Title
Unprocessed notes and maps
Title Variants
Alternative:
Heller, miscellaneous notes, Africa, 1910-1912 and undated
Related Titles
Contained In:
Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918
Series:
SIA RU007179
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1910-1912
Notes
This folder includes miscellaneous notes by Edmund Heller. Many of the notes appear to have been made in the field, or contain field data for mammals collected in Africa. Locations in Africa include: South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Uganda, and Kenya. Notes are on: reticulated giraffe and antelopes, including collected skeletons and skulls. Data sheets include the following fields: museum no., locality, sex and age, measurements, and other information. Also includes a watercolor sketch of a partial albino Dik-Dik by Sir Alfred Pease. Includes correspondence with Alfred Pease and Evan Dehewery (?). A list of "large African mammals collected by Wm Lord Smith for M.C.Z." can also be found in this folder.
Subjects
Angola
,
Correspondence
,
Field notes
,
Illustrations
,
Kenya
,
Mammalogy
,
Nigeria
,
South Africa
,
Uganda
,
Zimbabwe
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
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