[Rarebooks] Beebe Nonsuch Bermuda Bathyspere Archive

[Garry R Austin]

ARCHIVE OF MATERIALS
FROM THE SECOND
BERMUDA OCEANOGRAPHIC EXPEDITION
OF DR. WILLIAM BEEBE
TO "NONSUCH"
1930.

These materials belonged to Mr. Howard C. Barnes of Tallmadge, Ohio,  
who was able to join the expedition as a young student from Oberlin  
College. The collection is as follows;

EXCELSIOR DIARY, 1930. A pocket diary in which Barnes has noted the  
happenings of his youthful days. He attended a lecture given by Beebe  
in January, contacted the Explorer with references in March and joined  
the expedition in April. He notes the dives and happenings throughout  
the summer at "Nonsuch". In May Barnes began his "Hard-Hat Diving" and  
in June they began experimenting with the Beebe-Barton Bathysphere in  
manned dives. Barnes sometimes refers to it as the"egg". He returns to  
New York at the end of October. In his entries he mixes the minutia of  
his life with the work he is engaged in, he writes legibly and  
succinctly. Excellent content. He refers to Dr. Beebe as the Director.  
There are five small snapshots pasted into the diary.

COLLECTION OF GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES FROM NONSUCH EXPEDITION. Fifty  
plus glass-plate negatives of the expedition, some of which are of the  
Bathysphere and other diving events, some of which have been  
published. These are in a vintage wooden box, the property of H. C.  
Barnes. There is a photo log from the period as well. No doubt some of  
the negatives in the box are in the log but we are not claiming a 1-1  
collation.

DR. WILLIAM BEEBE, AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. December 16, 1930. One  
page on Department of Tropical Research, New York Zoological Society  
Stationary. To Howard Barnes. Beebe invites Barnes to "Great Nonsuch  
Party...from 5pm to 5 am". "All the specimens came O.K". "The big  
bulletin will be out soon".

DR. WILLIAM BEEBE, AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. April 11, 1931. Two pages  
on Department of Tropical Research, New York Zoological Society  
Stationary. To Howard Barnes. Beebe writes Barnes about his coming to  
Nonsuch again. The director has not planned on Barnes but would like  
to have him there.

DR. WILLIAM BEEBE, AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. October 26, 1931. Two  
pages on Department of Tropical Research, New York Zoological Society  
Stationary. To Howard Barnes. Beebe tells Barnes he can have slides  
prepared for Barnes' talk. Beebe relates that Katherine Cornell &  
Joyce Cary are visiting and the weather has not been great.

NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN; DEEP-SEA DIVING NUMBER, Nov-Dec.  
1930. Vol xxxiii, #6. Original pictorial wrappers, octavo. Pp.  
199-265. Illustrated with black and white plates and photographs.  
Inscribed on front cover "To Howard Barnes from Will Beebe". There are  
pieces by Beebe, Barton and Tee-Van in this monograph.

Beebe, William. HIGH JUNGLE. New York: Duell, Sloane and Pearce,  
(1949). Octavo, green cloth. Pp. 379pp. with index. Illustrated.  
Inscribed on front free flyleaf, "Ho!! Inscribed with enthusiasm for  
Howard Barnes by Will Beebe". A good or better copy, light soiling.  
Spine faded.

Tee-Van, John. THE ARCTURUS: OPERATION AND EQUIPMENT. IN ZOOLOGICA;  
SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. New York:  
The New York Zoological Society, 1926. Octavo, original printed  
wrappers. Pp. 47-106. Illustrated. Inscribed on front cover "To Howard  
Barnes with recollections of a pleasant summer, John Tee-Van".

Tee-Van, John. THE FISHES OF PORT-AU-PRINCE BAY, HAITI WITH A SUMMARY  
OF THE KNOWN SPECIES OF MARINE FISH OF THE ISLAND OF HAITI AND SANTO  
DOMINGO. New York: The New York Zoological Society, 1928. Octavo,  
original printed wrappers. 279pp. Illustrated. Signed on front cover  
H. Barnes and with his bookplate.

Negative measuring approx.. 6" x 6" of an aerial view of what appears  
to be the expedition's headquarters on the island.

PICTURESQUE BERMUDA IN PICTURE PROSE AND POETRY, BUSHNELL'S HANDBOOK.  
(Hamilton,  Bermuda), 1931. 22nd Edition. Octavo, original printed  
wrappers. 156pp. plus 8pp. plates and  xxxviii pp.s Ads. Illustrated.  
Folding map. Signed Howard Barnes on front cover.

Morley, Christopher. NOTES ON BERMUDA. New York: Henry, Longwell &  
Another, 1931. Octavo, blue paper covered boards. 32pp. Howard Barnes  
bookplate on front paste-down.

NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN; May-June. 1932. Vol xxxv #3.  
Original pictorial wrappers, octavo. Pp. 71-104. Illustrated with  
black and white plates and photographs. DeSola, Fisherman Fish of the  
West Indies.

CATALOGUE OF NONSUCH COLLECTION BERMUDA OCEANOGRAPHIC EXPEDITION;  
HOWARD BARNES 1930-1931; 1973. Typed pages. Quarto. 9pp. Rectos only.

SHORE, LAND AND DEEP WATER CRUSTACEANS. Folder of  59 pages of field  
notes on crustaceans collected on the expedition. Notes are extensive  
descriptions of the animals, sexed, described, where collected and  
when collected.
Plus:an additions 34 pages of collected fin fish.

PHOTOGRAPH. Approx. 4" x 6" of Barnes on the shore of Nonsuch Island.

PHOTOGRAPH. Approx. 8" x 11" of four of the expedition members with a  
large rope device.

THE BERMUDA PAGEANT, ST. GEORGE'S SOMER'S DAY 28TH OF JULY, 1931.  
Program of events. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 8pp.

UNDERGRADUATE WORK FROM OBERLIN. Folder of  approx. 50 pages of  
undergraduate work from college. Not really germane but included as  
part of the archive.

BERMUDA OCEANOGRAPHIC EXPEDITION STATIONARY; Three blank sheets 8 1/2"  
x 11", of Expedition letterhead with map and all participants. Barnes  
is listed as an Artist.

BERMUDA OCEANOGRAPHIC EXPEDITION STATIONARY; Seven blank sheets of  
Expedition letterhead approx. 6" x 8". These just list Beebe as  
Director.

TYPESCRIPTS OF SEVEN LECTURES DEALING WITH BARNES' EXPERIENCES WITH  
THE EXPEDITION.
Approx. 50pp. including a July 29th, 1930 piece given no doubt as a  
humorous roast of Dr. Beebe on his "Nth Birthday".

We offer the archive intact, post paid @$2200.00. Trade discounts  
apply. Please respond to our cell number @802 999-0737 or by e-mail,  
as we are in Richmond Va, this weekend.


Garry R Austin
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