Title
Diary no. 9, March 25, 1930-June 24, 1930
Related Titles
Contained In:
David Crockett Graham Papers, 1923-1936
Series:
SIA RU007148
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Graham, David Crockett
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1930
Notes
English
This field book is a diary from 25 March to 24 June 1930 documenting Graham's field collecting trip to Li Chuang (currently Lizhuang), Chuan Gioh Chi, Chungking (currently Chongyang?), and the Suifu vicinity. Graham provides a narrative description of daily activities including amounts and types of specimen he and associates collected or purchased. This journal seems to focus more on specimens purchased than collected. Graham collected or purchased mammals, birds, insects, snails, and possibly other specimen. Mammal numbers range from 372-424. Graham also describes how specimens were packed for the mail. Graham also collects artifacts and makes takes anthropological measurements of local men and women during this trip. No scientific names are provided.
Subjects
Anthropology
,
China
,
Chongyang
,
Diary
,
Entomology
,
Field notes
,
Lizhuang
,
Mammalogy
,
Ornithology
,
Sichuan
,
Yibin
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.97039
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