William M. Mann - Field Notes, Fiji Islands, 1915-16

If you had just finished your doctorate program, what would you do? Plan a party, take a vacation? For future National Zoological Park director William M. Mann the answer was a research expedition! This set of notes was taken by Mann on his trip to the Fiji Islands in 1915--newly out of school, before taking a job as an entomologist with the US Department of Agriculture. Mann's focus was on studying the distribution of organic species in Fiji's islands and reefs. Join other transcribers in helping make Mann's field work available to current researchers! While the first few pages are tricky, Mann's handwriting improves throughout the remainder of the book!