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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 91-011
Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1925-1927
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of glass lantern slides taken during Waldo LaSalle Schmitt's trip on the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the east and west coasts of South America, 1923-1927. The photographs depict various towns and cities in Brazil such as Rio de Janeiro, Paqueta, Sao Sabastino, Sao Francisco, in addition to landscapes, native inhabitants, and field conditions.
Index Terms
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Name
- Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
- Walter Rathbone Bacon Travelling Scholarship Expedition (1928-1930: West Indies)
Subject
- Sao Francisco (Brazil)
- Scientific expeditions
- Invertebrate zoology
- Invertebrates
- Marine invertebrates
- Zoologists
- Zoology
- Crustacea
- Collectors and collecting
- Brazil
- Paqueta Island (Brazil)Paqueta Island (Brazil)
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Sao Sabastino (Brazil)
- South America
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 91-011, Waldo L. Schmitt Papers