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Correspondence, notes, drawings, expense documents, news clippings, and ferry and rail time tables are arranged alphabetically by either correspondent or scientific name of specimen. There appears to be no specific rule which determines where a particular item is filed, and correspondence with individuals is often filed by scientific name. This collection division includes material on the collecti

Correspondence documents Waldo Schmitt's work with the Fish and Wildlife Service during their Alaska King Crab Investigation, 1940. Much of the correspondence is exchanged with staff of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Includes a list of Schizopods collected for accession number 157371, including location, numbers, depth, date and species; collected mollusks (number, location, and date); Barnacles (

Correspondence documents Waldo Schmitt's work with the Fish and Wildlife Service during their Alaska King Crab Investigation, 1940. Much of the correspondence is exchanged with staff of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Letters detail background of the vessels used during the investigation; reports of collecting done by shrimp trawls; and specimens. Includes correspondence of Lucile McCain, C. J. Per

Alexander Wetmore works with Arthur Cleveland Bent to gather data on the economic status and geographic distribution of birds and mammals. The materials included are correspondence, an expense book, maps, reports on the investigations, and photographs. Materials reference expected collecting and realized collections that fell short of expectations. There are 2 maps. Both have same route marked in

Materials document Alexander Wetmore efforts to investigate damage done by birds to rice crops in Arkansas and Texas, while working for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. Includes a field diary, 12 December 1917 - 6 January 1918, photographs, receipts, correspondence, and a report on the investigation. Report on Colorado and Texas: describes processing

An inserted table of contents contains a full listing of localities and corresponding collector numbers. This field book contains a specimen list of botanical specimens collected by F. R. Fosberg from 10 May to 19 July 1964 in Venezuela, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Collector numbers 45215-45683 are included. Specimen list includes scientific name, date, locality, collector number, with o

This item is comprised of an identification list for Allard's specimen no. 1167-2871, collected in Virginia and West Virginia. The item also includes a letter dated April 7, 1937 from William Ralph Maxon regarding identification of Virginia plants, particularly plants from the Bull Run Mountains by "Mr. Leonard".

The notes are the observations of M. Moynihan of Callicebus (Titi monkeys), index and correspondence with John Smith and Eugene Morton, covering 1958-1964. Correspondence reference spectrograms of Callicebus completed on request and study of wildlife vocalizations; a paper on "Social organization of Callicebus" by William Mason; notes on the recordings; index of behaviors with page numbers; and ob

Materials include correspondence, 1911-1914, concerning the Lower California Cruise of the Albatross, 1911; the Chignik (Alaska) Biological Survey, 1911, and the Biological Survey of San Francisco Bay, 1912-1914. Correspondents include Charles Lincoln Edwards, Francis Bertody Sumner, and the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. There are references to collecting methods, data collected including salinity an

This item is primarily comprised of letters addressed to Bailey from various persons from 1926-1939 and memoranda from Bailey from 1929-1932. Memoranda include Bailey's instructions on the care of animal skins, the collection of muskrat specimens along the Upper Mississippi River, and a memorandum addressed to Mr. Redington titled "Re: Balance of Nature". Most correspondence is related to the subj

This field book contains field notes of collections Stelfox made from 16 May 1948 to 18 September 1949 in Ireland. Most specimens collected were insects, primarily hymenoptera. Other types of specimens may have been collected. Notes on botanical specimens observed and possibly collected are also included. Stelfox lists the name of the specimen, date collected, sex, quantity, sometimes remarks on t

This field book contains field notes of collections Stelfox made from 21 September 1949 to 13 March 1952 in Scotland and Ireland. Most specimens collected were insects, primarily hymenoptera. Other types of specimens may have been collected. Notes on botanical specimens observed and possibly collected are also included. Stelfox lists the name of the specimen, date collected, sex, quantity, sometim