Extent:

1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Place:

Galapagos Islands

Antarctica

Brazil

Chile

Peru

Bahamas

Haiti

Puerto Rico

Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)

Oregon

Date:

1887, 1911, 1914, 1925-1927, 1934-1939, 1950, 1962-1972

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of records created and maintained by invertebrate zoologist, Waldo L. Schmitt, documenting his research and collecting trips. Schmitt's chief research interest was crustacea. Collecting trips documented in this accession include the Presidential Cruise of 1938 to the Galapagos Islands as well as trips to Antarctica, Brazil, Chile, Peru, the Bahamas, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Baja California, Oregon, and Washington. Materials include diaries, narratives, and incoming and outgoing correspondence. Also included in this accession is Schmitt's birth certificate and documents related to travel visas.

Topic:

Invertebrates  Search this

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Crustacea  Search this

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Invertebrate zoology  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 07-100, Waldo L. Schmitt Papers

Identifier:

Accession 07-100

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Waldo L. Schmitt Papers

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa07-100