New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Oceanographic expeditions. Antares and Hardi Biaou records
Scope and Content
This collection contains records collected by the New York Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research during their Antares and Hardi Biaou expeditions of 1936 to 1938. Materials include fish outlines and catalogs as well as other specimen notes and observations.
Dates
- 1932 - 1936
Creator
- New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)
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Historical Note
In 1932 Department of Tropical Research staff William Beebe and Gloria Hollister were guests of Colonel E. M. Chance aboard the yacht Antares for a one-month cruise among the Leeward and Grenadine Islands. During the next year, a Pacific-bound expedition aboard Antares brought Beebe and Hollister back to the West Indies for a short visit. In 1936, Dr. Henry O. Lloyd placed his yacht Hardi Biaou (formally the Pawnee, designed for oceanographic work by Harry Payne Bingham) at the disposal of the Department of Tropical Research; the Lloyds accompanied Beebe, John Tee-Van, and Jocelyn Crane on a West Indian cruise.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (1 half-Hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The New York Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research collected data on marine life among the Leeward and Grenadine Islands from the yacht Antares during 1932. The following year, DTR Director William Beebe and other staff returned to the West Indies aboard the Antares. In 1936, the DTR gathered material during a West Indian cruise aboard the yacht Hardi Biaou. The records in this collection include fish outlines and catalogs from the Antares and Hardi Biaou expeditions, as well as other specimen notes and observations.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series:
- Series 1
- Antares expeditions records, 1932 and 1933
- Series 2
- Hardi Biaou expedition records, 1936
Acquisition Information
Internal transfer.
Creator
- New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Records of the New York Zoological Society Department of Tropical Research Oceanographic Expeditions Aboard the Vessels Antares and Hardi Biaou, 1932-1936
- 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