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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 7125
Heinrich, Carl
Carl Heinrich Field Notebooks, 1916-1919, 1927, 1929
Historical Note
Carl Heinrich (1880-1955) was born in New York and grew up in Nebraska. After studying Greek and drama at the University of Chicago, he moved to Washington, D.C., in 1902, where he worked in business. In 1908, he went to New York to study music. Heinrich moved back to Washington and in 1913 joined the United States Department of Agriculture. He first worked on applied entomology but later switched to the classification of Lepidoptera.
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This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Descriptive Entry
These notebooks document Carl Heinrich's field trips to New Mexico, 1916; Colorado, Texas, and Oklahoma, 1918; Texas, 1918-1919; Arizona, 1927; and expenses and collecting in Guatemala, 1929.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7125, Carl Heinrich Field Notebooks