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SIA RU007220, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Collected Notes, Lists, Catalogs, Illustrations, and Records on Fishes, circa 1835-1974 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Title:
Collected Notes, Lists, Catalogs, Illustrations, and Records on Fishes, circa 1835-1974 and undated
Dates:
1835, 1835-1974, circa 1835-1974 and undated
Summary:
This collection contains manuscript notes, lists, catalogs, illustrations, and ship records concerning fish specimens. The catalogs are the primary documentation for many of the specimens of the Division of Fishes. Although they vary in content, as a general rule they contain specimen-related data including catalogs of specimens collected, dates, localities, tag numbers, measurements, and remarks on the specimens. Less frequently, they contain journal entries of the collector describing field activities, affairs of the day, and personal matters
Restrictions:
(1) Check finding aid for location; (2) use of this record unit requires prior arrangement with the Archives staff
Topic:
Ichthyology
Subject:
United States National Museum
Form/Genre:
Collection descriptions, Scientific illustrations
Local Number:
SIA RU007220

Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 7220

National Museum of Natural History

Collected Notes, Lists, Catalogs, Illustrations, and Records on Fishes, circa 1835-1974 and undated

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: National Museum of Natural History
Title: Collected Notes, Lists, Catalogs, Illustrations, and Records on Fishes
Dates: circa 1835-1974 and undated
Quantity: 4.9 linear meters and oversize.
Collection: Record Unit 7220
Language of Materials: English

Introduction

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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Descriptive Entry

This record unit consists of a small amount of notes, lists, and illustrations in the Archives, and a much larger quantity of field notes, catalogs, and records kept in the Division of Fishes, Cataloging Room.

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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7220, National Museum of Natural History , Collected Notes, Lists, Catalogs, Illustrations, and Records on Fishes

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Container List

Series 1

COLLECTED NOTES, LISTS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS, CIRCA 1835-1850, 1852, 1882-1883, CIRCA 1911 AND UNDATED.

Box 1

Folder 1 Agassiz, Louis. List of North American cyprinodents, 1852.

Box 1 of 2

Berthelot, Sabin. See Philip Barber Webb.

Folder 2 Clark, J. H. Notes on fishes collected by the United States-Mexican Boundary Survey, undated.

Box 1 of 2

Folder 3 Putnam, Frederic Ward. Catalogue of etheostomoids in the Smithsonian, 1859-1861.

Box 1 of 2

Folder 4 Stejneger, Leonhard. List of fishes collected in the Bering Sea, 1882-1883.

Box 1 of 2

Folder 5 Unidentified Notes, Lists and Drawings of Fishes (oversize removed to map case)

Box 1 of 2

Folder 6 Boulanger Manuscript Description

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Folder 7 Unidentified Notes on Fishes, particularly those in USNM

Box 1 of 2

Folder 8 Photographs and Drawing

Box 1 of 2

Folder 9 Noes on Lota

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

Folder 1 Webb, Philip Barker. Drawings for plates in Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries, with Sabin Berthelot, circa 1835-1850.

Box 2 of 2

Series 2

FIELD NOTES, CATALOGS, AND RECORDS, 1835-1856, CIRCA 1877-1974, AND UNDATED.

These items are located in the Division of Fishes, Cataloging Room. The inventory was compiled in June 1975 and additional materials may have been added since that time.

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Seychelles, 1964.

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Agassiz, Alexander. Tag numbers for South Sea cruise, 1899.

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Aldabra. Data sheets, Indian Ocean, 1967.

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American Killifish Association, R. V. Goldstein. Accession 286412, 1967-1969.

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Amerson, A. B. See Smithsonian Institution Pacific Ocean Biological Survey.

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Axelrod, Herbert R. Accessions 246035, 258055, Brazil, 1962.

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Backus, Richard H. Accession 217709, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, data sheets, 1952.

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Baker, Thomas G. Accession 231485, New Caledonia, 1960-1961.

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Barrows, Albert L. See Albatross, 1908-1909.

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Bartsch, Alfred F. Accession 218532, Pacific Islands, 1958.

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Bartsch, Paul. See Tomas Barrera expedition.

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Beebe, William

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1. Vertebrate catalog, Haiti, 1927.
2. Shore fish, 1929-1931.
3. Shore fish catalog, 1930-1935.
4. Vertebrate catalog, 1936.
5.Vertebrate catalog, 1937.

Berry, Frederick Henry

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1. India, 1966.
2. List and invoices of paratypes transferred to United States National Msueum and Florida State Museum from Southeast Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Center, Miami, Florida, 1970-1971.

Blue Dolphin expedition. Accession 195685, North Atlantic, 1949-1951.

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Bowman, Thomas E. See Smithsonian Institution-Bredin Expedition.

