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Theodore H. Reed's notebooks from bongo trip

Catalog Data

Alternate Title:
Bongo trip II February 1970  Search this
Collection name:
Animal Information Files, 1968-1972
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 1 Folder 1
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Maps
Place:
Kenya
Date Range:
1970
Start Date:
19700100
End Date:
19700300
Abstract:
The notebook documents Theodore Reed's field work with bongo in Kenya, January - March 1970. Inside the front cover is an envelope with business card. The notebook includes a hand drawn map with notes on camps and traps, and sketches of trap types. Entries are dated and describe travel details (mode of transportation, time of day, destinations), meetings with colleagues, daily work, accommodations, habitat, and wildlife observed (including lists of mammals and birds). Much of the notebook is blank. The are feathers affixed to the back of the journal.
Topic:
Mammalogy  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 03-020
Access Information:
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See more records from this collection:
Animal Information Files, 1968-1972
See more records associated with this person:
Reed, Theodore H.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI6614