Title
Mary Agnes Chase correspondence, 1929 trip to Brazil
Related Titles
Contained In:
United States National Museum, Division of Grasses, Records, 1884, 1888, 1899-1965
Series:
SIA RU000229
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Chase, Agnes, 1869-1963
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1929-1930
Notes
English
Through correspondence written to A. S. Hitchcock, Mary Agnes Chase details her collecting efforts in Brazil in 1929-1930. She discusses her time in various sites in Brazil; backgrounds of Brazilian colleagues; accommodations; expenses; specimens sent to the USDA; difficulties with customs; conditions and organization of grass collections in Brazil; state of libraries and access to professional publications; and Hitchcock's health and operation. She details two major collecting trips in the country: Serra da Mar, Caparaó and the vicinity of Campo Grande. She also collected in the vicinity of Pico de Bandeira, Espirito Santo, Poços de Caldas, Bello Harizonte, Diamantina Minas, and Tres Lagoas. Letters are dated and sometime paginated. For significant collecting trips, the site is listed at the top of the correspondence.
Subjects
Botanists
,
Botany
,
Brazil
,
Campo Grande
,
Caparaó, Serra do
,
Correspondence
,
Diamantina
,
Espirito Santo
,
Field notes
,
Grasses
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Poços de Caldas
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Rio de Janeiro
,
Serra do Mar
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Três Lagoas
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Women in Natural History
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.100839
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