Submersibles
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Oceanographic expeditions. Bermuda records
Fonds
Identifier: 1005J
Abstract
This collection consists of data, manuscript notes, and lists documenting the marine science activities of the Department of Tropical Research staff at Bermuda from 1929 through 1939. Included are trawling records, fish outlines, bird censuses. This collection also includes logbooks of notes dictated to Gloria Hollister by William Beebe via telephone from the bathysphere dives of 1930, 1931, and 1932; correspondence concerning the bathysphere, 1929-1930, from John H. J. Butler's office at...
Dates:
1929 - 1949
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Oceanographic expeditions. General records
Fonds
Identifier: 1005E
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.
Dates:
1923-1957