Title
Diary, 1940
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
1940
Notes
The diary of 1940 includes Waldo Schmitt's notes made on the Alaska King Crab Investigation, 1940 in the waters of Alaska. The notebook includes preprinted dates are often remarked. Some entries extend past the one page. Details included vary, but includes two types of entries. First is more narrative in structure and is a combination of personal observations of people interacted with and their families, remarks about best times to conduct research in Alaska, requests from colleagues, and expenses. Other entries include short but detailed entries about daily activities including time of day, stating sailing directions, temperatures, anchorage locations, speeds, barometric readings, when collecting occurred. Additionally, some detail specimen collecting including quantity, types listed by scientific name, and conditions of collecting event.
Subjects
Alaska
,
Alaska King Crab Expedition, 1940-1941
,
Alaskan king crab
,
Diary
,
Field notes
,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
,
United States
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.130141
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