Diary, 1937
date: label: Date Range
content: 1937
label: Start Date
content: 1937
label: End Date
content: 1937
notes: label: Abstract
content: The diary contains notes made on the Hartford-Smithsonian West Indies Expedition, 1937 recorded by Waldo Schmitt. The notebook has preprinted dates, and they appear to be accurate. Most entries are between February 27 - May 20. They record time of day and temperature (sometimes hourly), locations, destinations, expenses, weather, and include short descriptions of daily activities, personal observations, comments about sites and local habits, wildlife observed, and voyage conditions. Locations include islands through out the West Indies and islands are listed at the top of the pages.
place: label: Place
content: Belize
label: Place
content: West Indies
label: Place
content: Saint Thomas
topic: label: Topic
content: Zoology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
label: See more records associated with this expedition
content: Hartford-Smithsonian West Indies Expedition (1937)
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
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: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 63 Envelope 3