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Call Number: SC0457
Creator:
Burke, Charles Victor.
Title: Charles Victgor Burke, Cruise of the Albatross,
journals
Dates: 1906
Physical Description:
0.25 linear foot
Summary: Logbook and personal journal of a scientific expedition on the
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries' steamer Albatross; scientists on board included Charles
Gilbert from Stanford University, Harry Beal Torrey from the University of California,
Austin Clark from the Bureau, and Michitaro Sindo, Stanford student. This trip cruised
the Pacific, collecting specimens of fish, stopping in Alaska, the Aleutian Islands,
Japan, and Hawaii. Many of Burke's entries describe his visits to villages and cities on
route, including Nagasaki, Kyoto, Yokohama, and Tokyo.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Harold and Claire Cramer, 1987.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Charles Victgor Burke, Cruise of the Albatross,
Journals (SC0457). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Burke earned his a.b. (1907), M.A. (1908), and Ph.D. (1912) in zoology at Stanford
University. He then taught at Washington State University.
Logbook and personal journal of a scientific expedition on the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries'
steamer Albatross; scientists on board included Charles Gilbert from Stanford
University, Harry Beal Torrey from the University of California, Austin Clark from the
Bureau, and Michitaro Sindo, Stanford student. This trip cruised the Pacific, collecting
specimens of fish, stopping in Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, Japan, and Hawaii. Many of
Burke's entries describe his visits to villages and cities on route, including Nagasaki,
Kyoto, Yokohama, and Tokyo.
Burke, Charles Victor.
Clark, Austin Hobart.
Gilbert, Charles Henry, 1859-1928.
Sindo, Michitaro.
Stanford University--Students.
Torrey, Harry Beal.
United States. Bureau of Fisheries.
Alaska
Albatross (ship).
Aleutian Islands (Alaska).
Diaries.
Fishes--Research.
Japan.
Logbooks.