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The Smithsonian Institution Archives welcomes personal and educational use of its collections unless otherwise noted. For commercial uses, please contact photos@si.edu. [[Front cover]]
[[preprinted]] Memoranda [[/preprinted]]
Donald S. Erdman
Persian gulf
finance record
started Mar. 3, 1948
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[[table with 3 columns - 1st column gives number, 2nd column gives description, 3rd column gives price with a verical line indicating decimal points of prices.]]
No.
1. | execution fee on passport Mar 3, 1948 | 1.00
[[this and following dates are written slightly above following wording.]]
2. Mar.11 shirt, 3 shorts, pants 6.28
3. Mar.16 canvas bag 2.99 1 pr. heavy sneakers 1.69 pith helmet .99
4. Mar.16 shirt 1.95 pants 2.95
5. Mar.19 Travelers checks $150 1.13
6. Mar.18 heavy sneakers 1.69
7. Mar.19 sun glasses 2.99
8. Mar.19 shoes basket weave 9.00 32.66
total from previous page
32.66
[[underline]]38.10[[underline]] total this page
70.76
38.10 [[written alone near bottom of page]]
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[[dates and vertical lines same as prior entry]]
No.
9. Mar 22 camera shade, lens filter and adapter ring 7.35
10. tips (for porters) 1.00
11. pocket watch no receipt 2.25
12 Mar 22 6 eel pot funnels 3.40
13. Mar. 21 lunch + tip 1.00
14. Mar 24 Hotel Estoril 10.50
15. Apr. 1 letter to Schultz .40
16. Apr. 3 sweater at Bahrein 35 rup [[?]] 10.00
17. Laundry Apr. 14 .40 [[overwriting what was originally .50]]
18. specimens 4/26 2 reals .60
19. specimens 4/27 4 reals 1.20
total from previous pages 70.76
[[strikethrough]] 18.60 _______ 89.36 1.20 90.56 [[/strikethrough]]
70.76
21.90
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92.66
21.90
[[strikethrough]] 91.66 [[strikethrough]] total
[[strikethrough]] damn [[strikethrough]] Indian at Aramco canteen refused to give receipt
$ [[strikethrough]] 18.60 [[/strikethrough]] total this page
19.70
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[[table of expenses]]
[[three columns - first column - number, second column - description, third column - amount]]
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20. May 18 flying fish .30
21. letter to Schultz May 19 .40
22. May 3 specimens .45
23 May 6 U-48-41 .40
24 May 30 letter to Schultz .40
25. June 5 2 films 8 1/2 R 2.55
26. birth certificate Mar 3 Kept by State Dept. 1.00
27. June 11, trip with fisherman 10 r. 3.00
28. "Sim" berry seed poison June 12 3 r. 1.00
29. taxi fare to Owali June 12 12 r. 3.60
30. gerrur " [[Ditto for: June 12]] 6 r. 1.50
31. June 17, letter to Schultz .40
32. June 20, fish specimens 2 r. .60
33. June 26, 1 shirt 5 r. 1.50
34 " " [[Dittos for: June 26]] letter to Schultz .40
35 June 30 solder 16 gal. tank in Jidda 2 r. .60
36 July 4 fish picture Jidda 1 r. .30
37. July 6 fish picture Jidda 1 r. .30
38. June 26 1 r. tip to cab driver .30
39. July 12 Fishmarket 10 r. 3.00 [[strikethrough]] 1.80 [[/strikethrough]]
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Total carried forward 89.36 90.56
[[following dates pointing to 40. and 41. in table on next page]]
July 16 -
July 17 [[image - arrow pointing to note 41. in table on following page]] 90.56 31.50 ________ 122.06 .04 ________ 122.10 1.[[strikethrough]] 00 [[/strikethrough]]10 from previous page ________ 123.20
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[[table consisting of three columns, the first made up of a numbered transaction, the second the details of the transaction and the third, seperated from the other two by a vertical line gives the amount with the decimal point indicated by a another vertical line.]]
