Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Mina Walther Collection, (1965-2003) Preliminary Finding Aid

Scope and Content: The Collection includes her newspaper columns and writings on Florida nature and wildlife from the 1970s to 2003. Two books have been compiled from her columns, Nature is Wonderful, in 2006, and Tide Lines: The Sea and its Inhabitants, in 1982. Walther’s articles include narrative descriptions of animal behavior, mollusks, manta rays, oarfish and historical notes.

Format and Extent: Mote Library holds a collection (14 linear feet) of this nature writer’s newspaper columns as well as published nature books. The materials include her 26 years of newspaper columns written between 1977-2003 generally on Florida nature and wildlife, and a slide collection of her world travels.

Biographical and Historical Note: As a biology teacher and administrator in Chicago’s public schools Mina Walther (1908-2003) developed an interest in marine biology. Upon retirement she moved to Sarasota, on Florida’s Gulf coast and four years later in 1977 she became a volunteer columnist for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Her essays, titled Tide Lines, were published on Sundays and covered various subjects concerning nature and the environment, including narrative descriptions of animal behavior, mollusks, manta rays, oarfish, and an occasional column on a historical figure or event.

Her columns were meticulously researched. She spent hours in the public library and at Mote doing research. Even at the age of 90 she would spend the week writing her column, and hand delivering it to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune each Friday. After her passing a letter to the editor stated: "Too often today we are caught up in our daily lives and do not take time out to appreciate the simple beauty around us. I believe that Ms Walther gave us a reality check. We are a part of something bigger than ourselves and we must show the proper respect for the environment in which we live lest will lose it".

Provenance: Her columns, slides and her small collection of research books were bequeathed to Mote. Two books have been compiled from her columns, one in 1982 by Ms Walther, Tide Lines: The Sea and its Inhabitants, and one by the Mote Library staff in 2006, Nature is Wonderful. Ms Walther’s personal research books have been cataloged and added to the Mote Library collection and OCLC.

Processed by: Mote Library. Preliminary Finding Aid by Erin Mahaney. Date: Preliminary Finding Aid created 12/12/2011.

1 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Repository: Mote Marine Laboratory Library Record Group: Mina Walther Collection Series 1) “Tidelines” articles and drafts, illustrations (boxes 1-6) 2) Book publication papers (boxes 6-7, unboxed) o Edits o Promotional materials o Indices o Subject based file of articles for access 3) Personal Correspondence and Papers (boxes 6-7, unboxed items) 4) Photos and slides (unboxed items)

Box 1 “Tidelines” Articles; March 1977-August 1981

Box 2 “Tidelines” Articles; September 1981-April 1986

Box 3 “Tidelines” Articles; May 1986-April 1990

Box 4 “Tidelines” Articles; May 1990-October 1994

Box 5 “Tidelines” Articles; November 1994-August 2001

Box 6 “Tidelines” Articles; September 2001-May 2003 Drafts Illustrations Disc with 27 articles Handwritten index of articles by date, includes titles and subjects Sampling of “Tidelines” Articles 1983-2003.

Box 7 1987-1989, Summary of articles including date, subject, impressions re: publication Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence 2 Copies of the book Tide Lines 2 Copies of the book Nature is Wonderful Materials from the publication of Nature is Wonderful o Worksheets o Drafts and types articles o Promotional information o Provenance and Rights paperwork

2 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida.

Slide Boxes 1-6 Walther Slide List Slide Box 1 4.1.1 c.1965 (13 mounted slides, plated) Nassau,

4.1.2 c.1965 (13 mounted slides, plated) , Germany , Germany Cologne, Germany

4.1.3 c.1965 (13 mounted slides, plated) Scloss Diez, Germany Feudingen, Germany Wallau, Germany Bad Ems, Germany Marburg, Germany Runkel, Germany

4.1.4 1965 (13 mounted slides, plated) Burgkatz, Germany Braunfels, Germany Goetheheus, Germany Rhine, Germany Kurhaus, Germany Winden, Germany Weilberg, Germany Wetzlar, Germany

4.1.5 1965 (13 mounted slides, plated) Germany

4.1.6 July 1968 Essen, Germany

3 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Jungfrau, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland Lucern, Switzerland Kandersteg, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland

