Unprocessed notes and maps

Title Variants

Alternative: Heller, miscellaneous notes, Africa, 1910-1912 and undated

Related Titles

Contained In: Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918

Series: SIA RU007179

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

By

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1910-1912

Notes

This folder includes miscellaneous notes by Edmund Heller. Many of the notes appear to have been made in the field, or contain field data for mammals collected in Africa. Locations in Africa include: South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Uganda, and Kenya. Notes are on: reticulated giraffe and antelopes, including collected skeletons and skulls. Data sheets include the following fields: museum no., locality, sex and age, measurements, and other information. Also includes a watercolor sketch of a partial albino Dik-Dik by Sir Alfred Pease. Includes correspondence with Alfred Pease and Evan Dehewery (?). A list of "large African mammals collected by Wm Lord Smith for M.C.Z." can also be found in this folder.

Subjects

Angola , Correspondence , Field notes , Illustrations , Kenya , Mammalogy , Nigeria , South Africa , Uganda , Zimbabwe

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English