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Mary Agnes Chase letters to Albert Spear Hitchcock, written in Brazil

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Abstract

Mary Agnes Chase writes to Albert Spear Hitchcock about her efforts to collect specimens in Brazil in 1930. She discusses specimens collected and their environs; drying specimens; accommodations; expenses; challenges of reaching collecting sites; and colleagues and friends. Correspondence is dated and sometimes paginated. She collected in Cabo Frio, São Paulo, Uberlândia , Anápolis, Matto Grosso, Araguaya [Araguaia]; and Bolivia.

Date Range

1930

Start Date

Mar 06, 1930

End Date

Apr 29, 1930

Access Information

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Topic

  • Botany
  • Plants
  • Grasses
  • Botanists

Place

  • Araguaia
  • Brazil
  • São Paulo
  • Anápolis
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Cabo Frio
  • Bolivia
  • Uberlândia

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Correspondence

Accession #

SIA RU000229

Collection name

United States National Museum, Division of Grasses, Records, 1884, 1888, 1899-1965

Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 17 Folder 4