4.1.7 August, 1965 September, 1960 (15 slides) Hotel Alta Krone, Bad Ems, Germany Vischering Bad Ems, Germany Asherofk, Germany Nassau, Germany August, September, 1971 (7 slides) Bad Ems, Germany Gruga, Germany Cologne, Germany Asherofk, Germany Nassau, Germany Lenzkirch, Germany

4.1.8 August, September, 1971 Assmannshausen, Germany Rathaus, Germany (town hall of where?) Nassau, Germany Ackerkopf Cologne, Germany Bad Ems, Germany

4.1.9 August, 1971 Anita Bindelweg Limburg, Germany Kloster Arnstein (Abbey), Germany Alta Krone Wildpark, Germany Eichelstein

4.1.10 August, September, 1971 Veschereng Lembeck, Germany Sabena and Martina Ursula

4 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Rumand Kornerstrosse, Herne, Germany Paul and Paula

4.1.11 August, 1971 Holzappel, Germany Bad Ems, Germany Lumberg, Germany

4.1.12 August, 1971 Eibsee, Germany Zugspitze, Germany Linden, Germany Black Forest, Germany Altglashulten, Germany Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany Oberammergau, Germany Gronau, Germany Herrenchiemsee, Herreninsel, Germany

4.1.13 August, 1971 Oberammergau, Germany Linderhof, Germany Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany Alpenstrasse, Germany Rauschberzbahn Bundenweg, Germany Bad Ems, Germany Wies, Germany Herrenchiemsee, Herreninsel, Germany

4.1.14 August, 1971 Feldberg, Black Forest, Germany Lenzkirch, Germany Altglashutter, Germany (Schlosse) Hohenschwangau Castle, Germany Mittenwald, Germany

4.1.15 August, 1971 Gronau, Germany Lindau, Germany

5 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Linderhof, Germany Mittenwald, Germany Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany Altglashutten, Germany

4.1.16 August, 1971 Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany Herrenchiemsee, Herreninsel, Germany Wies, Germany Ruhpolding, Germany Altglashutten, Germany Linderhof, Germany Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany Horsching, Austria (Hoherschiodngan?)

4.1.17 August, September, 1971 Ruhpolding, Germany Badersee, Germany Bundenweg, Germany

4.1.18 August, September, 1971 Bundenweg, Germany Brandleweg, Germany Edelweiss, Germany (Switzerland?) Col Pradal Konigsee, Germany Jennerbahn, Germany

4.1.19 August, 1971 Germany (8 slides) Vischering, Germany Lahn, Germany Rhine, Germany Cologne, Germany Austria (17 slides) Grossglockner, Austria Salzburg, Austria Interchin

4.1.20 August, 1971 Innisbruck, Austria

6 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Salzburg, Austria Grossglockner, Austria

4.1.21 August, 1971 Colfosco, Italy

4.1.22 August 1971 Italy (20 slides) Santa Croce, Italy Passo Pordor, Italy Colfosco, Italy Versailles, (5 slides)

4.1.23 August 1971 Versailles, France (7 slides) 1972, 1973, 1979 Florida Siesta Key, Sarasota, Florida Sanibel, Florida Estero, Florida Jensen Beach, Florida sand dollars

4.1.24 September/October 1974/1975 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), Colorado Endovalley (RMNP) Trail Ridge (RMNP) Prospect Cave (RMNP) Glacier Creek Gorge (RMNP) YMCA (RMNP) Aspen, Colorado Grand Junction, Colorado Colorado National Monument

Slide Box 2 4.2.1 October 1974 St. Benedict’s Monastery, Colorado Glen Haven, Colorado Colorado National Monument Sprague Lake, (RMNP)

7 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Gem Lake (RMNP)

4.2.2 October 1974 Dillon, Colorado Reudi Dam, Colorado Black Canyon

4.2.3 September/October 1974/1975 Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), Colorado Estes Park (RMNP) Sprague Lake (RMNP) Bear Lake (RMNP) Gem Lake (RMNP)