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Bredin, Bruce. See Smithsonian Institution-Bredin Expedition.

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Chamberlain, Frederick M. Accession 163614, Arizona, 1904.

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Chan, William L. Accession 254328, Hong Kong, 1963-1964.

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Chapman, Wilbert M. Accession 180183, New Hebrides and New Caledonia, 1943-1944.

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Child, C. Allan. See Eniwetok Atoll Diving Expedition.

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Cisco. Cruise records, Great Lakes, 1953-1956.

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Cloud, Preston F., Jr. Accession 183733, Marianas, 1949.

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Collette, Bruce Baden. Australia, 1969.

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Cutress, Charles Ernest. See Smithsonian Institution-Bedin Expedition.

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Dawson, Charles Eric

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1. Caribbean and Mexico, 1966.
2. Mexico, 1967.
3. Mexico and Panama, 1968.
4. Mexico and Costa Rica, 1969.
5. See Eniwetok Atoll Diving Expedition, 1969.
6. Mexico, Central America, and Colombia, 1970.
7. Panama and Colombia, 1971.
8. Mexico and Panama, 1971.
9. Pacific Panama, 1972.

Deignan, Herbert Girton. Siam, 1935-1937.

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Dendy, John S. Accession 270138, Brazil, 1966.

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Diego Garcia. Data sheets, 1967.

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Edwards, Vinal N. Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1888.

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Eniwetok Atoll Diving Expedition. Participants included C. Allan Child, Charles Eric Dawson, Richard F. Grant, Erle Galen Kauffman, Porter M. Kier, Thomas F. Phelan, John Pojeta, Jr., and Thomas R. Wailer. Accession 285990, 1969.

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Erdman, Donald S.

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1. Saudi Arabia, 1948.
2. Puerto Rico, 1960-1963.

Fehlman, Herman Adair

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1. See International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1964-1965.
2. Ecuador, 1966.

Gilbert, Charles Henry. See Albatross, 1893-1895.

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Goldstein, R. V. See American Killifish Association.

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Gosline, William A. Accession 266216, Australia, 1966.

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Grant, Richard E. See Eniwetok Atoll Diving Expedition.

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Greensberg, Albert. Costa Rica, 1963.

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Hancock, G. Allan, Accession 128938, Galapagos expedition, with Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, 1934.

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Hartford, G. Huntington. See Smithsonian Institution-Hartford Expedition.

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Hay, William Perry. Accession 46198, list of fishes collected in 1899-1900, chiefly in West Virginia.

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Heemstra, P. C. Ceylon, 1969.

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Henderson, John Brooks, Jr. See Tomas Barrera expedition.

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Hildebrand, Samuel Frederick.

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1. Panama, 1911-1912.
2. Mississippi, 1933, 1936.
3. Mississippi and Alabama, 1935-1937.
4. Panama, 1935-1937.
5. Panama.
6. Panama.
7. Lists of specimens.

Howard, John K. Accession 216823; notes; report concerning supervised projects, Oceanography 581; Research Thesis, Marine Biology 691, 1952-1953; summary of expedition to New Zealand and Australia, 1952-1953.

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International Indian Ocean Expedition, Herman Adair Fehlmann, 1964-1965.

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Iowa, University of. Photocopies of lists of fish collections, undated.

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Iwamoto, Tomis. Ceylon, 1970.

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Johnson, Eldridge R. Fenimore. Smithsonian Institution Expedition. Caribbean, circa 1933.

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Jones, Meredith Learn. Accession 265837, Bahamas, 1966.

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Kanazawa, Robert H. See William R. Taylor, 1959.

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Kauffman, Erle Galen. See Eniwetok Atoll Diving Expedition.

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Kier, Porter M. See Eniwetok Atoll Diving Expedition.

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Knake, Boris O. See United States Fisheries Mission to Chile.

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Knapp, Leslie W.

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1. Malaya, Buenaventura, Colombia, 1968-1969.
2. Buenaventura, Colombia, 1969.
3. Indeverra, Colombia, 1970.
4. Ethiopia, 1971.

Koenig, C. K.

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1. Ceylon, 1969-1970.
2. Ceylon, 1969-1970.

Kuntz, Robert E. Accession 242448, Taiwan, 1962.

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Lachner, Ernest A.

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1. Accession 183793, Eastern United States, 1947.
2. Accession 194449, with William T. Leapley, Southeastern United States, 1952.
3. Accession 194449, with William T. Leapley and Frank J. Schwartz, Southeastern United States, 1952.
4. Accession 203516, with Frank J. Schwartz, Southeastern United States, 1954.
5. Accession 221587, with Frank J. Schwartz and R. Taylor, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky, 1958.

