Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, USSR, Antarctic, 1957, 1963-1964, 1972, 1986.

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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 includes field notes on a trip to the former USSR and the Black Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic, between 1957 and 1986. They are filled on printed cards with forms, all checked as "logged" and in which were filled, in various hands, rubrics including a station number, accession number, location, coordinates, gear, sampling method, collector name, name of specimens and remarks.

Date Range

1957, 1963-1964, 1972, 1986

Start Date

1957

End Date

1986

Access Information

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Topic

  • Marine invertebrates
  • Zoology

Place

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Antarctica
  • Black Sea
  • Soviet Union
  • Russia

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 21