Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History
Subtitle: Letters and journal of José G. Correia
Contributors: American Museum of Natural History; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History Collection; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); American Museum of Natural History Field Book Project (2015)
Published: 1930
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); Scientific expeditions; Travel; Birds; Description and travel
Other titles: Letters and journal of José G. Correia
Description: Daily notes, letters, and scientific illustrations from Correia's time as expedition assistant for the Whitney South Sea Expedition including Samoa, the Society islands, and the Cook islands (in vol. 1) and the Marquesas, the Society islands, the Austral islands, the Line islands, and the Pitcairn islands (in vol. 2)
Notes: Bound volumes.

Typescript, based on original field notes written between 1925 and 1926.

Vol. 1 has loose typescript sheets of corrected bound material laid in at rear and newspaper clippings lightly pasted throughout. Vol. 2 includes several hand-colored scientific illustrations, some folded.

Restricted; for access, please contact libref@amnh.org.

Correia was a bird collector for numerous AMNH expeditions. On his trip to with the Whitney South Sea Expedition, he acted as team leader for six months in 1923 while the established leader, Rollo Beck, met with the AMNH counsel in New York. Correia and his wife, Virginia, traveled with the expedition for four years, working through the Samoan, Fijian and Tongan Archipelagos.

Part of the AMNH Ornithology Archives.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. January 31, 1923-December 1, 1925; title: v. 2. June 4, 1925-October 18, 1926.