Leapley, William T. See Ernest A. Lachner, 1952.

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Lobell, Milton J.

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1. See United States Fisheries Mission to Peru.
2. See United States Fisheries Mission to Chile.

McDonald, Marshall. List of material collected, undated.

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Mearns, Edgar Alexander. Notes on fishes of Southwest United States.

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Mechean, O. Lloyd. Accession 248196, West Pakistan, 1964-1965.

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Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center - Salambo, Fish Section, Tunis. Accession 278580, circa 1966-1967.

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Miller, George C.

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1. Two binders containing notes, data, photographs, and remarks on Liberian fishes, circa 1952-1953.
2. Accession 202912, specimen photos of Liberian fishes, undated.

Miller, Ralph G. Accession 172405, Mexico, 1946.

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Miller, Robert Rush

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1. Accession 172210, Guatemala, 1946.
2. Guatemala, 1947.
3. Accession 178294, Arnhem Land, 1948.
4. Australian maps, charts, list of expected fishes, collecting outfit, and copies of correspondence.

Morrisson, Joseph P. E. Accession 168826, Panama, 1944.

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Pacific Ocean Biological Survey, A. B. Amerson, Jr., 1964.

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Patrzek, Donald. Accession 260704, Venezuela, 1966.

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Pertuit, C. J. See Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, 1940.

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Phelan, Thomas F. See Eniwetok Atoll Diving Expedition.

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Pike, Nicholas. Mauritius, 1877.

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Poey y Aloy, Felipe. "Fishes from Cuba in USNM Collection of Prof. F. Poey."

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Pojeta, John, Jr. See Eniwetok Atoll Diving Expedition.

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Presidential Cruise. Accession 148787, Galapagos, 1938.

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Radcliffe, Lewis. See Fish Hawk, 1914.

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Randall, John Ernest. Onotoa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 1951.

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Rehder, Harald A. See Smithsonian Institution-Bredin Expedition.

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Reid, Earl D. See Leonard P. Schultz, 1937-1938.

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Roberts, Tyson Royal. Ceylon, 1970.

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Roebling, Donald. See Smithsonian Institution-Roebling Expedition.

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Rosenblatt, Richard Henrich. Accession 266104, Mexico and Peru, 1965.

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Rudloe, Jack. Madagascar, 1964.

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Schmitt, Waldo LaSalle

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1. Galapagos, 1933-1935.
2. See G. Allan Hancock Galapagos Expedition, 1934.
3. Accession 157371, with C. J. Pertuit, Alaska, 1940.
4. See Smithsonian Institution-Bredin Expedition.
5. Antarctica, 1962-1963.

Schultz, Leonard Peter

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1. With Earl D. Reid, Virginia, 1937.
2. Accession 148879, with E. D. Reid, Virginia, 1938.
3. Accession 149761, with E. D. Reid, Virginia, 1938.
4. Accession 149853, with E. D. Reid, Virginia, 1938.
5. Accession 151472, Phoenix Island, 1939.
6. Log for Navy Surveying Expedition, USS Bushnell, Phoenix Island, 1939.
7. Accession 161595, Venezuela, 1942.
8. Itinerary for Bikini Atoll program, 1946-1947.
9. Notebook and field data, Bikini Atoll, 1946-1947.

Schwartz, Frank J.

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1. See Ernest A. Lachner, 1952.
2. See Ernest A. Lachner, 1954.
3. North Carolina, 1957.
4. See Ernest A. Lachner, 1958.
5. South Africa, 1969.
6. Ceylon, 1969.

Smith, C. Lavett. See James C. Tyler.

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Smith, Hugh McCormick

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1. Woods Hole Fisheries Laboratory Collecting Records, dates apparently refer to dates of collection, 1906, 1922-1923, 1927, 1936-1937.
2. Accession 149877, Massachusetts, 1938.

Smith-Vaniz, W. F. Ceylon, 1969.

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Smithsonian Institution-Bredin Expedition.

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1. Accession 208263, Free Lance station list.
2. Accession 213821, participants included Thomas E. Bowman, Charles Ernest Cutress, Harald A. Rehder, and Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, 1957.

Smithsonian Institution-Hartford Expedition. Bahamas, 1938.

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Smithsonian Institution-Roebling Expedition. Accession 142696, West Indies, 1937.

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Southeast Pacific Biology Oceanographic Program, 1966.

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Springer, Victor G. Maps of collecting localities including Dominica, 1964; Taiwan, 1968; and Indonesia, 1973-1974.

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Stearns, Silas. Notes on specimens collected by Stearns, undated.

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Stimpson, William. North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856.

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Suttkus, J. E. and Royal Dallas. Florida, 1948.

