Journal - Collecting Trip to Texas and Arizona, 1929
date: label: Date Range
content: 1929
label: Start Date
content: 19290409
label: End Date
content: 19290603
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Southwestern trip
notes: label: Abstract
content: The journal documents the work of George Sprague Myers in the southwestern United States including California, Texas, and Arizona, April 9 - June 3, 1929. Entries are dated and narrative in structure. They describe travel details (time of days, transportation, mileage); field work locations; amphibians and fish observed (referred to by scientific name) including quantity, appearance, and notes relating to their environment; lists of specimens collected with information about kind, locality, sex, and notes; daily work and activities; individuals with whom worked; and photographs taken. Includes some sketches as well as pasted and loose inserts (maps, ephemera, cards). Includes a summary of the trip's results relating to the range of Pseudemys elegans, Arizona elegans, Bufo cognatus, Bufo woodhousii, Bufo cognatus californicus, Aneides lugubris, and Uta miroscutata. Locations include the Los Angeles River.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Texas
label: Place
content: Arizona
label: Place
content: California
label: Place
content: Los Angeles
topic: label: Topic
content: Herpetology
label: Topic
content: Ichthyology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: George Sprague Myers Papers, circa 1903-1986 and undated
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content: Myers, George S (George Sprague) 1905-1985
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007317
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
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: George Sprague Myers Papers, circa 1903-1986 and undated
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 64 Folder 1