Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions, 1933-1935 : correspondence
date: label: Date Range
content: 1933-1935
label: Start Date
content: 1933
label: End Date
content: 1935
notes: label: Abstract
content: The correspondence documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions, 1933-1935. Includes official correspondence; discussion of specimen transport; dated weights and measurements of live tortoises collected; staffing for the trip; ongoing issues in the Natural History departments; Civil Works Administration workers; catalogues and processing of specimens; and expectations for future expedition efforts in the same area. Correspondents include Herbert S. Bryant, Lucile McCain, W. Charles Swett, William Randolph Taylor, Alexander Wetmore, and Fred C. Ziesenhenne.
place: label: Place
content: Colón, Archipiélago de
label: Place
content: Ecuador
topic: 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: Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions (1933-1935)
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content: Bryant, Herbert S.
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content: McCain, Lucile
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content: Swett, W. Charles
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content: Taylor, William Randolph
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content: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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: Correspondence
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 88