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Series contains field notebooks created by Pearse on research trips and in laboratory work with inclusive dates 1904-1952. Titles are taken from the originals.

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Association of American Universities, group portrait, 1930s?
Box 7

Stamp on back: "Wooten-Moulton Photographers, Chapel Hill, NC," refers to Bayard Wooten photography studio.

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Beaufort Marine Lab, 1938
Box 7

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Blackbeard Island, N.C., circa 1930s
Box 7

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Japan: Kyoto Medical School postcards and flyer in Japanese, circa 1929
Box 7

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Maps, charts, and illustrations, circa 1930s-1950s
Box 7

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Massachusetts, 1912-1913
Box 7

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Philippine Islands, circa 1929
Box 7

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People, circa 1915, circa 1930, 1953
Box 7

Pearse's wife, Mary Lehmer Pearse; colleagues David and Nelle Causey (biologist and zoologist, respectively); and a signed portrait mounted on cardstock frame, circa 1915, of T.R.R. (Thomas Roscoe Rede) Stebbing (1835-1926), naturalist and supporter of Darwinism.

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Port Aransas, University of Texas Institute of Marine Science, circa 1951
Box 7

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Siam, 1929-1930
Box 7

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Tortugas, 1931
Box 7

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Unidentified, undated
Box 7

Most of these loose images are from the same locations as other identified prints.

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Venezuela, 1918
Box 7

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Yucatán, 1934, 1936
Box 7

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Yucatán (caves), 1934, 1936
Box 7

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Photographic prints, 1912-1953 1 boxes Approximately 367 prints

Titles of folders are taken from Pearse's original envelopes. Sizes range from 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches to 4 x 6 inches, with only a few larger prints. Almost all are early black-and-white gelatin silver contact prints derived from nitrate and safety negatives also in the collection. Includes a few postcards, including several showing the interiors of a Japanese medical school, circa 1929-1930.

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Miscellaneous, undated
Box 8a

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Crabs, undated
Box 8a

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Oysters, undated
Box 8a

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Unidentified locations, undated
Box 8a

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Teaching slides, undated
Box 8a

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Teaching slides, undated
Box 8b

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3 1/4 x 4 1/4 Slides

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Teaching slides, undated
Box 9a

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Panama, undated
Box 9a

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Japan, circa 1930
Box 9b

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Yucatan, 1934-1936
Box 9b

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India, 1929
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St. Louis, MO, 1911-1912
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Madison, WI, undated
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Bahama Islands, undated
Box 9b

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Miscellaneous, undated
Box 9b

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3 1/4 x 4 1/4 Slides

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Colombia, 1913
Box 10a

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Africa, 1926
Box 10a

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Africa, 1926
Box 10b

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Massachusetts, 1912-1913
Box 10b

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Philippine Islands, Manila, circa 1929
Box 10b

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Philippine Islands, circa 1929
Box 10b

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Miscellaneous, undated
Box 10b

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3 1/4 x 4 1/4 Slides

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Siam, 1929-1930
Box 11a

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Sturgeon Bay, WI, 1920
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Tortugas, 1931
Box 11a

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Columbia, 1913
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Japan, 1929-1930
Box 11b

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Teaching slides, undated
Box 11b

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3 1/4 x 4 1/4 and 4 x 5 Slides

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Glass-plate lantern slides, circa 1911-1936 4 boxes

Subseries contains glass lantern slides (positive images) in 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 and 4 x 5 inch formats, used by Pearse in lectures and presentations. Also present are images of maps, graphs and charts, illustrations, and photos taken from other published works. Subjects are the same as the photographic prints and negatives, and often may be duplicative.

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Africa (Nigeria), 1926 190 items
Box 12

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Alabama, 1925 34 items
Box 12

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Albatross Reefs [Australia?], 1929-1930? 8 items
Box 12

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Assorted: Lerner Marine Lab [Bimini, Bahamas]; passengers on the S.S. Metapan (1913); sand dunes, Millers, Indiana; Salisbury Cave [Connecticut?], 1913 11 items
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Includes an original envelope marked "Deck passengers on S.S. Metapan, June 29, 1913." The Metapan was a United Fruit Company banana boat which also carried passengers. A year later, it was accidentally hit and sunk by the S.S. Iowan.

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