John Brooks Henderson, Jr., collecting notes in Jamaica, December 9, 1893,-January 2, 1894

Related Titles

Contained In: National Museum of Natural History (U. S.), Department of Invertebrate Zoology, curatorial records, 1893-1969

Series: SIA Acc. 16-315

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Henderson, J. B. 1870-1923

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1893-1894

Notes

John Brooks Henderson, Jr., a diplomatic advisor to China, was a shell collector. Interested in the marine shell life of the West Indies, he participated in several expeditions to the Caribbean. His collections were donated to the United States National Museum. He did volunteer work in the Division of Mollusks in his spare time, and wrote several articles for the Proceedings of the United States National Museum and Bulletin of the United States National Museum.The field book includes notes on specimen collection in Jamaica. They are dated from December 9, 1893,to January 2, 1894.

Subjects

(John Brooks), , 1870-1923 , Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology , Field notes , Henderson, J. B , Jamaica , Marine biology , Mollusks , National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142109