Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1924-1927, 1930-1932, 1937, 1941-1942, 1961-1963

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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Descriptive Entry...... 1 Names and Subjects ...... 1 Container Listing ...... 3 Waldo L. Schmitt Papers http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_389040

Collection Overview

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., [email protected]

Title: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers

Identifier: Accession 17-104

Date: 1924-1927, 1930-1932, 1937, 1941-1942, 1961-1963

Extent: 1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)

Creator:: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

Language: Language of Materials: English

Administrative Information

Prefered Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-104, Waldo L. Schmitt Papers

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of field notes of Waldo L. Schmitt (1887-1977), zoologist with the National Museum of Natural History. These materials document his research of crustaceans in the Dry Tortugas (Florida), the Bahamas, the Galapagos Islands, and Antarctica. Materials also include scientific illustrations, transcripts, publications, and maps.

Names and Subject Terms

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:

Subjects: Crustacea Fieldwork Invertebrates Research Scientific surveys Zoologists Zoology

Types of Materials: Field notes Manuscripts

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Maps Scientific illustrations Transcripts

Names: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

Geographic Names: Antarctica Bahamas Dry Tortugas (Fla.) Galapagos Islands

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Container Listing

Box 1

Box 1 of 1 Station Notes, Tortugas, Florida, 1924

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas, July 15-, 1924

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas, July 15-August 26, 1924 [Transcript]

Box 1 of 1 Color Notes, Tortugas, June 7-, 1924

Box 1 of 1 Color Notes, Tortugas, June 7-August 21, 1924 [Transcript]

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas (Notes transferred to diary), 1924

Box 1 of 1 Station Notes, Tortugas, 1925

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas, May 30-June 27, 1925

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas, May 30-June 27, 1925 [Transcript]

Box 1 of 1 Observations on Marine Life at Tortugas, Florida, 1925

Box 1 of 1 Field and Station Notes (Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship), South America, 1925-1927 [Transcript]

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas, July 9-, 1930

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas, July 9-August 18, 1930 [Transcript]

Box 1 of 1 Station Notes and Annotated Map, Tortugas, 1930

Box 1 of 1 Color Notes, Tortugas, July-August 1930

Box 1 of 1 Color Notes, Tortugas, July-August 1930 [Transcript]

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas, June 17-, 1931

Box 1 of 1 Station Notes, Tortugas, 1931

Box 1 of 1 Annotated Map, Tortugas, 1931-1932

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas, 1930-1931, June 15-, 1932

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas, June 15-August 8, 1932 [Transcript]

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas, June 17-, 1932

Box 1 of 1 Color Notes, Tortugas, June-

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Box 1 of 1 Color Notes, Tortugas, June- [Transcript]

Box 1 of 1 Station Notes, Tortugas, 1932

Box 1 of 1 Annual Report of the Tortugas Laboratory, 1932

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Tortugas (Notes transferred to diary), 1932

Box 1 of 1 Annotated Map, Tortugas, 1932

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Bahamas, 1937

Box 1 of 1 Diary - Trip to Panama and Galapagos Islands, April 1941 [Transcript]

Box 1 of 1 Diary - Galapagos Islands, June-July 1942 [Transcript]

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Bahamas, 1961 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 1 Field Notes, Antarctica, 1962-1963

Box 1 of 1 Site Investigations, Antarctica, 1962-1963

Box 1 of 1 Annotated Maps, Antarctica, 1962-1963

Box 1 of 1 Station Data and Collection Information, Antarctica, 1962-1963

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