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.

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.

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.

dc.contributor.author	Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950.
dc.contributor.author	Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)
dc.contributor.author	American Museum of Natural History.
dc.contributor.author	American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-10-19T14:31:08Z
dc.date.available	2017-10-19T14:31:08Z
dc.date.issued	1920
dc.description	176 leaves ; 27 cm	en_US
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	CLIR	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6758
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950 -- Travel -- Oceania.	en_US
dc.subject	Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)	en_US
dc.subject	Scientific expeditions -- Oceania.	en_US
dc.subject	Birds -- Oceania.	en_US
dc.subject	Oceania -- Description and travel.	en_US
dc.subject	Rapa (French Polynesia) -- Description and travel.	en_US
dc.title	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.	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Field letters. I, May 1920-July 1923	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Beck's field letters. I, May 1920-July 1923	en_US
dc.type	Other	en_US

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