[[July 16]] 40. 2 Luti Jidda MKt. 12r. 3.60
[[July 17]] 41. Sharka Parapercis 10r. 3.00
42. [[underlined]] Epinephelus [[/underlined]] July 20. 10r. 3.00
43. Letter to Schultz Ju. 20 2r. .60
44. color film Rochester Ju. 20 4r. 1.20
45. Red Sea & P. Gulf Report to Schultz Ju. 21 3r. .90
46. Color film to Rochester July 23 4r. 1.20
47. letter Austin Clark J. 21 [[strikethrough]] 1 [[/strikethrough]] 1/2r .15
48. " [[Ditto for: letter]] F.A. Chace 23 1/2r .15
49. Camera duty June 28 13.60
50. lecture talk copy to Schultz July 26 1 1/2r .45
51. black & white film to Museum 4 1/2r 1.35
52. 2 letters to Schultz Aug. 3 2 2/3r. .80
53. letter to Dr. Hora 1 2/3r. .50
54. letter to Schultz Aug. 7 2r. .60
55. to cab driver for lifting boxes Aug. 7 1r. .30
56 letter & post card to Schultz Aug. 18 .04
[[total]] 31.50 [[/total]]
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May 31
57 [[Blegvad?]] Denmark .40
58. Air freight 2 boxes 8.90
Aug 25
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[[left page drawing of fish with purple dots, right page blank]]
Ostracion abu sanduk
[[left page drawing of yellow fish with "horn", right page blank]]
39
Gubat Ashra [[Gubat Ashra is a place in Saudi Arabia,5 miles north of Jidda, Mr. Erdman was in this area and mentions the area in other writings]] Masus unicornis
[[left page,image sketch of fish, right page blank ]]
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[[underline]] Acanthurus [[/underline]] Gubat Ashra
[[left page, sketch of shark like fish with black tipped fins, right page blank]]
37
Eulamia = "OS" Red sea = 1[[female gender symbol]]
Eulamia "OS" U-48-143
[[left page sketch of green fish with red lines on head, right page blank]]
36
Read Sea
Green labrid U-48-140
[[left page, sketch of brown fish with multicolored stripe running over eye, right page blank]]
35.
U-48-124
[[left page, sketch of light blue fish, right page blank]]
34.
U-48-21
[[ left page, outline of fish with two long whiskers, right page blank]]
33
Upeneus
[[left page, almost exact same sketch of Upeneus from prior page, right page blank]]
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Upeneus
[[left page,another similar sketch of Upeneus, to prior two pages, right page blank]]
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Upeneus
[[left page, outline of fish, right page blank]]
30
Chaetodon
[[left page sketch of yellow fish, with a few black strips around the edge of its body, right page blank]]
29
Megaprotodon
[[strikethrough]]chaetodon[[strikethrough]]
Gubat Ashra type
28
[[Image-fish with black stripe on face and yellow fins]]
U-48-138
Chaetodon - Red Sea 1/2 inch T.L. 48.
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27
[[image- fish]]
Scolopsis
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26
[[image- fish]
Scolopsis
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25
[[image- Red fish with yellow highlights and darker red spots]]
Epinephelus U-48-142
[[strikethrough]] Lutjanus [[/strikethrough]] Luti
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[[image- fish]]
Lutjanus
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23
[[image- fish]]
Lutjanus
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[[image- fish]]
Lutjanus
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[[image- fish]]
Lutjanus
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[[image-fish]]
Lutjanus
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19
[[image- fish]]
Lutjanus
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18
[[image- fish]]
Pomacentrus
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[[image- fish]]
Pomacentrus
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[[image- fish]]
Pomacentrus
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[[image- fish]]
Pomacentrus
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14
[[image- blue fish]]
Blue ehromis like Red specimens
[[strikethrough]] pomacentrus [[/strikethrough]]
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13
[[image- striped blue fish]]
Pomacentrus Dasyllus aruranus
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12
[[image- grey fish with yellow tail]]
Pomacentrus Red Sea
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11
[[image- fish]]
scarus
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10
[[image- blue fish]]
Scarus
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9
[[image- fish]]
Scarus
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8
[[image- brown and grey spotted fish with yellow stomach]]
Scarus
U-48-139
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7
[[image- fish]]
Scarus
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6
[[image- fish]]
Lethrinus
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5
[[image- fish]]
Lethrinus
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4
U-48-121
[[image- green fish with vertical and horizontal red and orange stripes]]
wrasse
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3
[[image- green fish with blue stripes and spots and red spots]]
wrasse
U-48-123
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2
[[image- grey red and yellow fish]]
wrasse (purple)
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1
[[image- green fish with red and orange stripes]]
wrasse U-48-125
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Miss Leonardini 6-J-3
Marco Bormioli
Philip Braun 1436A Kings Rd.
