Collection name:

Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

Physical Description:

1 field book

Physical Location:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation:

Box 100

Record type:

Fieldbook record

Object Type:

Field notes

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Alaska

Aleutian Islands

Shelikoff Bay

United States

Date Range:

1940

Start Date:

1940

End Date:

1940

Abstract:

Photographs document work completed by members of the Alaska King Crab Investigation, in which Waldo Schmitt took part. There are no descriptions on the reverse side. Photographs include images of local inhabitants, investigation participants, examples of Alaska King Crab and starfish, life aboard ship, ports, fishermen at work, set of images documenting method of collecting crab, lab space, and crab shell specimens. Collecting was done along the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

Topic:

Zoology  Search this

Alaska King Crab  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:

Alaska King Crab Expedition, 1940-1941

Data Source:

Smithsonian Field Book Project

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI1475