Title
Pittier, Henri F., correspondence, 1910-1914 (2)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Panama Canal Zone Biological Survey Project : Pittier, Henri F., correspondence, Dec 1910 - June 1911
Related Titles
Contained In:
Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Records, 1890-1929
Series:
SIA RU000045
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1910-1914
Notes
The correspondence documents Henri F. Pittier's botanical field work in the Panama Canal Zone. He began working for the Isthmian Survey and remained in Panama after it ended, collecting for the Smithsonian Institution. Much of the correspondence relates to expenses, payments, specimen shipments, staffing, and other logistics. Letters also describe a combination of weather, routes with dates, observed vegetation (types and abundance), notes on wood samples collected, types of documentation used (including film), entomology, as well as notes on the history and observations of the local populations. One letter in particular has extensive narratives relating observations along coastline and inaccuracies found in maps used by Pittier. In some cases he lists incorrect location names with the correct name.
Subjects
Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone (1910-1
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Botany
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Canal Zone
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Entomology
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Field notes
,
Panama
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.140342
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