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Item General notes on South Pacific island groups(1920) Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932.; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); American Museum of Natural History.; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.General notes and lists of birds in various areas of the South Pacific. Vol. 1 deals with Tuamotu, Marquesas, Line, Caroline Atoll, Harvey or Cook, and includes general notes and other lists of Rapa and vicinity, the Samoan group, clues to the identity of South Pacific birds, and the islands east and northeast of Samoa. Vol. 2 deals with Fiji, Rotuma and vicinity, Horne islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Banks, Santa Cruz, Tokelau or Union, and Uvea or Wallace, and includes a general index to both volumes 1 and 2. Richmond was an accomplished ornithologist, excelling in the naming of new birds and species. His lifetime work includes the Richmond Index, a card catalog of detailed bird species data he maintained for over 40 years.Item Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History. Extracts from the journal of Rollo H. Beck.(1920) Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950.; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); American Museum of Natural History.; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.Daily field notes (many mentioning Ernest Quayle) from Beck's time as leader of the Whitney South Sea Expedition from 1920 to 1925. 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 of birds. He had led the AMNH Brewster-Sanford Expedition (1912-1917) before joining Whitney South Seas Expedition.Item Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History. Letters and journal of Frederick P. Drowne, M.D.(1926) Drowne, F. P.; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); American Museum of Natural History.; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.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.Item Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History. Letters and journal of José G. Correia.(1926) Correia, José G., 1881-1954.; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); American Museum of Natural History.; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.Daily notes, letters, and scientific illustrations from Correia's time as expedition assistant for the Whitney South Sea Expedition including Samoa, the Society islands, and the Cook islands (in vol. 1) and the Marquesas, the Society islands, the Austral islands, the Line islands, and the Pitcairn islands (in vol. 2)Item Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History. Letters and journal of Rollo H. Beck, 1923-1928.(1923) Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950.; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); American Museum of Natural History.; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.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.Item Whitney South Sea Expedition. Letters from Rollo H. Beck, field representative from the Museum, from May 12, 1920 to date (July 4, 1923), with other papers relating to the endowment and conduct of the Expedition.(1920) Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950.; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); American Museum of Natural History.; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.Letters discussing finance, progress, and various assignments of the Whitney South Seas Expedition, mostly between Beck and Frank M. Chapman and Robert C. Murphy. Beck was the leader of field research for the first eight years of the Whitney South Seas Expedition.During Beck's lifetime, he was considered the foremost collector in the field and was renowned for his ability to quickly prepare well-made studyskins of birds. He was a leader on the AMNH Brewster-Sanford Expedition (1912-1917) before joining Whitney South Seas Expedition.