Title
Panama, 1950 : to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and to collect bird specimens in Chiman and along Rio Maje in Darien; Assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Correspondence, reference materials, expense records, travel notes, film notes, and memorabilia. Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, Herbert C. Clark, Karl P. Curtis, Charles Lewis Gazin, and Ratibor Hartmann
Title Variants
Alternative:
Panama, 1950
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
Notes
Correspondence, reference materials, expense records, lists of supplies, travel notes, film notes, and memorabilia document Wetmore's work in the Canal Zone Biological Area and to collect bird specimens in Chimán and along Rio Maje in Darien, assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Correspondence discuss daily workings of Smithsonian, determining sites for collecting, discussion of photographs taken, care and transport of specimens, altimeter readings (January 31 1950), reference to collecting at Coiba Island Penal Colony (H.C. Clark, January 20,1950). Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, Herbert C. Clark, Karl P. Curtis, Charles Lewis Gazin, and Ratibor Hartmann. Included is a list from the American Embassy, Public Affairs Office, of United States Government Officials assigned to Panama during 1950.
Subjects
Canal Zone
,
Chimán
,
Coiba, Isla de
,
Correspondence
,
Darien
,
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.154000
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