Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 1957: correspondence. Includes correspondence of J. Bruce Bredin, Leonard Carmichael, James McConnaughey, and John E. Randall

Related Titles

Contained In: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

Series: SIA RU007231

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

By

Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1956-1957

Notes

The correspondence documents Waldo Schmitt's work with the Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 1957. Letters describe progress reports to J. Bruce Bredin, detailing destinations, collecting activities, dredging, and fish collecting (fish poisoning to obtain selection of fauna common to specific reefs), descriptions of shoreline terrain per island, observed wildlife. These include dates. Other correspondence relates to travel arrangements, vessel used, and staffing. Includes correspondence of J. Bruce Bredin, Leonard Carmichael, James McConnaughey, and John E. Randall. Locations are numerous and through out the Socieyt islands [Îles de la Société] of Frnech Polynesia.

Subjects

Correspondence , Field notes , French Polynesia , Ichthyology , Marine biology , Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 195 , Société, Îles de la , Tuamotu Islands , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.129815