Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927 : correspondence, 1925 - 1930
date: label: Date Range
content: 1925-1927
label: Start Date
content: 1925
label: End Date
content: 1927
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Correspondence, 1925-1930, "A-R"
notes: label: Abstract
content: Include correspondence (1925-1930) letters "A - R" documenting Waldo Schmitt's work during Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expeditions to the East and West Coasts of South America, 1925-1927. Consists of letters of introduction; communications with American Ambassadors in South American countries; and correspondence with South American scientists and U. S. National Museum officials concerning preparation for and progress of the expeditions. Correspondence also relates to issues shipping specimens, images sent, travel arrangements, descriptions of locations visited, several allusions to collecting frogs. Correspondents include Charles G. Abbot, Florentino Felippone, Hermann Luederwaldt, Maynard Mayo Metcalf, Carlos Moreira, Miles Poindexter, and L. S. Rowe. Letters are in English and Spanish. Locations referred to include locations across South America including Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, and Peru.
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Chile
label: Place
content: Brazil
label: Place
content: Uruguay
label: Place
content: Salaverry
label: Place
content: Peru
topic: label: Topic
content: Zoology
label: Topic
content: Crustaceans
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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: Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition (1925-1927)
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content: Abbot, Charles G.
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content: Felippone, Florentino
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content: Luederwaldt, Hermann
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content: Metcalf, Maynard Mayo
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content: Moreira, Carlos
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 79 Folder 10