Diary, 1940

Title Variants

Alternative: Diary: Firestone Expedition to Liberia, 1940 (February 15 - August 8, 1940)

Related Titles

Contained In: William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann field books, 1914-1940

Series: SIA RU007293

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Mann, Lucile Quarry, 1897-1986
Mann, William M., 1886-1960

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1940

Notes

The first part of the diary is organized by subject and describes the Liberian political system and marital law; the second part is arranged by date and covers the conditions of their travel, the plantations visited, lists of specimens collected (page 39), interactions with native population, and negotiations for permission to collect in vicinity of various villages. Collecting occurred in the areas surrounding: Belle Yella, Kakata, Cape Mount, Monrovia, and Bindaja, Libera. Collections included live animals as well as alcoholic and dried specimens for the National Museum of Natural History. Diary includes list of vocabulary in Mano language relating to local Snake Society initiation. Accompanying the diary is a 3 page letter to "Campbell c/o R.H. Weesner Jr" detailing 1939 conditions of zoos in United Kingdom, France, Switzerland,Holland, and Belgium, specifically noting damage from the on-going war.

Subjects

Belgium , Belle Yella , Bindaja , Diary , Field notes , France , Germany , Grand Cape Mount , Holland , Kakata , Kpelle (African people) , Liberia , Monrovia , National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) , National Zoological Park (U.S.) , Switzerland , United Kingdom , Wild animal collecting , Zoo , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.106569