Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, Canada, Panama, Honduras, United States, Sweden, United Kingdom, Thailand, Mexico, Japan, Seychelles, Australia, Navassa Island, Fiji, Mariana Islands, 1977, 1979, 1986-1989

Related Titles

Contained In: Robert P. Higgins Papers, 1957-1960, 1963-1965, 1968, 1972, 1976-1993

Series: SIA Acc. 17-105

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Higgins, Robert P.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1977, 1979, 1986-1989

Notes

Robert P. Higgins, born in 1932, is an invertebrate zoologist who held various positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History, 1968-1996. The Smithsonian Institution Archives house field notes that document his collecting trips around the world.This field book is constituted of cards with forms filled in pencil. They provide station notes for visited fields from around the world. Station numbers are given, along with names and coordinates of locations, and names of collectors. Soil condition and sampling procedures are given, with types of specimens. Most cards are checked as "logged". Some additional notes are pasted at the back of some cards.

Subjects

Australia , Canada , Field notes , Fiji , Higgins, Robert P , Honduras , Invertebrates , Japan , Mariana Islands , Mexico , National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) , Navassa Island , Panama , Seychelles , Smithsonian Institution , Sweden , Thailand , United Kingdom , United States , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141027