4.2.4 September/October 1974/1975 Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), Colorado Forest Canyon (RMNP) Cascade Falls, Colorado Weller Lake, Colorado

4.2.5 September/October 1974/1975 Dillon, Colorado Blue River, Colorado Breckenridge, Colorado

4.2.6 September/October 1974/1975 Montezuma, Colorado Dillon, Colorado Snake River, White River National Forest, Colorado railroads kinnickinnic (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)

4.2.7 October 1975 Ouray, Colorado Telluride, Colorado

4.2.8 September/October 1974/1975 Ouray, Colorado Telluride, Colorado

8 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Colorado River Grand Junction, Colorado Book Cliffs, Colorado/Utah

4.2.9 September/October 1974/1975 Colorado National Monument, Colorado juniper pinion pines

4.2.10 October 1974 Maroon Bells, Colorado

4.2.11 October 1974 Maroon Bells, Colorado Ashcrofz, Montezuma, Colorado Vail, Colorado

4.2.12 October 1975 Silverton, Colorado Durango, Colorado Gunnison National Forest, Black Canyon, Colorado

4.2.13 October 1975, 1963 Glenwood Canyon, Colorado Lizard Head Pass, Colorado Red Mountain Pass, Colorado Aspen, Colorado

4.2.14 October 1975 Grand Mesa, Colorado Ruckle Park, Colorado Monument Valley, Utah/Arizona

4.2.15 October 1975 Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

4.2.16 October 1975 Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

9 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Window Rock, Arizona

4.2.17 October 1975 Betatakin, Arizona San Juan River Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah

4.2.18 October 1975 Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah

4.2.19 October 1975 Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, Utah

4.2.20 October 1975 Mystery Valley, Utah

4.2.21 October 1975 Mystery Valley, Utah Bluff, Utah Escalante, Utah Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

4.2.22 September/October 1974/1975 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah Devil’s Gulch Queens Garden Trail, Bryce Canyon National Park

4.2.23 October 1975 Fisher Towers, Utah Valley of Goblins, Goblin Valley State Park, Utah Deadhorse Point, Utah

4.2.24 October 1975 Mount Zion National Park, Utah San Juan River

Slide Box 3 4.3.1

10 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. October 1975 Arches National Park (Arches National Monument), Utah

4.3.2 October 1975 Wyoming (8 slides) July 1979 Vancouver, Canada (12 slides)

4.3.3 July 1979 Glacier Bay, Alaska (22 slides)

4.3.4 July, 1979 Glacier Bay, Alaska rainforest icebergs

4.3.5 July, 1979 Glacier Bay, Alaska rainforest icebergs

4.3.6 July, 1979 Lynn Canal Skagway, Alaska

4.3.7 July, 1979 Lake Bennet Whitehorse Alaska Highway Fairbanks, Alaska University of Alaska

4.3.8 July, 1979 Yukon, Alaska Alaska Highway

4.3.9 July, 1979 Juneau, Alaska

11 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Mendenhall Glacier, Tongass National Forest, Juneau, Alaska Bird Island, Juneau, Alaska

4.3.10 July, 1979 Kotzebue, Alaska

4.3.11 July, 1979 Kotzebue, Alaska Nome, Alaska

4.3.12 July, 1979 Veendam Inside Passage

4.3.13 July, 1979 Ketchikan, Alaska

4.3.14 July, 1979 red foxes caribou Inuit Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska

4.3.15 July, 1979 Anchorage, Alaska Cook Inlet, Alaska Portage glacier, Alaska puffins dogwood

4.3.16 July, 1979 Alaska

Alaska slides keywords: Northern Lights, seals, shelf fungus, salmon, snowy owl, Bull moose, dall sheep, polar bears, reindeer, Arctic Circle, walruses, beluga whales, Chukchi Sea, dogsleds tundra

4.3.17 August, 1983

12 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Ireland

4.3.18 August, 1983 Ireland Wales, UK

4.3.19 August, 1983 Scotland, UK

4.3.20 August, 1983 St Paul’s, London, England, UK Tower Bridge, London, England, UK Thames, London, England, UK Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK Stratford Upon Avon, England, UK Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK Lake District, England, UK Shambles, York, England, UK Windermere, England, UK William Wordsworth Rock of Saint Peter, UK St. Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast?, UK St. Michael’s Coventry, England, UK

