Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History Journal based upon the letters of Charles Cutler Curtis

Title Variants

Alternative: Curtis letters, Jan.-July 1922

Alternative: Journal based upon the letters of Charles Cutler Curtis

By

Curtis, Charles Cutler.

American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.
American Museum of Natural History Field Book Project 2015-
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

Typescript, with typescript letter from Curtis to Robert C. Murphy (dated November 19, 1931) laid in.

Field notes and observations during Curtis's time as field assistant. Curtis was an overseer of a coconut plantation in Tahiti who joined the expedition and helped collect specimens from various islands in Polynesia including the Marquesas, the Society Islands, the Austral Islands, and the Pitcairn Islands.

Subjects

(1920-1941) , Birds , Correspondence , Curtis, Charles Cutler , Description and travel , Field notes , Papeete (French Polynesia) , Polynesia , Scientific Expeditions , Society Islands (French Polynesia) , Travel , Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museu

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.124225
OCLC: 923019975