Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions, 1933-1935 : correspondence

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

1933-1935

Notes

The correspondence documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions, 1933-1935. Includes official correspondence; discussion of specimen transport; dated weights and measurements of live tortoises collected; staffing for the trip; ongoing issues in the Natural History departments; Civil Works Administration workers; catalogues and processing of specimens; and expectations for future expedition efforts in the same area. Correspondents include Herbert S. Bryant, Lucile McCain, W. Charles Swett, William Randolph Taylor, Alexander Wetmore, and Fred C. Ziesenhenne.

Subjects

Colon, Archipielago de , Correspondence , Ecuador , Field notes , Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions (1933-1935) , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.130099