Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expedition, 1934 : diary, December 24, 1933 - March 10, 1934, original, volume 1
date: label: Date Range
content: 1933
label: Start Date
content: 19331224
label: End Date
content: 19330226
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expedition, 1934 : diary, December 24, 1933 - March 10, 1934, Original (two volumes) and typed copy. Pages 1-111 of volume 2 contain station data (1 of 3)
notes: label: Abstract
content: The first volume of the diary documents Waldo Schmitt's work on the Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expedition, 1934. Dates cover December 24, 1933 - February 26, 1934. Entries are headed with date, and detail destinations, weather, participants, progress and routines during aboard ship, collecting activities and locations; specimens and wildlife observed; interactions with local inhabitants and their families; and conditions and descriptions of local residences. Locations include the vicinity of Oaxaca, Mexico; Guayaquil and La Plata, Ecuador; Gorgona Island; and Galapagos Islands [Archipiélago de Colón].
place: label: Place
content: Colón, Archipiélago de
label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Panama
label: Place
content: Ecuador
label: Place
content: Gorgona, Isla
label: Place
content: Oaxaca
label: Place
content: Guayaquil
label: Place
content: La Plata
topic: label: Topic
content: Zoology
label: Topic
content: Crustaceans
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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: Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions (1933-1935)
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content: Garth, John S. (John Shrader), 1909-1993
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 87