Expense Page from USDA Memorandum of Traveling Expenses

Summary

An expense page, from a "Memorandum of Traveling Expenses" kept by Eugene A. Schwarz on his trip to the Canal Zone, Panama. It shows expenses for three meals in Paraiso, Panama costing $2.00 and laundry costing $1.00. Schwarz was part of the Smithsonian Institution sponsored Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone.

Subject

• Schwarz, Eugene Amandus 1844-1928
• United States Dept. of Agriculture
• Panama Canal Zone
• Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, 1910-1912
• United States National Museum Dept. of Entomology
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Insects

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Eugene A. Schwarz (1844 - 1928), was an entomologist who, in 1878, obtained a post with the Department of Agriculture, a function he kept until his death in 1928. He was stationed throughout his career at the Smithsonian Institution's Division of Insects, United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, and played a very important role in the organization of its insect collections.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7104, Box 1, Folder 6

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January 21, 1911

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Scientific expeditions
• Expense accounts
• Field Work
• Entomologists

Place

Panama

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Document
• Financial records

ID Number

SIA2010-1158

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 2.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Document; Financial records; Medium: Photographic print

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