James Abram Garfield Rehn Field Journals

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Contained In: ANSP-Coll-0739

By

Rehn, James A. G. (James Abram Garfield), 1881-1965

Type

Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1889-1963

Notes

James Abram Garfield Rehn (1881-1965) was the Curator of Insects at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia from 1933 to 1965. He specialized in the study of Orthoptera and was the author of approximately three hundred forty papers on that group between 1905 and 1965. Rehn’s field research includes over thirty seasons of collecting in various locations throughout the United States, Central America and Africa. This collection contains volumes of Rehn's field journals. These journals are the records of Rehn’s daily activities during various field trips, expeditions and surveys between 1889 and 1963. The period covered includes Rehn’s early naturalist endeavors, and continue throughout his career. This collection of field journals demonstrates Rehn’s professional development through first hand accounts of his activities of the seventy-four year period.

Subjects

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Penns , Arizona , California , Colorado , Entomology , Field note book , Grasshoppers , James A. G. Rehn , James A. G. Rehn and Morgan Hebard Southwest-West , Kansas , Morgan Hebard , Nevada , New Mexico , North American Fauna , Oklahoma , Texas , Utah

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.150743