Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the East Coast of South America, 29 July 1925 - 9 September 1925 (Vol. 1)
date: label: Date Range
content: 1925-1925
label: Start Date
content: 19250729
label: End Date
content: 19250909
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the East Coast of South America, 1925-1926 : Diary, 3 volumes, July 29, 1925 - February 1, 1926 (1 of 3)
notes: label: Abstract
content: Waldo Schmitt was a recipient of the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship. The diary (volume 1 of 3) documents work during the Scholarship-funded Expedition to the East Coast of South America, 1925-1926. Volume 1 covers July 29 - September 9, 1925. Entries are dated and details cover period from departure from Washington, DC. Subject matter discusses expenses, daily activities (personal and professional), interactions and activities with other travelers, observations of local crustaceans, and dealing with local authorities. Portion of the entries are data including latitude and longitude positions, speed, distance and days traveled. In the back of the journal is data on salinity by latitude, currents, air and water temperatures (readings taken every 4 hours for August 1 - August 9).
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Brazil
topic: label: Topic
content: Crustaceans
label: Topic
content: Zoology
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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: Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition (1925-1927)
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: Diary
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 76 Folder 14