Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 1957: correspondence. Includes correspondence of J. Bruce Bredin, Leonard Carmichael, James McConnaughey, and John E. Randall
date: label: Date Range
content: 1956-1957
label: Start Date
content: 1956
label: End Date
content: 1957
notes: label: Abstract
content: The correspondence documents Waldo Schmitt's work with the Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 1957. Letters describe progress reports to J. Bruce Bredin, detailing destinations, collecting activities, dredging, and fish collecting (fish poisoning to obtain selection of fauna common to specific reefs), descriptions of shoreline terrain per island, observed wildlife. These include dates. Other correspondence relates to travel arrangements, vessel used, and staffing. Includes correspondence of J. Bruce Bredin, Leonard Carmichael, James McConnaughey, and John E. Randall. Locations are numerous and through out the Socieyt islands [Îles de la Société] of Frnech Polynesia.
place: label: Place
content: Société, Îles de la
label: Place
content: French Polynesia
label: Place
content: Tuamotu Islands
topic: label: Topic
content: Ichthyology
label: Topic
content: Zoology
label: Topic
content: Marine biology
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content: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978
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content: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
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content: Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 1957
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content: Bredin, J. Bruce
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content: Carmichael, Leonard
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content: McConnaughey, James
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content: Randall, John E.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007231
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Correspondence
objectRights: label: Access Information
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physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 108