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Item Chronological summary and guide to Whitney Expedition journals(1923) Bryan, E. H. (Edwin Horace), 1898-1985.; 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.Different typewritten iterations of Bryan's summarized itinerary of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. These itineraries give dates, locations, personnel and activities of the Expedition. Some are clipped into a folder binding, others are loosely laid in. Includes versions up to 1923, up to 1927, up to 1930 and 1932 and a 'final' version dated 1969 accompanied with a letter to Dean Amadon. Outline to the itinerary is also included in the folders. Bryan was associated with the Bishop Museum and participated briefly in the WSSE. Edwin H. Bryan was an American naturalist who was affiliated with the Bishop Museum for most of his life. The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, has a central focus on the Hawaiian and surrounding Pacific Island cultures. AMNH had agreed not to collect any bird specimens from Hawaii during the Whitney South Sea expedition, and instead exchanged specimens with the Bishop Museum. Bryan joined the Whitney expedition in 1924 for 10 months as a representative of the Bishop. He was informed to not focus on collecting birds but rather on plant, insect and anthropological specimens. Bryan kept meticulous diaries during the over fifty expedition island visits. His original journals are housed in the Bishop Museum archives.Item 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.