"The Albatross Philippine Expedition" has been created by Inci A. Bowman and David G. Smith, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History. It is based partly on research papers by Victor G. Springer (Curator); David G. Smith (Musuem Specialist) and Jeffrey T. Williams (Collections Manager); and Lisa F. Palmer (Museum Specialist). The papers were presented at a symposium, "Four Decades of Research Excellence: The Scientists, Personnel, Equipment, and Natural History Collections of the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross (1882-1921), 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1 July 1997, Seattle, Washington. The authors would like to acknowledge Jeffrey T. Williams for his suggestions regarding the design of the Web pages.