Panama, 1950 : to visit the Canal Zone Biological Area and to collect bird specimens in Chiman and along Rio Maje in Darien; Assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Correspondence, reference materials, expense records, travel notes, film notes, and memorabilia. Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, Herbert C. Clark, Karl P. Curtis, Charles Lewis Gazin, and Ratibor Hartmann

Abstract

Correspondence, reference materials, expense records, lists of supplies, travel notes, film notes, and memorabilia document Wetmore's work in the Canal Zone Biological Area and to collect bird specimens in Chimán and along Rio Maje in Darien, assisted by Watson M. Perrygo. Correspondence discuss daily workings of Smithsonian, determining sites for collecting, discussion of photographs taken, care and transport of specimens, altimeter readings (January 31 1950), reference to collecting at Coiba Island Penal Colony (H.C. Clark, January 20,1950). Correspondents include John Enos Graf, Louise M. Pearson, Herbert C. Clark, Karl P. Curtis, Charles Lewis Gazin, and Ratibor Hartmann. Included is a list from the American Embassy, Public Affairs Office, of United States Government Officials assigned to Panama during 1950.

Date Range

1950

Start Date

1950

End Date

1950

Access Information

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Topic

• Animals
• Birds
• Ornithology

Place

• Panama
• Coiba, Isla de
• Darien
• Chimán
• Canal Zone

Form/Genre

• Fieldbook record
• Field notes
• Correspondence

Accession #

SIA RU007006

Collection name

Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated

Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 153 Folder 7