Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History Journal of Walter J. Eyerdam, August 17, 1929-July 10, 1930

Title Variants

Alternative: Eyerdam journal, August 1929-July 1930

Alternative: Journal of Walter J. Eyerdam, August 17, 1929-July 10, 1930

By

Eyerdam, Walter J. (Walter Jakob), 1892-1974

American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.
American Museum of Natural History Field Book Project 2015-
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[between 1930 and 1941]

Notes

Typescript.

Newspaper clipping attached to front endpaper.

Photocopy of Walter Eyerdam's Whitney South Sea Expedition obituary file laid-in.

Journal entries with observations from Eyerdam's time collecting on the Whitney South Sea Expedition from 1929 to 1930. These notes were compiled and edited into this volume from original material by Museum personnel. During this time, he collected specimens from various locales in Melanesia including Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Eyerdam had a particular interest in the collecting of shells.

Walter Eyerdam was considered one the the twentieth century's greatest collectors of mollusks, plants, birds and mammals.

Subjects

(1920-1941) , (Walter Jakob), , 1892-1974 , 59.82(9) , Birds , Description and travel , Eyerdam, Walter J , Field notes , Newspaper clippings , Papua New Guinea , Scientific Expeditions , Solomon Islands , Travel , Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museu

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.124642
OCLC: 931900863