Frederick M. Bayer photographs from the Scientific Investigations of Micronesia survey of Ifalik Atoll
odd: label: Geographical Note
content: Ifalik Atoll is comprised of several small islets: Falarik, Falalap, Ella, and Elangalap. The atoll forms part of the Caroline Islands archipelago in Yap County of Micronesia.
name: label: Creator
content: United States. Navy
label: Creator
content: Bayer, Frederick M.
label: Names
content: Tracey, Joshua I., Jr., 1915-2004
place: label: Place
content: Caroline Islands -- Social life and customs
label: Place
content: Ifalik Atoll (Micronesia)
topic: label: Topic
content: Crustacea
label: Topic
content: Alcyonaria
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Frederick M. Bayer donated the photographs, along with a collection of artifacts from Ifalik Atoll to the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, in 2003. The photographs were transferred to the archives in 2008.
creator: label: Creator
content: United States. Navy
label: Creator
content: Bayer, Frederick M.
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content: Frederick M. Bayer photographs from the Scientific Investigations of Micronesia survey of Ifalik Atoll
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Frederick M. Bayer (1921-2007) was a research zoologist who specialized in the study of Octocorillia (soft corals).  He worked at the Smithsonian Institution from 1947-1961 and 1975-1996, and taught at the School of Marine Science at the University of Miami in the interim years.  The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History hired Bayer as a curator in 1947 and immediately sent him to survey marine fauna at the Bikini Atoll.  In 1950 the Office of Naval Research sponsored the Scientific Investigations of Micronesia (SIM), a program administered through the Pacific Science Board of the National Academy of Sciences.  Bayer was a member of the SIM team that surveyed the Ifalik Atoll in 1953. [1] 

[1] Bayer, Frederick M. Atoll Research Bulletin no. 494, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: 2001.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 159 Photographic prints (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 122 Negatives (acetate)
label: Extent
content: 0.58 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.2008-20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Aerial photographs
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The collection is organized into 2 series: 1) The people and marine life on Ifalik Atoll, 2) Aerial photographs of Ifalik Atoll.

Bayer's photographs are numbered according to Bayer's numbering schema, which is [film roll number.item number]. The aerial photographs are numbered according to the Naval photographer's numbering schema.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection and image descriptions provided in this finding aid were compiled using the best available sources of information. Such sources include the creator's annotations or descriptions, collection accession files, primary and secondary source material (i.e. documents, publications, and websites), and subject matter experts.  While every effort is made to provide accurate information, it is understood that errors may reveal themselves following review by other subject experts, and new information is welcome.
label: Processing note
content: Not all of the negatives have associated prints. The collection does not include the negatives for the aerial photographs. The collection was processed by Gina Rappaport, 2009.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Aerial Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1940-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of 122 photographs of people and marine life made by Bayer while on the SIM survey of Ifalik Atoll in 1953, as well as 68 aerial photographs of the Atoll. The aerial photographs are stamped on verso as official Navy photographs. Bayer's marine life photographs include underwater images of coral, fish, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.  Photographs of Ifalik Atoll inhabitants include images of the Atoll's chiefs, as well as a gathering to welcome for visitors from Woleai, and women performing a dance for the Woleai visitors. Several images show the Fan Nap, or public assembly house, and outrigger canoes. SIM team members, including ocean geologist Joshua I. Tracey, and their local assistants, are shown surveying the area and collecting specimens. Included is Bayer's photograph log, which lists the date the photograph was made, its subject, sometimes the time of day, and the camera settings used.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials Note
content: The Joshua Irving Tracey Jr. papers, accession no. 02-021, in the Smithsonian Institution Archives contains materials relating to the Scientific Investigations of Micronesia, including field notes and photographs from the 1953 survey of Ifalik Atoll.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives also holds records pertaining to Bayer's work as a curator in the National Museum of Natural History.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials Note
content: The 8 artifacts purchased by Bayer while on Ifalik Atoll form accession no. 2028523 in the Department of Anthropology's ethnology collections at the National Museum of Natural History. The accession includes a conch shell used for signaling, grass skirts, fishhooks, and baskets.