Details - Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History

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 Rollo H. Beck, 1923-1928

Title Variants

Alternative: Beck's letters and journal

Alternative: Letters and journal of Rollo H. Beck

By

Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950

American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology.
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.
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 volume.

Typescript.

Newspaper clippings lightly pasted throughout.

Various letters (mostly to Robert C. Murphy) and daily field notes during Beck's time as expedition leader in the Pacific Islands from 1923 to 1928. Beck was the leader of field research for the first eight years of the Whitney South Seas Expedition.

During his lifetime, Beck was considered the foremost collector in the field and was renowned for his ability to quickly prepare well-made studyskins for birds. He led the AMNH Brewster-Sanford Expedition (1912-1917) before joining Whitney South Seas Expedition.

Cataloged through a 2015 Leon Levy Foundation Archives grant.