4.3.21 June, 1984 Interlaken, Switzerland Steinen, Switzerland Jungfrau, Switzerland Murren, Switzerland Pfingstegg Bahn, Switzerland Grosse Scheidegg, Switzerland

4.3.22 June, 1984 Grindenwald, Switzerland Brienzersee (Lake Brienz), Switzerland Zweilütschinen, Switzerland Steinen/Steinboch? Blausee, Switzerland Oberer Gletscher, Switzerland

4.3.23

13 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. June 1984 Horder Kiln Wengen, Switzerland dock at Giessbach Falls, Switzerland Steinbock? Schynige Platte, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland Lucern, Switzerland

4.3.24 c.1986 rhododendron tulips crocuses St. Bernards cable cars Mina’s grandfather’s hotel Black River

Slide Box 4 4.4.1 June-July 1986 Pontresina, Switzerland Hohenweg, Switzerland

4.4.2 June-July 1986 Pontresina, Switzerland Diavolezza, Switzerland Hotel Walther

4.4.3 June-July 1986 Pontresina, Switzerland Roseg, Switzerland Diavolezza, Switzerland Appenzell, Switzerland

4.4.4 June-July 1986 Brunni, Switzerland Engelberg, Switzerland Mt. Hagen, Switzerland

4.4.5 June-July 1986

14 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Engelberg, Switzerland St. Gallen, Switzerland

4.4.6 June-July 1986 Stein am Rhein, Switzerland Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland Alpenhorn, Switzerland

4.4.7 June-July 1986 Gstaad, Switzerland Eggli, Switzerland

4.4.8 June-July 1986 Gstaad, Switzerland Eggli, Switzerland Mina and Hanover House Rhaedisch Bahn Muottas Muragl, Switzerland Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland Santis St. Gallen, Switzerland Saas-Fee, Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland

4.4.9 June-July 1986 Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland Jungfrau, Switzerland Silberhorn, Switzerland Wengen, Switzerland

4.4.10 June-July 1986 tulips Wengen, Switzerland Murren, Switzerland

4.4.11 June-July 1986 Zermatt, Switzerland Riffelalp, Switzerland Sunnega, Switzerland

15 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. 4.4.12 June-July 1986 (16 slides) Matterhorn, Switzerland Sunnega, Switzerland Zugelberg, Switzerland Zermatt, Switzerland Lucern, Switzerland (7 slides) June 1984 Basel, Munster, Germany

4.4.13 June, 1984 Basel, Munster, Germany

4.4.14 June, 1984 Bad Ems, Germany

4.4.15 June, 1984 Bad Ems, Germany Lahn, Germany

4.4.16 June, 1984 (23 slides) Hotel Alte Krone, Bad Ems, Germany Lahn, Germany Golden Raintree Inhalatorium, Germany

4.4.17 June 1984 Germany (6 slides) Nassau, Germany Schynige Platte, Germany November, 1984 Australia (17 slides) emu Canberra, Australia Phillip Island, Australia fairy penguins

4.4.18 1985, January

16 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Australia (presumed- slides unlabelled- may also be New Zealand or Fiji)

4.4.19 November, 1984 January 1985 Green Island, Australia Cairns, Australia

4.4.20 November, 1984 Green Island, Cairns, Australia Ayers Rock, Australia January 1985 Australia

4.4.21 November, 1984 Ayers Rock, Australia

4.4.22 November, 1984 Brisbane, Australia

4.4.23 November, 1984 Brisbane, Australia Sydney, Australia Tralee, Australia Alice Springs, Australia emu

4.4.24 November, 1984 Australia (19 slides) Melbourne, Australia Alice Springs, Australia New Zealand (6 slides) Rotorua, New Zealand Mt. Cook, New Zealand

Slide Box 5 4.5.1 November, 1984 Mt. Cook, New Zealand

4.5.2

17 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. November 1984 bougainvillea Christchurch, New Zealand Lytleton, New Zealand Aukland, New Zealand Whakarewarewa Forest, New Zealand glowworms Waitomo, New Zealand

