Title
Panama, 1949 : to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and to collect bird specimens in Chepo and other parts of Panama. Assisted by Watson M. Perrygo; Correspondence, reference materials, expense records, travel notes, and film notes. Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, James Zetek, Ratibor Hartmann, Matthew Williams and Marion Illg Stirling, and Karl P. Curti; Of special interest is correspondence with the Stirlings concerning their archaeological field work in Panama, and a letter from Wetmore to Willis H. Hale (8 June 1949) which contains a report on the expedition
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Alternative:
Panama, 1949
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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
1949
Notes
Correspondence, reference materials, expense records, travel notes, and film notes document Wetmore's visit to the Canal Zone Biological Area and to collect bird specimens in Chepo and other parts of Panama, with the assistance of the military stationed at Albrook Field. He was assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Correspondence also cover daily functions and issues of the Smithsonian Institution, primarily in the letters from Louise Pearson, his secretary. Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, James Zetek, Ratibor Hartmann, Matthew Williams and Marion Illg Stirling, and Karl P. Curtis. Of special interest is correspondence with the Stirlings concerning their archaeological field work in Panama, and a letter from Wetmore to Willis H. Hale (8 June 1949) which contains a report on the expedition [Smithsonian Institution - National Geographic Society Expedition to Panama, January - April, 1949].
Subjects
Bayano, Lago
,
Canal Zone
,
Chepo
,
Correspondence
,
Field notes
,
Ornithology
,
Panama
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153452
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