Field notes : Mexico, 1949
date: label: Date Range
content: 1949
label: Start Date
content: 19490215
label: End Date
content: 19490523
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Mexico, 1949 : running notes
notes: label: Abstract
content: In this bound notebook on his 1949 collecting trip to Mexico, Peters provides detailed, daily narratives of his excursion and specimens found. Entries cover from Feb. 24 to May 3, 1949. As in many of the field notes in this collection, Peters often includes information about the surrounding environment by describing local flora and giving weather conditions and elevations. Descriptions of reptilian and amphibian specimen collected are often included as a narrative, for example, "I found three sceloporus under a single piece of bark on a large log about 3 feet above ground [...]. The center of the belly is light orange in 2, greenish in the 3rd [...]" (from entry entitled, "Kilometer 46, M.C. -- Cuernavaca hgwy. Feb. 28, 1949"). An itinerary of dates and locations from Feb. 15-May 23, 1949 is listed on the last pages. Two sketches of bones and one of a horse and cart at the beginning. Some locations include volcanic areas.
place: label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Ciudad Guzmán
label: Place
content: Jalisco
label: Place
content: Linares
label: Place
content: Guadalajara
label: Place
content: Mexico City
label: Place
content: Ciudad de México
label: Place
content: Autlán de Navarro
label: Place
content: Jalapa Enríquez
label: Place
content: Michoacán
label: Place
content: Pátzcuaro, Lago de
label: Place
content: San Gabriel
label: Place
content: Córdoba
label: Place
content: Veracruz
label: Place
content: Tamazunchale
topic: label: Topic
content: Herpetologists
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: James A. Peters papers, and records of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians : series 15, field notes, 1946-1965
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Peters, James Arthur, 1922-1972
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007175
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Diary
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: James A. Peters papers, and records of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians : series 15, field notes, 1946-1965
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 49 Folder 6