Pickled Herring
Woman's Home Companion Cook Book
Salt Herring 3
Onion, sliced, 2/3 to 1 cup
Bay leaf, 1 small
pepper corns 3-4
Boiling water, 1/2 cup
White wine vinegar, 1 1/2 cups
Thick sour cream, 1/2 cup
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Angel fish
[[image - pencil sketch of Angel fish]]
Chaetodon
Angel fish
[[image - pencil sketch of Angel fish]]
Chaetodon
[[image - incomplete pencil sketch of a fish]]
[[image - pencil sketch of a fish]]
Upeneus
[[image - pencil sketch of a fish]]
Scolopsis
Lutjanus
[[image - pencil sketch of a fish]]
[[image- fish]]
Pomacentrus
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Scarus
[[image- fish]]
[[word appears to be a bleed-through from other side of page. Klesj?]]
[[image- fish]]
[[image-fish]]
wrasse
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Max Rüppell
Fische aus den
Röthen Meere
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[[preprinted]] 50171
Manufactured by
U.S. Government Printing Office [[/preprinted]]
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Smithsonian Institution
United States National Museum
Washington, D.C.
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Donald S. Erdman
June 27, 1948
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Fishes: Persian Gulf
preliminary identification of fish collected or seen
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1. Chiloscyllium griseum
2. Carcharias menisorrah
3. Carcharias acutus
4. Dasybatus
5. Devil fish ? #
6. Rhynchobatus djiddensis #
7. R. granulatus
8. Chirocentrus dorab
9. Pussumiera acuta
10. anchovy
11. Dorosoma nasus
12. Sardinella (2 species?)
13. Arius thalassinus
14. Plotosus anguillaris
15. Ophichthyid eel
16. Tylosurus sp.
17. Abennes hians
18. Hemirhamphus
19. flying fish
20. Cyprinodon dispar
21. [[strikethrough]] Epinephelus areolotus ?[[/strikethrough]] Cephalopholis
22. E. tauvina
23. Terapon puta
24. T. jarbua
25. Pelates quadrilineatus
26. Dermogenys
27. Striped grunt ?
28. Apogon thurstoni
29. Apogon sp.
30. Sillago sihama
31. Caranx crumenophthalmus
32. Caranx (sp.)
33. Seriola
34. Chorinemus lysan
35. Traohinotus baillonii
36. Lutjanus fulviflamma ?
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37. Lutjanus sp.
38. Nemipterus japonicus
39. Scolopsis personatus
40. Scolopsis sp.
41. Gerres punctatus
42. Gerres sp.
43. Plectorhynchus cinctus
#44. P. schotaf ?#
#45. Mulloidichthys auriflamma ?#
46. Upeneus tragula
47. Upeneus
48. Lethrinus nebulosus
49. L. miniatus
50. Lethrinus (sp.)
#51. Sparus spinifer
52. Sparus datnia
53. Sparus bifasciatus
54. Sparus cuvieri
55. Sargus noct
56. Crenidens crenidens
57. Gnathodentex ?
58. Platax
59. Megaprotodon
60. Heniochus acuminatus
61. Pomacanthus maculosus
62. Pomacentrus (black)
63. Pomacentrus (yellow tail)
64. Abudefduf marginatus
65. Callyodon dussumieri
#66. Choerodon ?
67. Halichoeres (green)
68. grey wrasse
69. Plesiops nigricans
70. Plesiops (brown)
71. Pseudochromid (orange & blue)
72. Siganus siganus
73. Siganus punctatus
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# specimens seen but not in collection
74. Parapercis
#75. Scomber microlepidotus
#76. Thynnus
#77. albacore
#78. Cybium guttatum
79. Cybium commersonnii
#80. Rachycentrum canadus
81. Gobius sp.
82. Bathygobius
#83. Torpedo panthera
#84. Pristis zysron
85. Petroscirtes punctatus
86. Salarias-sp.
87. Periophthalmus (blue spots)
88. Periophthalmus (from Bahrain)
89. Callionymus
90. Salarias sp. with tufts
91. Sphyraena
92. Chelon
93. Atherina forskali
94. Aterinid (bluehead)
95. scorpaenid
96. Platycephalus
97. Arnoglossus aspilos?
98. Solea elongata
99. Brachirus orientalis
100. Echeneis naucrates
101. Triacantus indicus
102. Paramonacanthus
103. Ostracion (squarish no points [[written above "points"]] spines [[/written above "points"])
104. Lagocephalus
105. Tetraodon stellatus
106. Chilonodon patoca
107. Batrachus grunniens
108. Pegasus
109. Sygnathus
110. Hippocampus
#111. Aetobatus
#112. marlin