4.5.3 November, 1984 rhododendron New Zealand Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu Aquarium sea anemone giant clam monk seal coconut palm saltwater crocodile bubble coral lionfish

4.5.4 November, 1984 (18 slides) Waikiki, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii (7 slides) Castaway Island, Fiji

4.5.5 November, 1984 (20 slides) Fiji

4.5.6 n.d. Images of birds in books cormorants Archaeopteryx Hesperornis reptiles Anhinga rheas petrels

18 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. kiwis shearwaters penguins boobies weaverbirds ospreys ibis frigate birds spoonbills

4.5.7 n.d. (17 slides) Images of birds in books cattle egret spoonbills woodstorks great egrets laughing gulls Cedar Key, FL 1972 (8 slides) Sanibel, FL sandpipers Estero, FL

4.5.8 April 1985 Aruba divi divi trees natural bridges Aruba lighthouse Katherine Rowland queen conchs Margaret Mead

4.5.9 April 1985 Aruba agave divi divi trees sheep Margaret Mead queen conchs goats Alta Vista

4.5.10

19 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. April 1985 Aruba (3 slides) Bonaire (22 slides) Margaret Mead cactus Kralendijk Street aloe plants tugboats mangroves Flamingo Beach goats rincon Washington National Park

4.5.11 April 1985 Bonaire Flamingo Beach slave quarters lighthouse agave mangroves banana boats rincon lizards flamingoes red-legged stilts flying fishes

4.5.12 April 1985 Bonaire (22 slides) slave quarters Flamingo Beach lizards divi divi trees aloe plants cactus corals Florida (3 slides)

4.5.13 July 1987 Jasper National Park, Alberta/British Columbia, Canada Bow Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta/British Columbia, Canada

20 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. 4.5.14 July 1987 Bow Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta/British Columbia, Canada Bow River, Jasper National Park, Alberta/British Columbia, Canada Bow Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta/British Columbia, Canada Athabasca Falls, Bow Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta/British Columbia, Canada Columbia Icefields, Alberta/British Columbia, Canada

4.5.15 July 1987 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada Banff, Alberta, Canada

4.5.16 July 1987, 1990 Bow Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta/British Columbia, Canada Columbia Icefields, Alberta/British Columbia, Canada Calgary, Alberta Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada British Columbia, Canada

4.5.17 July 1987 Glacier National Park, Canada Pioneer Village, Winthrop, Washington Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

4.5.18 July 1987 Revelstoke, Washington Seattle, Washington Olympic National Park, Washington Diabolo Dam, Washington Cascades National Park, Washington Okanogan National Forest, Winthrop, Washington

4.5.19 July 1987, 1990 (16 slides) Missouri River, Montana Kicking Horse, Montana 1960 (9 slides) UK miscellaneous

4.5.20 October, 1987

21 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Samburu, Kenya lions marabou storks Ewaso (Uaso) Nyiro River olive baboon superb starling red-billed African (ground) hornbill bougainvillea giraffes elephants martial eagles leopards vervet monkeys Grevy’s zebra

4.5.21 October, 1987 Samburu, Kenya ostriches kudo cow (Greater Kudu) giraffes lionesses Beisa oryx (East African Oryx) vervet monkeys water bucks African termite mounds guinea fowl

4.5.22 October, 1987 Samburu, Kenya ostriches bush squirrels secretary birds baboons Nanyuki River lodge red-billed African (ground) hornbill

4.5.23 October, 1987 Amboseli, Kenya vervet monkeys thorn trees wildebeest lions zebras

22 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. elephants Thompson’s gazelle (tommies)

4.5.24 October, 1987 Amboseli, Kenya sacred ibis wildebeest vervet monkeys Mt. Kenya Safari Club, Kenya peacocks marabou storks Mzima Springs hippopotamuses

Slide Box 6 4.6.1 October, 1987 Nairobi, Kenya Norfolk, Nairobi, Kenya chameleons Lake Nakuru, Kenya Lake Naivasha, Kenya Rift Valley, Kenya Kilamanjaro, Kenya

