Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Venezuela, Japan, Colombia, Azores, Canary Islands, 1986, 1988.

Abstract

Robert P. Higgins, born in 1932, is an invertebrate zoologist who held various positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History, 1968-1996. The Smithsonian Institution Archives house field notes that document his collecting trips around the world. This field book is constituted of cards on field trips to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Venezuela, Japan, Colombia, Azores, and the Canary Islands. The cards are forms, all checked as "logged" and each with an accession number, in which were filled, in various hands, rubrics including a station number, location, depth, sampling method, collector name, name of specimens.

Date Range

1986, 1988

Start Date

1986

End Date

1988

Access Information

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Topic

• Marine invertebrates
• Zoology

Place

• Canarias, Islas
• Venezuela
• Colombia
• Singapore
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Thailand
• Açores, Arquipélago dos

Form/Genre

• Fieldbook record
• Field notes

Accession #

SIA Acc. 17-105

Collection name

Robert P. Higgins Papers, 1957-1960, 1963-1965, 1968, 1972, 1976-1993

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

box 1, folder 16