subject matter show beaches, individual and groups of birds in habitat (type listed), wreck of the vessel Amaranth, interior terrain, structures, chickens being transferred to Jarvis Island. Photograph sources include Department of Interior,...
Topics: Ornithology, Line Islands, Jarvis Island
Biodiversity Heritage Library
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81
1898
1898
by
Nelson, Edward William 1855-1934; Goldman, Edward Alphonso 1873-1946
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Catalog of bird specimens collected by Edward William Nelson and Edward Alphonso Goldman in California, southwest United States, and Mexico, circa 1892 to 1906, collector numbers 1 to 12402. Undated entries include only collector number, name (genera, binomial, or common), and location. Dated entries include more specific locality information and sometimes elevation information. Localities include California, Arizona, Chiapas, Atlixco, and many other localities in Mexico and southwest United...
Topics: Ornithology, United States, Mexico, Chiapas, Atlixco, Arizona, California
This field book consists of the specimen list of A. S. Hitchcock from his plant collecting activities in the West Indies and British Guiana [Guyana] in 1919. The specimen list includes collector number (16294 through 16840); scientific name; and notes that include locality information, abundance, physical description, etc. Locations include St. Thomas; St. Kitts; St. Lucia; and Georgetown (Guyana)
Topic: Botany
This field book consists of the specimen list of A. S. Hitchcock from his plant collecting activities in British Guiana [Guyana] in 1919 and early 1920. The specimen list includes collector number (16860-17435); scientific name; and occasionally, notes that include locality information, abundance, physical description, etc
Topic: Botany
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1964
1964
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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The black and white photographs document field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program on Kure Atoll, 1964. Photographs have captions listing a combination of role number and picture number (roll 30, pictures 3 - 16). Subject matter covers observed sharks swimming in open water including around a wreck
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Topics: Ichthyology, United States, Kure Atoll, Hawaii
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1919
1919
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United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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restrictions: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
Topics: Albatross (Steamer), Marine biology, Ichthyology, Marine invertebrates
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1946
1946
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Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993
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restrictions: At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Department of Botany at 202-633-0920 to make an appointment.
Topic: Botany
This item is a field journal by Alexander Wetmore with daily entries from May to October, 1915 and 1916. Entries consist of accounts of hunting and collecting specimens, as well as behavioral observations, travel details, and daily activity. Localities include but are not limited to areas within the United States, including Utah and Montana. Entries mainly deal with birds and plants, and may include lists with daily tallies. Some entries deal with the investigation of a duck malady in Utah,...
Topics: Ornithology, Botany, United States, Utah, Montana
