New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Oceanographic expeditions. General records
Scope and Content
These records are derived from many of the oceanographic expeditions of the Department of Tropical Research, between 1923 and 1957. Documentation and disposition of marine specimens is a major topic. Study materials and miscellaneous correspondence are also included, with pediculates and other deep-sea fishes among the prominent subjects.
Dates
- 1923-1957
Creator
- New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)
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Historical Note
In 1923 the Department of Tropical Research, under the direction of William Beebe, commenced its oceanographic work. Over the next seventeen years, expeditions were undertaken in the West Indies, Sargasso Sea, Hudson Gorge, Bermuda, and the Eastern Pacific, from San Diego, California to the Galapagos Archipelago. In Bermuda between 1928 and 1940, the DTR conducted intensive ecological investigations within well-defined areas of deep-sea and shore zones, and undertook record-breaking explorations in the depth of the sea with the submersible diving bell, the bathysphere.
Extent
1.2 Linear Feet (2 Hollinger boxes, 2 half-Hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection derives from many of the oceanographic expeditions of the Department of Tropical Research, between 1923 and 1957, led by William Beebe. It includes records created during the DTR's explorations in the depth of the sea with the submersible diving bell, the bathysphere. Documentation and disposition of marine specimens is a major topic. Study materials and miscellaneous correspondence are also included, with pediculates and other deep-sea fishes among the prominent subjects.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into four series:
- Series 1
- Invertebrate catalogs, 1923-1941
- Series 2
- Keys and outlines, circa 1920-1937
- Series 3
- Memoranda, correspondence, and lists relating to specimen collections, 1938-1957, arranged in two subseries:
(3A) Memoranda and correspondence
(3B) Lists
- Series 4
- Study material on pediculates
Acquisition Information
Internal transfer.
Creator
- New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the General Records of the New York Zoological Society Department of Tropical Research oceanographic expeditions, 1923-1957
- Status
- Published
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository