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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 83-126

National Museum of Natural History. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program

Field Research Records, 1961-1973
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
Title: Field Research Records
Dates: 1961-1973
Quantity: 5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Collection: Accession 83-126
Language of Materials: English
Summary:

This accession consists of historical information, background material, and specimen reports on the islands of the Pacific Ocean and their flora and fauna. Materials include field notes, maps, correspondence, printed items, photographs, and annotated lists.

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This accession consists of historical information, background material, and specimen reports on the islands and their flora and fauna. Records include field notes, maps, correspondence, printed items, photographs, and annotated lists.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 83-126, National Museum of Natural History. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, Field Research Records

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Container List

Box 1

Historical Materials NW Hawaiian Islands 1 of 2

Box 1 of 5

Historical Materials NW Hawaiian Islands 2 of 2

Box 1 of 5

Bryan - Notes on Coultas - Laysan, Also Woodside Manuscript, 1957 Laysan

Box 1 of 5

Manuscript from BSFIO Files - Coultas, etc.

Box 1 of 5

Miscellaneous Leewards Preperation Materials

Box 1 of 5

Gardner Pinn. - Photos

Box 1 of 5

Leewards Check Lists, Preliminary Check Lists - Howland, Baker, Phoenix Line Islands, Brooding Bds., NW Hawaiians

Box 1 of 5

Annual Reports/Gilbert & Ellice Colony

Box 1 of 5

Manuscript Data Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program (POBSP) Collections Personal Catalogs 1 of 2

Box 1 of 5

Manuscript Data POBSP Collections Personal Catalogs 2 of 2

Box 1 of 5

Sooty Tern Recoveries

Box 1 of 5

Personal Catalogs

Box 1 of 5

Frigates - Feeding

Box 1 of 5

Geology - Reference

Box 1 of 5

Climate - References 1 of 2

Box 1 of 5

Climate - References 2 of 2

Box 1 of 5

General Summaries & Info - All Islands

Box 1 of 5

Rodman, Kinney, Judd

Box 1 of 5

Fish & Wildlife - Reports & Notes

Box 1 of 5

Miscellaneous - Lists of Specimen Drums, Trunks, Supplies

Box 1 of 5

Work Done on Island - Distance Calculations

Box 1 of 5

Publications - Comments on Report Writing

Box 1 of 5

Wetmore Panama Collection

Box 1 of 5

Herpetology - Catalogs - SIC Trips

Box 1 of 5

Invertebrate Catalogs - SIC Trips

Box 1 of 5

SIC Trips - Botany Catalogs, Notes, etc.

