Beebe, William, 1877-1962
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1877 - 1962
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research additional records
Collection
Identifier: 1016
Abstract
This collection consists of records related to the work of the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research, which conducted ecological expeditions between 1916 and 1964. These records appear to have been transferred to the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives after the primary DTR collections were processed, and they supplement those collections (WCS Archives Collections 1005A-1005J). The majority of the records were created by DTR Director William Beebe and Assistant...
Dates:
circa 1916-1964; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1949
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Oceanographic expeditions. Noma and Arcturus records
Fonds
Identifier: 1005F
Abstract
The bulk of this collection consists of records created by the Department of Tropical Research, under the direction of William Beebe, during their investigation of the Sargasso Sea, Humboldt Current, and Hudson Gorge, aboard the Arcturus. Records include the logbook of the steamship, dredging records, haul summaries, outlines and field notes on fishes, data on deep-sea fauna, and background notes for published studies. Additionally, this collection holds some...
Dates:
1923-1925
Filtered By
- Subject: Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands X