Panama, 1956 : to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area, and collect bird specimens in the Canal Zone and on Isla Coiba; Correspondence, film notes, travel notes, newsclippings, expense records, and memorabilia; Correspondents include John Enos Graf, A. Remington Kellogg, James Zetek, and Margaret Wetmore Harlan

Title Variants

Alternative: Panama, 1956

Related Titles

Contained In: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated

Series: SIA RU007006

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

By

Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1956

Notes

Alexander Wetmore travels to Panama in 1956 to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area, and collect bird specimens in the Canal Zone and on Isla Coiba. Materials include correspondence, list of supplies, film notes, travel notes, news clippings, expense records, basic hand drawn map, and memorabilia. Correspondence (in English and Spanish) covers his travel plans, introductions, the work of Field and Marvin Keenan on ecto-parasites, ongoing business of the Smithsonian, work he did for the Malaria Control Force of the U.S. Army, includes Correspondents include John Enos Graf, A. Remington Kellogg, James Zetek, and Margaret Wetmore Harlan.

Subjects

Account book , Canal Zone , Coiba, Isla de , Correspondence , Field notes , Memorabilia , Ornithology , Panama , United States National Museum

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156280