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Taylor, R. See Ernest A. Lachner, 1958.

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Taylor, William Ralph

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1. Accession 227888, with Robert H. Kanazawa, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, 1959.
2. Accession 200734-8, Maryland, 1961.
3. Accession 267022, Tennessee and Virginia, 1962 and Kansas, 1965.

Tomas Barrera expedition. Paul Bartsch and John B. Henderson. Accession 57608, Cuba, 1914.

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Torrell, Thomas J. Accession 240702, West Africa, 1963.

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Townsend Cromwell. Cruise reports, Hawaii, 1967-1968.

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Tropical Atlantic Biological Laboratory. Accession 286562, 1967-1968.

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Tyler, James C. With C. Lavett Smith, Australia, 1969.

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Undaunted. See International Indian Ocean Expedition.

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United States Fish Commission; Bureau of Fisheries, and Fish and Wildife Service: A. Ship records - alphabetical by ship

Albatross

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1. List of hauls, 1884.
2. Fish lists, 1884, 1887-1888, 1890-1891, 1894-1895.
3. Tin-tag records, 1884, 1887, 1899-1900, 1908-1910, 1912-1913. Some on film in the Archives. See record unit 7184.
4. Fishes taken, 1885. On film in the Archives, record unit 7184.
5. Sheets matching tag numbers with stations or localities, 1893-1895. Also includes "Lists of fishes in tank box, from C. H. Gilbert, Bering Sea, 1896."
6. Tin-tag list, Alaska, 1903. On film in Archives, record unit 7184.
7. Tin-tag records of Northwestern Pacific cruise, 1906. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
8. Fish lists from Northwestern Pacific cruise, 1906.
9. Linen tag numbers, 1907-1910. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
10. Map of stations on Philippines cruise, 1907-1910.
11. Laboratory Journal kept by Albert L. Barrows, 1908-1909.
12. Lab Journal #3, 1909.
13. Log (?), 1919. On film in Archives, record unit 7184.

Albatross III. Cruise data, Cape Hatteras area, 1950.

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Fish Hawk

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1. Typewritten copy of dredging record, 1883-1922. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
2. Copy of log of Florida investigations, 1912-1913.
3. Record of Florida stations, 1912-1913. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
4. Notes and journal on work in Chesapeake Bay, by Lewis Radcliffe, 1914.

Gannet. Logbooks, 1924-1925. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.

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Grampus

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1. List of collections received, collecting instructions, Florida, 1888-1889.
2. List of stations, 1913.
3. Log, 1914.
4. 3 volumes of field notes of William W. Welsh, 1915-1917.

Pelican. List of stations where anchovies were collected, undated.

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United States Fish Commission; Bureau of Fisheries, and Fish and Wildife Service: B. Non-ship records - chronological

Non-ship records

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1. Gloucester Donation, lists of collections made by the fishing vessels of Gloucester and other New England seaports for the United States Fish Commission, 1878-1880. Includes cards in alphabetical order by species, giving data.
2. Tag record, #1-9021, 1888-1892. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
3. Record of field tags and fish collections sent out, 1891-1902.
4. Tag record, #1-5900, 1895-1911; volume is labeled 1894-1910. Also contains notes on fishes collected in Montana and Wyoming, 1891. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
5. Division of Inquiry Accession Catalog, 1897-1911.
6. Catalogue of tagged specimens of Puerto Rican fishes and vertebrates, 1898-1899. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
7. Tag numbers of Hawaiian fishes, 1900. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
8. Catalog of Hawaiian fishes, undated. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
9. Catalog of specimens of Philippine Islands fishes exhibited by the Philippine Commission at the St. Louis, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
10. List of tag numbers, circa 1910-1937. On film in Archives, see record unit 7184.
11. List of fishes of Chesapeake Bay, transmitted to United States National Museum, Accession 110854, circa 1931.
12. Transmittal of collection to USNM, Accession 269574, 1966.
13. List of fishes collected in California, undated.

United States Fisheries Mission to Chile. Accession 167496, participants included Boris O. Knake, Milton J. Lobell, and James R. Westman, 1944-1945.

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United States Fisheries Mission to Peru. Report of collection made by Milton J. Lobell, 1941.

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United States National Museum, Division of Fishes. Tags and cataloging procedures, 1920, 1951, 1958.

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University of California at Los Angeles. Data on sharks in the UCLA collection.

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Waller, Thomas R. See Eniwetok Atoll Diving Expedition.

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Walters, Vladimir. Accessions 183108 and 184069, Arctic, 1948-1949.

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Welsh, William W. See Grampus, 1915-1917.

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Westman, James R. See United States Fisheries Mission to Chile.

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White, Thomas D. Accession 184650, Mexico, 1949.

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