Title
Presidential Cruise of 1938 : diary, July 14 - August 11, 1938, also includes newspaper clippings
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
1938
Notes
The diary, made up of loose pages and a bound volume with news clippings, documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Presidential Cruise of 1938. The dates cover July 14 - August 11, 1938. Entries are dated and journal style. Sometimes location is listed at the top of the entry. Subject matter includes locations visited; activities aboard ship; collecting sites and types of specimens (fish, crustaceans, birds) sometimes with times of day; anchorage locations; daily activities; wildlife observed, including birds; interactions with colleagues; and activities of the president. The bound volume includes dated entries, and mostly describing collecting activities. Locations include the vicinity of Magdalena Bay [Bahía Magdalena], Socorro Island [Isla Socorro], Mexico; and Galapagos Islands [Archipiélago de Colón]; Clipperton Island; Costa Rice; and Old Providence Island [Isla de Providencia].
Subjects
Clipperton Island
,
Clippings (information artifacts)
,
Colon, Archipielago de
,
Costa Rica
,
Crustaceans
,
Diary
,
Field notes
,
Ichthyology
,
Magdalena, Bahía
,
Mexico
,
Presidential Cruise of 1938
,
Providencia, Isla de
,
Socorro, Isla
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.130143
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