Series 10: Field Journals, 1921-1960

Field journals are a daily recording of investigations and observations. As a young man in his late teens, Bassett Maguire kept field journals during his travels to Europe during the summers of 1921-1923 when he worked as a sailor in the merchant marine. In 1925, an uncle provided a gift that allowed him to join a University of Pittsburgh field program in Kartabo, British Guiana where he also kept a detailed record of his observations. The Kartabo paper that Maguire prepared for the class is available in Series 11. Other field journals in this series cover several South American expeditions from 1948-1960.