Details - Colombia, 1941 : to collect bird specimens for the USNM; Accompanied by Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr. Correspondence, film notes, reference materials, and a field report; Correspondents include Carriker, Ventura Barnes, Jr., Armando Dugand, F. Carlos Lehmann V., William H. Phelps, William Wilson Popenoe, and James Zetek

Colombia, 1941 : to collect bird specimens for the USNM; Accompanied by Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr. Correspondence, film notes, reference materials, and a field report; Correspondents include Carriker, Ventura Barnes, Jr., Armando Dugand, F. Carlos

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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

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Carriker, Melbourne Armstrong, Jr. 1879-1965
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978

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Book

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Archival material

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1940-1941

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Alexander Wetmore traveled to Colombia in 1941 to collect bird specimens for the US National Museum. He was accompanied by Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr. Materials include correspondence, list of supplies, specimen list (number, sex, type and location, elevation), radiograms, film notes, reference materials, and a field report. Correspondents include Carriker, Ventura Barnes, Jr., Armando Dugand, F. Carlos Lehmann V., William H. Phelps, William Wilson Popenoe, and James Zetek. Field report describes the Expedition to Guajira Peninsula, Colombia (1941) involving , Wetmore, M.A. Carriker, F. Carlos Lehmann V (Curator of Ornithology in the Instituto do Ciencias Naturales of the national University in Bogotá), and Teniente Alejandro Rubiano (Batallón de Córdoba of Santa Marta as government representative). Also includes materials from the VIII American Scientific Congress.