Mary Agnes Chase correspondence and notes documenting her research on grasses in Brazil and Puerto Rico, c. 1924-1941, contains a copy of the itinerary of Carl von Martius's 1817-1820 exploring trip to Brazil. (Accession 06-208)
date: label: Date Range
content: 1924-1941
label: Start Date
content: 1924
label: End Date
content: 1941
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Mary Agnes Chase correspondence and notes documenting her research on grasses in Brazil and Puerto Rico, c. 1924-1941. (Acc. 06-208)
notes: label: Abstract
content: Materials relate to preparations for her travel to Brazil and Puerto Rico. This includes a list of South American Panicum by group; a letter from T. A. Sprague to A. S. Hitchcock on discussing relevant decisions of the Cambridge Congress relating to Panicum; itinerary of Carl von Martius's 1817-1820 trip to Brazil; letter from P.H. Rolfs to Mary Agnes Chase with travel advice of Brazil; list of American grasses (including introduced species) wanted by the California Academy of Sciences; map of South America showing stations of inland South American Missionary Union; October 1931 brochure Inland South America; letter to Chase from Dr. N Feinbrun about publication reprints; and a letter to Chase from William R. Maxon relating to accessioned specimens.
place: label: Place
content: Brazil
label: Place
content: Puerto Rico
topic: label: Topic
content: Botany
label: Topic
content: Botanists
label: Topic
content: Grasses
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content: United States National Museum, Division of Grasses, Records, 1884, 1888, 1899-1965
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content: Chase, Mary Agnes, 1869-1963
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content: Sprague, T. A.
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content: Rolfs, P. H.
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content: Feinbrun, N.
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content: Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU000229
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Correspondence
label: Object Type
content: Research notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
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physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: United States National Museum, Division of Grasses, Records, 1884, 1888, 1899-1965
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 17