Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977 Search this
Extent:
2.69 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Motion pictures (visual works)
Lantern slides
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
circa 1873-1963
Descriptive Entry:
Waldo L. Schmitt's career as a botanist, but chiefly as an invertebrate zoologist, began in 1907 at the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He then worked at the United
States National Museum (USNM), 1910-1957.Over the course of his career Schmitt came into the possession of correspondence, research notes, and papers of other naturalists
who had preceded him as well as some who were his contemporaries. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, notes, images, and film.
Species lists for the genus alpheus, compiled for or related to A. E. Verrill, Explorations of Casco Bay by the United States Fish Commission, 1873; Verrill to J. S. Kingsley
Collection Creator::
Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977 Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession T90099, Waldo L. Schmitt Papers
