Porto Rico, 1911-1912 : to investigate the economic status of birds and mammals in cooperation with the Porto Rico Department of Agriculture. Correspondence
date: label: Date Range
content: 1911-1912
label: Start Date
content: 1911
label: End Date
content: 1912
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Porto Rico, 1911-1912
notes: label: Abstract
content: Alexander Wetmore travels to Porto Rico [Puerto Rico] in 1912 to investigate the economic status of birds and mammals in cooperation with the Porto Rico Department of Agriculture, for the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey. The collection includes official and departmental correspondence and catalogs discussing: grants of access, specimens collected, inspection of bird stomachs, financial arrangements, cause of plague outbreak (as to carrier source of plague fleas, i.e. bats, rodents, mongoose), communication with Quarantine Officer of Puerto Rico; and controlling Lachnosterna population on island. Some correspondence is in Spanish. |Includes a catalog of reptiles and batrachians collected 1911-1912 (numbered 3-31, scientific name, collecting site (in Puerto Rico, date, and a space for additional location information like elevation).
place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico
topic: label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Mammalogy
label: Topic
content: Plague
label: Topic
content: Phyllophaga
label: Topic
content: Reptiles
label: Topic
content: Herpetology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
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content: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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content: Henshaw, J. M.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007006
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Correspondence
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: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 137 Folder 3