SIA Acc. 11-097, Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916, Edgar Alexander Mearns Field Books, 1892-1910

Summary

This accession includes field notes, clippings, correspondence, and maps from Edgar Alexander Mearns' field trips to Africa, including British East Africa, Mexico, and parts of the United States encompassing the years 1892-1910, and including the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition. Materials include descriptions of plant distribution at the stations, notes on lereus gigantens, and a list of associate collectors and notes by W. Andrew Archer, 1966.

Subject

• Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916
• Archer, W. Andrew (William Andrew) 1894-1973
• Field Book Project (Washington, D.C.)
• Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910)

Notes

For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1892
• 1892-1910

Restrictions & Rights

Restricted. Records located at the National Museum of Natural History. Contact reference staff for details

Topic

• Botany
• Plants

Form/Genre

• Field notes
• Collection descriptions
• Clippings
• Manuscripts

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-097

Physical description

0.78 cu. ft. (0.78 non-standard size boxes)