Guide to the Charles Victor Burke, Cruise of the Albatross, Journals
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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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:
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Gift of Harold and Claire Cramer, 1987.
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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.
Collection Contents
Box 1
Records