Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia, 1940

Title Variants

Alternative: Scrapbook, Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia, 1940 (2)

Related Titles

Contained In: William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann field books, 1914-1940

Series: SIA RU007293

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

By

Mann, Lucile Quarry, 1897-1986
Mann, William M., 1886-1960

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1940

Notes

This part of a scrapbook was compiled by Lucile Mann in relation to the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia, 1940. Collected materials include permits, photographs, menus, voyage schedule, news clippings, telegrams, and postcards. Photographs show antisubmarine netting in the port of Dakar; the French Navy vessel Richelieu with a damaged stern; Conakry village market; local World War I monument; individual and group shots of expedition participants; and oil barrels at the Dakar port prepared for shipment. Also included is a proposed schedule for the SS West Kebar. There are detailed photograph captions.

Subjects

Conakry , Dakar , Field notes , Liberia , Scrapbooks , Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia (1940) , Wild animal collecting , Zoology , Zoos

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156324