Robert H. Gibbs, Jr. - Field notebook

Fascinated by dragonflies? Robert H. Gibbs, Jr. (1929-1988) of the National Museum of Natural History's Division of Fishes collected them. This notebook contains data on dragonflies collected in the United States, Canada, and Mexico over the course of eleven years. It includes a detailed record of habitat from which most specimens were taken along with occasional sketches. Join other digital volunteers in transcribing Gibbs's notebook. You might run across notes of his chase for especially prized specimens! Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., (1929-1988) joined the Smithsonian as Associate Curator in the Division of Fishes in 1963 and became Curator in 1967. Prior to 1963, Gibbs taught at New York State Teachers College, 1955-1956, and Boston University, 1958-1963, and served as marine biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1956-1958.