Box 1 of 5

Miscellaneous American Equatorial Islands

Box 1 of 5

Nihoa Island Reports - Miscellaneous Preparation

Box 1 of 5

Kridler

Box 1 of 5

Box 2

Necker Island Report - Miscellaneous Preparation

Box 2 of 5

Layson - Lisianski Area Calculations, etc. for Anderson

Box 2 of 5

Lisianski - Field Notes

Box 2 of 5

Lisianski Species Lists and Photographs

Box 2 of 5

McFarlane Notes

Box 2 of 5

Specimen Lists

Box 2 of 5

Lisianski - Annotated Bird Lists

Box 2 of 5

Howland

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Specimens

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Recoveries

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Banding Data

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Returns

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Blood Samples

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Geology

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Climate

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Annotated Lists

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Other Inventories

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Fish

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Mollusks

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Correspondence

Box 2 of 5

Howland - Tropicbirds

Box 2 of 5

Baker Recoveries

Box 2 of 5

Baker Returns

Box 2 of 5

Baker - Banding Data

Box 2 of 5

Baker Specimens

Box 2 of 5

Baker

Box 2 of 5

Baker - Fish

Box 2 of 5

Baker - Geology

Box 2 of 5

Map - Baker

Box 2 of 5

Baker - Military History

Box 2 of 5

Baker - History

Box 2 of 5

SIC 7 Population Summary Sheets - Baker Activity Data

Box 2 of 5

Baker - Report

Box 2 of 5

McKean Annotated List

Box 2 of 5

McKean

Box 2 of 5

McKean - Returns

Box 2 of 5

McKean - Fish

Box 2 of 5

McKean - Herps

Box 2 of 5

McKean - First Drafts

Box 2 of 5

McKean - Maps

Box 2 of 5

McKean - Draft & Tables

Box 2 of 5

Enderbury - First Draft

Box 2 of 5

Enderbury

Box 2 of 5

Phoenix - Lister

Box 2 of 5

Phoenix - Draft

Box 2 of 5

Birnie - Mammals

Box 2 of 5

Pacific Botany Manuscript Material 1 of 2

Box 2 of 5

Pacific Botany Manuscript 2 of 2

Box 2 of 5

Central Pacific Islands Clippings

Box 2 of 5

Hawaiian Islands Wilderness Area

Box 2 of 5

POBSP - Miscellaneous

Box 2 of 5

U.S. Record Group 45 or RG 80 - Materials Collected by P. Woodward

Box 2 of 5

Box 3

Lisianski, Report

Box 3 of 5

Laysan - Miscellaneous Preparation Material

Box 3 of 5

Pacific Islands Monthly 1964

Box 3 of 5

Laysan - Lisiansky - Comp. Breeding Data

Box 3 of 5

Hawaiian Islands NWR - Leaflets from Kridler

Box 3 of 5

Figures, Except, Maps, Arial Photos Used in ARB - 171 - Laysan Report

Box 3 of 5

Jarvis - Preliminary & Draft Material

Box 3 of 5

Sydney

Box 3 of 5

Leeward Islands

Box 3 of 5

N.O.P. FY 1965

Box 3 of 5

Lisianski Banding

Box 3 of 5

Kridler - Tapes

Box 3 of 5

Leewards - Kure Reports

Box 3 of 5

Bulweria Fallex Notes - Draft Preparation

Box 3 of 5

Fakaofu - Birds Collected, Recoveries, Annotated List

Box 3 of 5

Nukunono - Birds Collected, Recoveries, Annotated List

Box 3 of 5

Atafu - Birds Collected, Recoveries, Annotated List

Box 3 of 5

Pilot - Black Snake

Box 3 of 5

Tongareva - Birds Collected, Recoveries, Annotated List

Box 3 of 5

Leewards - Insects

Box 3 of 5

Miscellaneous Botany

Box 3 of 5

Emperor Goose - Preparation Material & Early Drafts

Box 3 of 5

Miscellaneous Draft etc.

Box 3 of 5

Swain's Island

Box 3 of 5

Swain's Island

Box 3 of 5

Vostok

Box 3 of 5

Caroline - Drafts

Box 3 of 5

Caroline

Box 3 of 5

Caroline Paper

Box 3 of 5

Nihoa - Manuscript R. R. Fleet

Box 3 of 5

Frigatebird Dispersal Gallery, Drafts, etc.

Box 3 of 5

Harris Sparrow

Box 3 of 5

Banding - Leeward Totals

Box 3 of 5

Pacific Bird Observer

Box 3 of 5

Phoenix - Line 1 Miscellaneous Draft Material

Box 3 of 5

Phoenix - Line 2 Miscellaneous Draft Material

Box 3 of 5

Phoenix - Line 1

Box 3 of 5

Tongareva

Box 3 of 5

Summary of Species Accounts - Layson

Box 3 of 5

Green Turtle - Leewards Data

Box 3 of 5

Feather Mites

Box 3 of 5

Field Notes - Leewards

Box 3 of 5

Species Lists and Maps (mostly Pearl Harbor)

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

Miscellaneous Articles

Box 4 of 5

Central Pacific Basin

Box 4 of 5

Notes - Enderbury and Miscellaneous

Box 4 of 5

Lesser Frig.

Box 4 of 5

Reports

Box 4 of 5

At - Sea

Box 4 of 5

Ashmole - Goal Paper

Box 4 of 5

Canton Notes (bibliographic)

Box 4 of 5

Blue Faced Boobies

Box 4 of 5

Red-Tailed Tropicbird

Box 4 of 5

Christmas Island Shearwater

Box 4 of 5

Black Footed Albatross

Box 4 of 5

Birds - Virginia

Box 4 of 5

Blue Faced Booby

Box 4 of 5

Nihoa - Rough Draft

Box 4 of 5

Kure Atoll

Box 4 of 5

Canton - Miscellaneous Draft

Box 4 of 5

Rakananga

Box 4 of 5

Maps (2 folders)

Box 4 of 5

Model Tables & Forms, Bibliography

Box 4 of 5

Record Group 69 Materials

Box 4 of 5

Miscellaneous Photographs, Maps, Notes

Box 4 of 5

French Frigate Shoals

Box 4 of 5

French Frigate Shoals - Field Notes

Box 4 of 5

Midway Atoll

Box 4 of 5

Nihoa Band Data

Box 4 of 5

Gardner Pinnacles

Box 4 of 5

Gardner Pinnacles - Most Recent Drafts

Box 4 of 5

Gardner Pinnacles - Data - Band

Box 4 of 5

Avifauna of Laysan

Box 4 of 5

Box 5

LS 1 Notes

Box 5 of 5

Reports LS 2 June 1963

Box 5 of 5

LS 3 Report March 1964

Box 5 of 5

LS 5 Banding Survey

Box 5 of 5

LS 6 Report September 1964

Box 5 of 5

LS 6 September 1964 Notes

Box 5 of 5

LS 9 Report July 1965

Box 5 of 5

LS 11 Report August 1965

Box 5 of 5

LS 13 Reports June 1966

Box 5 of 5

LS 13, Notes June 1966

Box 5 of 5

LS 17 October 1966

Box 5 of 5

LS 18 Reports March 1967

Box 5 of 5

LS 19 - Interisland May-June 1967

Box 5 of 5

LS 20 Notes, Reports

Box 5 of 5

LS 20 Specimens September 1967

Box 5 of 5

Coman Expedition (see also Loff-Nichols)

Box 5 of 5

Specimen Notes (maps and specimen counts) (2 folders)

Box 5 of 5

Manuscript - Waterbirds - Oahu

Box 5 of 5

Specimen Reports

Box 5 of 5

Shorebirds

Box 5 of 5

Banding Reports

Box 5 of 5

Frigate - Middle Drafts

Box 5 of 5

Skink Note

Box 5 of 5

Lesser Frigate birds

Box 5 of 5

Phoenix - Line Late Drafts

Box 5 of 5

Phoenix - Line Early Drafts

Box 5 of 5

Snake - Note Drafts

Box 5 of 5

Central Pacific Birds

Box 5 of 5

Longevity - Early & Middle Drafts

Box 5 of 5

Longevity - Late Drafts

Box 5 of 5

ATF 1-5 Charts

Box 5 of 5

Gardner Island

Box 5 of 5

Bird Summary Sheets

Box 5 of 5

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