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Collection Citation:
The Computer World Smithsonian Awards, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
From the seashore to the seafloor an illustrated tour of sandy beaches, kelp forests, coral reefs, and life in the ocean's depths text by Janet Voight ; paintings by Peggy Macnamara ; with a foreword by David Quammen
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Descriptive Entry:
This notebook contains data on a collection of dragonflies made in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, but principally in the eastern United States. Some collecting
was done in the south, southwest, and west. A complete record of habitat from which most specimens were taken and occasional notes of the chase for especially prized specimens
are included in the notebook.
Historical Note:
Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., (1929-1988) joined the Smithsonian as Associate Curator in the Division of Fishes in 1963 and became Curator in 1967. Prior to 1963, Gibbs taught
at New York State Teachers College, 1955-1956, and Boston University, 1958-1963, and served as marine biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1956-1958.