Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the West Coast of South America, 1926-1927 : station data, stations 1-69, August 29, 1926 - January 22, 1927
date: label: Date Range
content: 1926-1927
label: Start Date
content: 19260829
label: End Date
content: 19270122
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the West Coast of South America, 1926-1927 : station data, stations 1-127, August 29, 1926 - May 18, 1927 (1 of 2)
notes: label: Abstract
content: The station data documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the West Coast of South America, 1926-1927. Station data covers stations 1-69, August 29, 1926 - January 22, 1927. Includes a notebook and loose sheets of paper. The loose list details numbered locations, location names, dates, and related remarks. The notebook includes notes about specimen collecting sites including terrain, surrounding industry and structures; types (listed by scientific name), appearance, and characteristics of specimens collected; and challenges while collecting. Entries are often numbered. Includes sketches of specimens. Locations in South America include the vicinity of Peru (Callao), Ecuador (Guayaquil), Chile (Isla Chiloé), and Falkland Islands.
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Peru
label: Place
content: Ecuador
label: Place
content: Guayaquil
label: Place
content: Callao
label: Place
content: Chile
label: Place
content: Falkland Islands
label: Place
content: Chiloé, Isla
topic: label: Topic
content: Zoology
label: Topic
content: Crustaceans
setName: label: See more records from this collection
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
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 79 Folder 6