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Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History

Title

Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History Letters and journal of Frederick P. Drowne, M.D

Title Variants

Alternative: Drowne's letters and journal

Alternative: Letters and journal of Frederick P. Drowne, M.D

By

Drowne, F. P.

American Museum of Natural History
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History Collection.
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Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[between 1930 and 1941]

Notes

Bound volumes.

Typescript, based on original field notes written between 1926 and 1928.

Contents: v. 1. Oct. 22, 1926-Nov. 4, 1927 -- v. 2. Nov. 4, 1927-Mar. 30. 1928.

Daily observations, field notes and letters written by Drowne during his time as a physician, researcher, and collector for the Whitney South Sea Expedition. Drowne and his team collected specimens from various islands, including the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, and Papua New Guinea.

Vol. 1 contains a letter from Drowne to Robert C. Murphy pasted on to front flyleaf and an untitled typescript poem by Drowne, dated November 24, 1927, pasted on page 298. Vol. 2 includes several hand-colored scientific illustrations (some folded) and newpaper clippings at rear.

Drowne, a physician, joined the Whitney South Sea Expedition in 1927 as a field researcher and collector. He had previously traveled on an expedition to the Galapagos with Rollo Beck. Drowne left the expedition in 1928 after an illness.