Title
Journal - Collecting Trip to Texas and Arizona, 1929
Title Variants
Alternative:
Southwestern trip
Related Titles
Contained In:
George Sprague Myers Papers, circa 1903-1986 and undated
Series:
SIA RU007317
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Myers, George S. (George Sprague), 1905-1985
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1929
Notes
The journal documents the work of George Sprague Myers in the southwestern United States including California, Texas, and Arizona, April 9 - June 3, 1929. Entries are dated and narrative in structure. They describe travel details (time of days, transportation, mileage); field work locations; amphibians and fish observed (referred to by scientific name) including quantity, appearance, and notes relating to their environment; lists of specimens collected with information about kind, locality, sex, and notes; daily work and activities; individuals with whom worked; and photographs taken. Includes some sketches as well as pasted and loose inserts (maps, ephemera, cards). Includes a summary of the trip's results relating to the range of Pseudemys elegans, Arizona elegans, Bufo cognatus, Bufo woodhousii, Bufo cognatus californicus, Aneides lugubris, and Uta miroscutata. Locations include the Los Angeles River.
Subjects
Arizona
,
California
,
Field notes
,
Herpetology
,
Ichthyology
,
Los Angeles
,
Texas
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.109664
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