Collection name:

Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

Physical Description:

1 field book

Physical Location:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation:

Box 80 Folder 5

Record type:

Fieldbook record

Object Type:

Field notes

Reports

Place:

South America

Date Range:

1925-1927

Start Date:

1925

End Date:

1927

Abstract:

Reports detail the work completed by Waldo Schmitt for the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927. They discuss quantity and type of specimens collected, locations visited, colleagues and institutions involved, an abbreviated diary, handwritten notes, and a heavily marked and noted draft of a "study of the crustaceans of South America."

Topic:

Zoology  Search this

Crustaceans  Search this

Accession #:

SIA RU007231

Access Information:

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See more records from this collection:

Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

See more records associated with this person:

Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

See more records associated with this expedition:

Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition (1925-1927)

Data Source:

Smithsonian Field Book Project

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI1203