Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 1957 : miscellaneous notes

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Abstract

The miscellaneous notes documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 1957. Includes descriptions of local inhabitants and long term residents that Waldo worked with, who gave information about the islands, notes about soil samples (including numbers, location, date and location description), drafts of correspondence, and notes and copied citations of reference texts (some copied texts of history of region). Locations covered in French Polynesia Society Islands [Îles de la Société] include Bora-Bora.

Date Range

1957

Start Date

1957

End Date

1957

Access Information

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Topic

  • Marine Biology
  • Zoology
  • Marine biology

Place

  • Bora-Bora
  • Société, Îles de la
  • French Polynesia

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

Accession #

SIA RU007231

Collection name

Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 109