Pittier, Henri F., correspondence, 1910-1914

Title Variants

Alternative: Panama Canal Zone Biological Survey Project : Pittier, Henri F., correspondence, Dec 1910 - June 1911

Related Titles

Contained In: Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Records, 1890-1929

Series: SIA RU000045

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1910-1914

Notes

The correspondence documents Henri F. Pittier's botanical field work in the Panama Canal Zone. He began working for the Isthmian Survey and remained in Panama after it ended, collecting for the Smithsonian Institution. Much of the correspondence relates to expenses, payments, specimen shipments, staffing, and other logistics. Includes a letter from Pittier in which he describes the terrain and vegetation observed during fieldwork at El Boquete and valley of Caldera River. He details type of plants, their abundance relating to elevation, and route traveled during the trip.

Subjects

Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone (1910-1 , Botany , Canal Zone , Field notes , Panama

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141212