Mary Agnes Chase correspondence and notes documenting her research on grasses in Brazil and Puerto Rico, c. 1924-1941, contains a copy of the itinerary of Carl von Martius's 1817-1820 exploring trip to Brazil. (Accession 06-208)

Title Variants

Alternative: Mary Agnes Chase correspondence and notes documenting her research on grasses in Brazil and Puerto Rico, c. 1924-1941. (Acc. 06-208)

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

1924-1941

Notes

English

Materials relate to preparations for her travel to Brazil and Puerto Rico. This includes a list of South American Panicum by group; a letter from T. A. Sprague to A. S. Hitchcock on discussing relevant decisions of the Cambridge Congress relating to Panicum; itinerary of Carl von Martius's 1817-1820 trip to Brazil; letter from P.H. Rolfs to Mary Agnes Chase with travel advice of Brazil; list of American grasses (including introduced species) wanted by the California Academy of Sciences; map of South America showing stations of inland South American Missionary Union; October 1931 brochure Inland South America; letter to Chase from Dr. N Feinbrun about publication reprints; and a letter to Chase from William R. Maxon relating to accessioned specimens.

Subjects

Botanists , Botany , Brazil , Correspondence , Field notes , Grasses , Puerto Rico , Research notes

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Women in Natural History

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.100882