Correspondence documents Waldo Schmitt's work with the United States Bureau of Fisheries Halibut Survey of Washington and Oregon. It includes correspondence of John N. Cobb, Edward Driscoll, Trevor Kincaid, and J. Playfair McMurrich. Items discuss travel details; conditions of vessels; and details about halibut fishing off the coast of Washington and Oregon including summaries of interviews with local inhabitants.
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