Title
Costa Rica, 1940 : to collect bird specimens for the USNM, and examine the biological laboratory on Barro Colorado Island and an archaeological site in Guatemala; Correspondence, expense records, field notes, photographs and photographic records, and reference materials; Correspondents include Charles G. Abbot, John Enos Graf, Frank M. Setzler, and Louise M. Pearson
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
1940-1941
Notes
Alexander Wetmore travels to Costa Rica in 1940-1941 to collect bird specimens for the US National Museum, and examine the biological laboratory on Barro Colorado Island and an archaeological site in Guatemala. Materials include correspondence, itemized expense records, field notes, photographs and photographic records, memorabilia, and reference materials. Correspondence (in Spanish and English) includes letters from colleagues in central America, letters detailing locations to visit (including Hacienda Santa María and Liberia in Guanacaste), and ongoing work at the Smithsonian. Correspondents include Charles G. Abbot, John Enos Graf, Frank M. Setzler, and Louise M. Pearson. 4 pages of field notes describe birds observed at Barro Colorado Island and bird lists. Photographs are captioned with country information and appear to have been taken when proceeding to Hacienda Santa Maria in Guanacaste. Subject matter includes countryside (farmland, pastures, rivers, men on horseback, valleys) in envelope with photographs is a photo list detail those enclosed and others not included in folder.
Subjects
Barro Colorado
,
Black-and-white photographs
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Correspondence
,
Costa Rica
,
Field notes
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Guanacaste
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Guatemala
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Hacienda Santa María
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Liberia
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Ornithology
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Receipts (financial records)
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United States National Museum
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.155704
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