Title
Panama, 1956 : to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area, and collect bird specimens in the Canal Zone and on Isla Coiba; Correspondence, film notes, travel notes, newsclippings, expense records, and memorabilia; Correspondents include John Enos Graf, A. Remington Kellogg, James Zetek, and Margaret Wetmore Harlan
Title Variants
Alternative:
Panama, 1956
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
1956
Notes
Alexander Wetmore travels to Panama in 1956 to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area, and collect bird specimens in the Canal Zone and on Isla Coiba. Materials include correspondence, list of supplies, film notes, travel notes, news clippings, expense records, basic hand drawn map, and memorabilia. Correspondence (in English and Spanish) covers his travel plans, introductions, the work of Field and Marvin Keenan on ecto-parasites, ongoing business of the Smithsonian, work he did for the Malaria Control Force of the U.S. Army, includes Correspondents include John Enos Graf, A. Remington Kellogg, James Zetek, and Margaret Wetmore Harlan.
Subjects
Account book
,
Canal Zone
,
Coiba, Isla de
,
Correspondence
,
Field notes
,
Memorabilia
,
Ornithology
,
Panama
,
United States National Museum
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156280
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