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Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Arcturus logbook, 1925 February 12-1925 August 2

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 000094306]
Abstract The bulk of this collection consists of records created by the Department of Tropical Research 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 and pediculates, data on deep sea fauna, and background notes for published studies. Additionally, this collection holds some records created during...
Dates: 1925 February 12-1925 August 2

New York Aquarium. Office of the Director. Charles H. Townsend records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1009
Abstract

Charles Haskins Townsend served as the Director of the New York Aquarium (NYA) from 1902 to 1937. This collection includes correspondence and subject files during his tenure as Director, articles and reports on such subjects as Northern fur seals and Galapagos tortoises, whaling records that he used to create maps of whale distribution, and photographs he took during trips and expeditions to locations including the Bahamas, Canada, California, and Alaska.

Dates: 1885 - 1936

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