In 1959, a group of researchers set off on an expedition of the Carribean's Lesser Antilles between Trinidad and Barbuda, led by Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt. The trip's primary goal was to build up the Smithsonian's marine biology study collections and its representation of Caribbean ecology. Join this party of scientists in their travel by transcribing these written and visual records of their daily field work and other activities. The documentation of this voyage includes two series of slides with special instructions for transcription.
In 1959, a group of researchers set off on an expedition of the Carribean's Lesser Antilles between Trinidad and Barbuda, led by Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt. The trip's primary goal was to build up the Smithsonian's marine biology study collections and its representation of Caribbean ecology. Join this party of scientists in their travel by transcribing these written and visual records of their daily field work and other activities. The documentation of this voyage includes two series of slides with special instructions for transcription.
Smithsonian honorary fellow J. Bruce Bredin and his wife Octavia Mary du Pont sponsored this and other Smithsonian expeditions as part of their interest in strengthening educational organizations. More about the Smithsonian-Bredin expeditions can be found in the Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978 (Record Unit 007231) at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.