Whitney South Sea Expedition
Subtitle: Journal and notes of Hannibal Hamlin
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: 286
Subjects: Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); Scientific expeditions; Travel; Birds; Description and travel
Other titles: Journal and notes of Hannibal Hamlin.
Description: Daily notes, observations, and journal entries from Hamlin's time as participant and leader of the Whitney South Sea Expedition from 1927 to 1930 in various islands in Melanesia, including the Solomon Islands, the Louisiade Archipelago, the D'Entrecasteaux island group, Woodlark Island, the Trobriands, and Papua New Guinea.  After original leader Rollo Beck retired, Hamlin was appointed leader of the expedition from March 1928 until January 1930. He left the expedition in August 1930.
Notes: Bound volumes.

Typescript, based on original field notes written between 1927 and 1930.

Newspaper clippings lightly pasted throughout.

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

Part of the AMNH Ornithology Archives.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. 1927-1928; title: v. 2. 1928-1930