Diary, 1940
date: label: Date Range
content: 1940
label: Start Date
content: 19400215
label: End Date
content: 19400808
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Diary: Firestone Expedition to Liberia, 1940 (February 15 - August 8, 1940)
notes: label: Abstract
content: The first part of the diary is organized by subject and describes the Liberian political system and marital law; the second part is arranged by date and covers the conditions of their travel, the plantations visited, lists of specimens collected (page 39), interactions with native population, and negotiations for permission to collect in vicinity of various villages. Collecting occurred in the areas surrounding: Belle Yella, Kakata, Cape Mount, Monrovia, and Bindaja, Libera. Collections included live animals as well as alcoholic and dried specimens for the National Museum of Natural History. Diary includes list of vocabulary in Mano language relating to local Snake Society initiation. Accompanying the diary is a 3 page letter to "Campbell c/o R.H. Weesner Jr" detailing conditions of zoos in United Kingdom, France, Switzerland,Holland, and Belgium, specifically noting damage from the on-going war.
place: label: Place
content: Liberia
label: Place
content: United Kingdom
label: Place
content: France
label: Place
content: Switzerland
label: Place
content: Germany
label: Place
content: Holland
label: Place
content: Belgium
label: Place
content: Belle Yella
label: Place
content: Kakata
label: Place
content: Grand Cape Mount
label: Place
content: Monrovia
label: Place
content: Bindaja
topic: label: Topic
content: Zoos
label: Topic
content: Zoology
label: Topic
content: Wild animal collecting
label: Topic
content: Kpelle (African people)
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content: William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann field books, 1914-1940
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content: Mann, Lucile Quarry, 1897-1986
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content: Mann, William M., 1886-1960
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007293
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Diary
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann field books, 1914-1940
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 7 Folder 4