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    [Diaries, Book 6: Dec. 10, 1914 to March 6, 1915]
    (1914) Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964; American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Diaries, Book 5: July 21, 1912 to Nov. 28, 1912]
    (1912) Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964; American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Diaries, Book 4: April 8, 1910 to April 18, 1910]
    (1910) Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964; American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Diaries, Book 3: Nov. 1, 1909 to Feb. 5, 1910]
    (1909) Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964; American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Diaries: Book 2: July 18, 1909 to Oct. 31, 1909]
    (1909) Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964; American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Diaries, Book 1: May 8, 1909 to July 17, 1909]
    (1909) Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964; American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Birds field books, v. 8]
    (1909) American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Birds field books, v. 7]
    (1909) American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Birds field books, v. 6]
    (1909) American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Birds field books, v. 5]
    (1909) American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Birds field books, v. 4]
    (1909) American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Birds field books, v. 3]
    (1909) American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Birds field books, v. 2]
    (1909) American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    [Birds field books, v. 1]
    (1909) American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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    Whitney South Sea Expedition. Field catalog Jan. 1935-Feb. 1935, spec nos. 45238-46615, localities, Tabar, Tanga
    (1935) Coultas, William F.; 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); American Museum of Natural History.
    The AMNH Whitney South Sea Expedition was an expedition initiated by Dr. Leonard C. Sanford and funded by Harry Payne Whitney, with the mission of systematically exploring Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia for previously undiscovered or little-known bird specimens. It was the largest ornithological expedition ever conceived. Active field research was conducted from 1920 to 1941. This bound collection of field notes represents the collecting work of both birds and mammals from 1935. It also contains some notes about insects. Coultas was a professional collector who participated in the expedition from late 1929 to 1935. He was selected to be the third leader, directing the expedition between 1930 and 1935.
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    Whitney South Sea expedition. Field catalogs Aug. 1931-Jan. 1935, spec. nos. 41587-45237, localities, Guam, Tinian, New Britain, Talele, Rook, Long, Admiralty, Lihir, etc., etc.
    (1931) Coultas, William F.; 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.
    The AMNH Whitney South Sea Expedition was an expedition initiated by Dr. Leonard C. Sanford and funded by Harry Payne Whitney, with the mission of systematically exploring Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia for previously undiscovered or little-known bird specimens. It was the largest ornithological expedition ever conceived. Active field research was conducted from 1920 to 1941. These unbound specimen sheets created by Coultas reflect the better part of his leadership tenure of the Expedition and an array of collected specimens. Coultas was a professional collector who participated in the expedition from late 1929 to 1935. He was selected to be the third leader, directing the expedition between 1930 and 1935.
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    [Stomach contents specimen collection sheets] [1922-1923]
    (1922) Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950.; Correia, José G., 1881-1954.; Quayle, Ernest H., 1891-1956.; 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); American Museum of Natural History.
    5 folded pages of specimen collection data on United States Department of Agriculture 'Stomach blank' sheets. Information includes the name of the bird, date, location, sex, type, and remarks on the collection of the specimen. Also includes 5 page 'Memorandum on the R. H. Beck collection of Oceanic Birds' Stomachs," which lists the specimen number and name as well as remarks on the contents of the stomachs. Locations primarily in the Tuamotu Archipelago. 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.
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    Journal and notes of H. Hamlin : Whitney South Sea Expedition July 20, 1927 to August 8, 1930
    (1927) Hamlin, Hannibal, 1904-1982.; 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); American Museum of Natural History.
    Original journal notes kept by Hamlin during his tenure with the Whitney South Sea Expedition. Entries describe the collecting and specimen preparation activities of both him and his fellow participants, descriptions of the localities and the local residents. Entries also describe the maintenance and activities of the schooner France, expenditures and the health of the crew. Locations noted are Bougainville Island, Samarai, Gizo, Faisi, Fauro, Florida and Buena Vista islands. Hannibal Hamlin was an American neurosurgeon who traveled with the Whitney South Sea Expedition beginning in 1927. After original leader Rollo Beck retired, Hamlin was appointed leader of the expedition from March 1928 to January 1930. He left the expedition in August 1930.
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    Journal of Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. while with the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on the schooner France, February to October 1924
    (1924) Bryan, E. H. (Edwin Horace), 1898-1985.; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.; American Museum of Natural History.
    Daily observations and specimen notes from Bryan's 10 month-stint with the Whitney South Sea expedition on behalf of the Bishop Museum in 1924. Bryan's notes mention various islands visited, including the Cook Islands, American Samoa and Fiji. His foreword states that this typescript contains some spelling errors due to typist unfamiliarity with proper scientific and geographic nomenclature. Edwin H. Bryan was an American naturalist who was affiliated with the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, for most of his life. The Museum focuses on the cultures and natural history of Hawaii and surrounding Pacific islands, and had Bryan join the Whitney Expedition as its representative. He was informed to not focus on collecting birds but rather on plant, insect and anthropological specimens. Bryan kept meticulous diaries during his visits to over fifty islands. His original journals are housed in the Bishop Museum archives, and a transcription of his field notes was published in 2007 as Bishop Museum technical report 37.
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    [Field notes] February 15 to March 2 1929
    (1929) Hamlin, Hannibal, 1904-1982.; 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); American Museum of Natural History.
    List of “contraband” items collected by Hamlin during the Whitney South Seas expedition. These were referred to but not itemized in the general specimen list notes. Data includes type, sex, specimen number, and location and date collected. Locations in the Louisiade Archipelago. Hannibal Hamlin was an American neurosurgeon who traveled with the Whitney South Sea Expedition beginning in 1927. After original leader Rollo Beck retired, Hamlin was appointed leader of the expedition from March 1928 until January 1930. He left the expedition in August of 1930. Specimen numbers 36904 to 36982, also referenced as numbers 1 through 79.