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Line 1: <div style="text-align:center; font-family:'Gill Sans'; font-size:220%; color:#006699; padding: 0.5em;">Expeditions & Explorers: Two Centuries of Field Notes<br /><br />An Edit-a-Thon</div> [[File:SIA Barnstar.PNG\|thumb\|~~Right~~right\|Participate as a [[Wikipedia:GLAM/SIA/Participants\|volunteer]] and you could earn the official SIA barnstar!]] '''[http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/fieldbooks/ The Field Book Project]''', a joint effort of the [[National Museum of Natural History]] and the [[Smithsonian Institution Archives]], welcomes participants to an edit-a-thon on the scientific field diaries held at the Smithsonian. Activities include new editor orientation and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Smithsonian’s Russell E. Train Africana Collection. Participants will also be invited to preview and test transcribe field book materials using the Smithsonian’s new digital Transcription Center. Coffee and lunch generously provided courtesy of Wikimedia DC. Line 114: #--[[User:Sarasays\|Sarasays]] ([[User talk:Sarasays\|talk]]) 18:52, 12 June 2013 (UTC) # --[[User:thekimbos\|thekimbos]] ([[User talk:thekimbos\|talk]]) #--Robin Everly [[User:Robineverly\|Robineverly]] ([[User talk:Robineverly\|talk]]) 15:07, 21 June 2013 (UTC) # [[User:Dominic\|Dominic]]·[[User talk:Dominic\|t]] 06:17, 21 June 2013 (UTC) # --'''''All names beyond 12 should consider themselves on the waitlist; you will be contacted if a space opens up''''' Line 130: [[File:Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963), sitting at desk with specimens.jpg\|thumb\|Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963), sitting at desk with specimens]] The list is not intended to be comprehensive, but rather to provide a starting point for work by edit-a-thon participants. Please find a more detailed list of resources, including images, on this '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Field Notes/To-do list\| Expeditions & Explorers To-Do List]]'''▼ [[Mary Agnes Chase]] The to-do list features ornithologist [[Edgar Alexander Mearns]] and bird watcher [[James Eike]], botanists [[Mary Agnes Chase]] and [[Cleofé Caldéron]] and field naturalist [[John Alden Loring]]. It also includes herpetologist [[Doris Mable Cochran]] and zoologist [[Edmund Heller]]. Finally, two expeditions are in the mix: [[United States and Mexican Boundary Survey]] (1848-1855) and the [[Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition]] (1909-1910) that included the exploits of Heller, Loring, and Mearns.▼ [[Doris Mable Cochran]] [[Edgar Alexander Mearns]] [[United States and Mexican Boundary Survey]] (1848-1855) [[Edmund Heller]] [[Cleofé Calderón]] [[John Alden Loring]] [[James Eike]] [[Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition]] (1909-1910) ▲The '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Field Notes/To-do list\| to-do list]]''' features ornithologist [[Edgar Alexander Mearns]] and bird watcher [[James Eike]], botanists [[Mary Agnes Chase]] and [[Cleofé Caldéron]] and field naturalist [[John Alden Loring]]. It also includes herpetologist [[Doris Mable Cochran]] and zoologist [[Edmund Heller]]. Finally, two expeditions are in the mix: [[United States and Mexican Boundary Survey]] (1848-1855) and the [[Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition]] (1909-1910) that included the exploits of Heller, Loring, and Mearns. ▲Please find a more detailed ~~list~~set of resources, including images and notable achievements, on this '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Field Notes/To-do list\| Expeditions & Explorers To-Do List]]'''. Some of these to-dos are articles that need expanding, while others are ready to be created. There's something for everyone here: from crafting great introductions to uploading and inserting images to wikilinking! Find more details and resources through the to-do list above. Line 169 ⟶ 180: == Results and outcomes == === Article Creation === ;New articles [[John Alden Loring]] * [[James Eike]] * [[Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition]] * [[Cleofé Caldéron]] ;Updated articles * [[A. S. Hitchcock]] * [[Mary Agnes Chase]] * [[Edward Palmer (botanist)]] * [[Edgar Alexander Mearns]] * [[United States and Mexican Boundary Survey]] * [[Edmund Heller]] * [[Theodore Roosevelt]] ;Images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons * [[Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition]] # On Expedition: [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Edgar Alexander Mearns]], [[John Alden Loring]] - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Roosevelt_on_African_Expedition,_Image_ID_SIA2009-1371.jpg] # On Expedition: [[Kermit Roosevelt]] - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Damaliscus_Being_Photographed_by_Kermit_Roosevelt,_Roosevelt_African_Expedition,_1909,_Image_ID_RU7179_box2_folder9_SPI_535_.jpg] # On Expedition: [[Theodore Roosevelt]] - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Roosevelt,_Image_ID_2002-32244,_c._early_1900s,_1909-1910.tif] # East African Lion Exhibit - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_African_Lion_Exhibit,_National_Museum_of_Natural_History,_Image_ID_NHB-24881.tif] # Specimens form the Roosevelt Safari - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taxidermist_at_Work_on_Roosevelt_Safari_Specimens.jpg] [[John Alden Loring]] # John Alden Loring - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Alden_Loring,_NHB-21451,_1909-1910.tif] [[Doris Mable Cochran]] # Doris Mable Cochran - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doris_M._Cochran,_1954,_Image_ID_96-950.tif] # Doris Mable Cochran with snake - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doris_M._Cochran_with_Snake,_1954,_Image_ID_96-952.tif] # Doris Mable Cochran working with collections - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doris_M._Cochran_Working_with_Collections,_Image_ID_96-949.tif] # Doris Mable Cochran holding a frog - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doris_M._Cochran_Holding_Frog,_Image_ID_96-956.tif] [[Cleofé Caldéron]] # Cleofe Calderon and Thomas R. Soderstrom examining bamboo samples - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleofe_Calderon_and_Thomas_R._Soderstrom_Examining_Bamboo_Samples%2C_National_Museum_of_Natural_History.tif] [[Mary Agnes Chase]] # Mary Agnes Chase collecting plants in Brazil - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Agnes_Chase_Collecting_Plants,_Brazil,_Image_ID_96-548.tif] # Mary Agnes Chase, Clarissa Rolfs and group on Expedition - [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Agnes_Chase,_Clarissa_Rolfs_and_Group_on_Expedition_in_Brazil,_Image_Id_96-543.tif] === Specific Edit-a-thon Work === images of this meetup at [[commons:Category:Smithsonian field notes editathon 2013]] by Jim. GeraldShields11 added more photos of this meetup. transcribed page 13 Field Notes, beginning with "The Serranos are called"