4.6.2 October, 1987 Masai Mara, Kenya lions hippopotamuses rhinoceroses Cape Buffalo elephants sausage trees

4.6.3 October, 1987 Masai Mara, Kenya lions goats lizards Thompson’s gazelle (tommies) warthogs Topi hippopotamuses

23 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. silverback jackals martial eagles

4.6.4 October, 1987 peacocks cacti defassa waterbuck water buffalo Cape Buffalo warthogs hyenas Tsavo National Park, Kenya Grevy’s zebras Burchell’s zebras Aberdare Range, Kenya Shetani lava flow, Tsavo West, Kenya secretary bird Mzima Springs, Kenya hippopotamuses weaverbird nests

4.6.5 October, 1987 Kilaguni, Tsavo West National Park Shetani lava flow, Tsavo West, Kenya hornbill cape buffalo hyrax dik dik Mzima Springs, Kenya thorn trees Thompson’s gazelle (tommies) Steve Briggs

4.6.6 October, 1987 Kenya (1 slide) April/May 1989 Bahamas (9 slides) mangrove pnuematophores West Indian volute (1 slide)

4.6.7 April/May 1989 Bahamas

24 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. dodder (cuscuta?) sugar daddies iguanas manta rays ammophila Staniel Cay, Bahamas Highborne Cay, Bahamas Leaf Cay, Bahamas barracudas government research station, Bahamas

4.6.8 April/May 1989 Bahamas Norman’s Cay, Bahamas brain corals brown algae Spanish Wells, Nassau, Bahamas possums Hatchet Bay, Bahamas

4.6.9 September 1989 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Mesa Verde, Arizona birds

4.6.10 September- October 1989 Grand Canyon Utah/Arizona Monument Valley, Utah/Arizona Cedar Breaks, Utah Twisted Tree toads

4.6.11 September 1989 Zion National Park, Utah, Colorado

4.6.12 September 1989 Lake Powell, Utah Colorado River Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota globe

25 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. toads staghorn corals

4.6.13 September 1989 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Cody, Wyoming Grand Teton, Wyoming

4.6.14 February/August 1990 Baja California, Mexico guano frigate birds seals San Benito elephant seals

4.6.15 February/August 1990 Baja California, Mexico volcanoes ospreys pelicans cormorants Isla de Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico seals crabs frigate birds

4.6.16 February/August 1990 Baja California, Mexico Isla Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico Los Islotes, Mexico whales frigate birds elephant seals San Benito, Mexico

Mina Walther Travels Chronology by Trip Germany, 1965 MW4.1.1 - MW4.1.5 Switzerland, 1968 MW4.1.6

26 Property of Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida. Germany/Austria, 1971 (August/September) MW4.1.7 – 4.1.23 Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, 1974/1975 (September/October) MW4.1.24 – MW4.3.2 Alaska/Canada, 1979 (July) MW3.3.2 – MW4.3.16 UK (England, Scotland, Wales) & Ireland, 1983 (August) MW4.3.17 – MW4.3.20 Switzerland & Germany, 1984/1986 (June) MW4.3.21 – MW4.4.17 Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji, 1984-1985 (November - January) MW4.4.17 – MW4.5.5 Aruba & Bonaire, 1985 (April) MW4.5.8 – MW4.5.12 Canada, Washington, Montana, 1987 (July) MW4.5.13 – MW4.5.19 Kenya, 1987 (October) MW4.5.20 – 4.6.6 Bahamas, 1989 (April-May) MW4.6.6 – MW4.6.8 Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, 1989 (September) MW4.6.8 – MW4.6.13 Baja California, 1990 (February/August) MW4.6.14 – MW4.6.16

Interspersed: Florida, 1972, 1973, 1979, 1983, 1985 MW4.1.23, MW4.5.12 Birds MW4.5.6 – MW4.5.7 UK 1960 MW4.5.19

Other items o Press releases o Copies of Nature is Wonderful o Loose pamphlets, maps, travel itineraries o 4 Books on: Jungfrau Express, Swiss Alpine Flowers (2), Berner Oberland o Correspondence (letter, postcard) o Book: Eternal Tibet by Phillip Blanc, dedicated to Walther & autographed by author with appraisal slip tucked in pages.

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