Title
Panama, 1952 : to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and collect bird specimens along the Rio Indio and on Taboga Island. Correspondence, expense records, news clippings, reference materials, travel notes, film notes, itinerary, and memorabilia; Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, Eugene Eisenmann, Matthew Williams and Marion Illg Stirling, and James Zetek
Title Variants
Alternative:
Panama, 1952
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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
By
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1952
Notes
Alexander Wetmore traveled to Panama in 1952 to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and collect bird specimens along the Río Indio and on Taboga Island. He was assisted by Watson Perrygo. Materials include correspondence, itemized expense records, news clippings, reference materials, travel notes, film notes, itinerary, and memorabilia. Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, Eugene Eisenmann, Matthew Williams and Marion Illg Stirling, and James Zetek. Correspondence discusses travel arrangements, plans with colleagues, on-going business of the Smithsonian, and needed improvements to the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory. There is discussion of a possible connection between the birds of Panama and an infection inflicting the human population in 1952. Blood smears collected by Wetmore in the spring of 1952 were analyzed in relation to the possible connection.
Subjects
Canal Zone
,
Correspondence
,
Field notes
,
Indio, Río
,
Itineraries
,
Memorabilia
,
Ornithology
,
Panama
,
Taboga
,
United States National Museum
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.151411
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