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Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, United States, Australia, Spain, Namibia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Chile, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Polynesia, South Atlantic Ocean, 1958-1960, 1963, 1980-1986, 1988-1993.

Catalog Data

Collection name:
Robert P. Higgins Papers, 1957-1960, 1963-1965, 1968, 1972, 1976-1993
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 1, folder 11
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Soviet Union
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
United States
Australia
Spain
Namibia
Hong Kong
Brazil
Chile
Papua New Guinea
Japan
Polynesia
Atlantic Ocean
Date Range:
1958-1960, 1963, 1980-1986, 1988-1993
Start Date:
1958
End Date:
1993
Abstract:
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 is constituted of cards on field trips to the former USSR, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, United States, Australia, Spain, Namibia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Chile, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Polynesia, and the South Atlantic Ocean. The cards are forms, all checked as "logged" and each with an accession number, in which were filled, in various hands, rubrics including a station number, location, depth, sampling method, collector name, name of specimens.
Topic:
Marine biology  Search this
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Marine invertebrates  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 17-105
Access Information:
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See more records from this collection:
Robert P. Higgins Papers, 1957-1960, 1963-1965, 1968, 1972, 1976-1993
See more records associated with this person:
Higgins, Robert P.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI9404