Panama, 1952 : to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and collect bird specimens along the Rio Indio and on Taboga Island. Correspondence, expense records, news clippings, reference materials, travel notes, film notes, itinerary, and memorabilia; Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, Eugene Eisenmann, Matthew Williams and Marion Illg Stirling, and James Zetek

Title Variants

Alternative: Panama, 1952

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

1952

Notes

Alexander Wetmore traveled to Panama in 1952 to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and collect bird specimens along the Río Indio and on Taboga Island. He was assisted by Watson Perrygo. Materials include correspondence, itemized expense records, news clippings, reference materials, travel notes, film notes, itinerary, and memorabilia. Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, Eugene Eisenmann, Matthew Williams and Marion Illg Stirling, and James Zetek. Correspondence discusses travel arrangements, plans with colleagues, on-going business of the Smithsonian, and needed improvements to the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory. There is discussion of a possible connection between the birds of Panama and an infection inflicting the human population in 1952. Blood smears collected by Wetmore in the spring of 1952 were analyzed in relation to the possible connection.

Subjects

Canal Zone , Correspondence , Field notes , Indio, Río , Itineraries , Memorabilia , Ornithology , Panama , Taboga , United States National Museum

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.151411