Title
Panama, 1953 : to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and the Museo Nacional and collect bird specimens in Sona, Veraguas. Assisted by Watson M. Perrygo; Correspondence, permits, photographs and photographic notes, expense records, itinerary, and memorabilia; Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, Matthew Williams and Marion Illg Stirling, Margaret Wetmore Harlan, James Zetek, Eugene Eisenmann, and Karl P. Curtis
Title Variants
Alternative:
Panama, 1953
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
1953
Notes
Alexander Wetmore travels to Panama in 1953 to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and the Museo Nacional and collect bird specimens in Soná, Veraguas. This was the year Wetmore left the position of Secretary and became a Research Associate of the Smithsonian. He was assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Materials include correspondence, permits, photographs and photographic notes, supply list, itemized expense records, itinerary, and memorabilia. Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, Matthew Williams and Marion Illg Stirling, Margaret Wetmore Harlan, James Zetek, Eugene Eisenmann, and Karl P. Curtis. Correspondence documents travel arrangements; archaeological work in Panama conducted by M.W. and Marion Stirling with the National Geographic Society; communications with the Smithsonian the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory; and an ongoing relationship with personnel at Albrook Air Force Base. Included is a list birds from which he collected blood smears from May to June 1953.Includes photographs which are numbered but do not have captions. Subject matter includes candid images of village(s) in Panama where Perrygo and Wetmore spent time as well as members of the community (adults, families and children). Perrygo is pictured as well.
Subjects
Account book
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Black-and-white photographs
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Canal Zone
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Correspondence
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Field notes
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Ornithology
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Panama
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Soná
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United States National Museum
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Veraguas, Provincia de
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.151492
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