Official Diaries, 1911-1914
date: label: Date Range
content: 1911-1914
label: Start Date
content: 1911
label: End Date
content: 1914
notes: label: Abstract
content: This is the Waldo Schmitt's official diary for 1911-1914. It includes data kept on the Lower California Cruise of the Albatross, 1911; Chignik (Alaska) Biological Survey, 1911; Biological Survey of San Francisco Bay, 1912- 1914; the Halibut Survey of Washington and Oregon, 1914; and the Olympia Oyster Bed Survey, 1914. Entries are dated. Survey entries are consistent in format, but format changes. In some entries are listing daily progression of activities, especially locations visited and what occurred at said locations. In others, information is made up of temperature and distance measurement for collecting sites. Entries include lists, types and quantities of specimens; descriptions of wildlife and vegetation observed by Schmitt and other participants; collecting methods and sites; weather conditions including temperature readings; and topographical material. Includes a table of contents with dates and page numbers and hand-drawn maps, some of which are very detailed with notes.
place: label: Place
content: Baja California
label: Place
content: Chignik Bay
label: Place
content: San Francisco Bay
label: Place
content: Washington
label: Place
content: Oregon
label: Place
content: Alaska
label: Place
content: California
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Crustacea
label: Topic
content: Zoology
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Botany
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
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: Diary
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 75 Folder 17