Field notebook, Colombia, 1941-1942
date: label: Date Range
content: 1941-1942
label: Start Date
content: 19410906
label: End Date
content: 1942
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Colombia, 1942
notes: label: Abstract
content: Chapin traveled to Colombia in 1942 to to study and collect local varieties of Coleoptera (focusing on Coccininellidae) and other insects. He spent the majority of his visit at the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales at the Universidad Nacional, working with Dr. L. M. Murillo. The diary is listed chronologically, and entries are by date. He includes details about travel to and from Colombia; visits to local sites; interactions with local officials and colleagues; sites and specimens collected, including at the páramo near Bogotá; the state of beetle collections in Colombia; observations of local daily life; and interactions with friends and his wife. He collected in the vicinity of Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali. Materials compiled include correspondence, official papers, news clippings from Colombian newspapers, and photographs.
place: label: Place
content: Colombia
label: Place
content: Bogotá
label: Place
content: Medellín
label: Place
content: Cali
topic: label: Topic
content: Entomology
label: Topic
content: Entomologists
label: Topic
content: Beetles
label: Topic
content: Paramo ecology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Edward Albert Chapin Field Notebooks, 1937-1947
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content: Chapin, Edward A.
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content: Murillo, L. M.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA Acc. 11-085
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Diary
label: Object Type
content: clippings (information artifacts)
label: Object Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Edward Albert Chapin Field Notebooks, 1937-1947
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 1 Folder 2