Title
Panama, 1951 : to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and to collect bird specimens in Cerro Campana and other points in Panama; Assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Correspondence, permits, newsclippings, expense records, travel notes, itinerary, film notes, and memorabilia. Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Ratibor Hartmann, John L. Keddy, Louise M. Pearson, Matthew Williams and Marion Illg Stirling, and James Zetek; Of special interest is correspondence from the Stirlings documenting archaeological field work in Panama
Title Variants
Alternative:
Panama, 1951
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
1950-1951
Notes
Alexander Wetmore travels to Panama in 1951 to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and to collect bird specimens in Cerro Campana and other points in Panama. He was assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Materials include correspondence, permits, news clippings, expense records, travel notes, itinerary, film notes, and memorabilia. Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Ratibor Hartmann, John L. Keddy, Louise M. Pearson, Matthew Williams and Marion Illg Stirling, and James Zetek. Correspondence detail arrangements made seeking assistance from Air Force at Albrook Air Force Base in Panama and the United Fruit Company. Additionally correspondence details on-going business with Smithsonian including needed improvements to the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory. Of special interest is correspondence from the Stirlings documenting archaeological field work in Panama.
Subjects
Account book
,
Archaeology
,
Barro Colorado
,
Canal Zone
,
Cerro Campana
,
Correspondence
,
Field notes
,
Ornithology
,
Panama
,
United States National Museum
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.151412
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