Panama, 1946 : to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area, inspect the San Jose Project of 1944, and collect bird specimens in Darien. Assisted by Watson M. Perrygo, Correspondence, photographs and photographic notes, expense records, travel notes, reference materials, and memorabilia. Correspondents include John Enos Graf and Louise M. Pearson

Title Variants

Alternative: Panama, 1946

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

1944-1946

Notes

In 1946, Wetmore went to the Canal Zone Biological Area, to inspect the San Jose Project of 1944, and collect bird specimens in Darien. He was assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Includes correspondence, photographs and photographic notes, expense records, travel notes, reference materials, and memorabilia relating to these efforts. Wetmore's collecting in the Canal Zone was done via Jaque Auxiliary Airfield and Albrook Field, Panama. Correspondence includes personal exchanges with several military members with whom he worked and their families during his collecting in the area. Additional correspondence details specific specimens, their preparation and transport; and field notes that also list related photographs taken. In addition, correspondence discusses a request for Smithsonian observers of atomic bomb testing post-world war II; passing of Smithsonian's budget; and a reference guide on Use of Insect Repellents and Miticides from USDA. Correspondents include John Enos Graf and Louise M. Pearson.

Subjects

Black-and-white photographs , Canal Zone , Correspondence , Darien , Field notes , Jaqué , Ornithology , Panama

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153281