Field notebook, Cuba and Jamaica, 1937, 1941, [1947]
date: label: Date Range
content: 1937-1947
label: Start Date
content: 19370121
label: End Date
content: 19470330
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Journal of Field Explorations by Edward A. Chapin for the Smithsonian Institution, Volume 1
notes: label: Abstract
content: Edward Chapin collected materials and compiled notes relating to his collecting trips to Cuba and Jamaica in 1937 and 1941, conducted for the Smithsonian Institution. The diary is typed and paginated. Entries are chronological and listed by the date. During his visit to Cuba and Jamaica in 1937, Chapin traveled to Havana, met with colleagues at the University, before traveling to Santiago de las Vegas and the Estacion Experimental Agronomica de Cuba and Jamaica. In Jamaica, he mostly based out of Kingston, conducting daily collecting trips on the island. Photographs include images of colleagues at the University of Havana (identified in caption); historical sites and places where he collected; friends and family members; and demonstration of collecting dung beetles. In entries he discusses his voyage; descriptions of specimens and environments where found; visiting friends; and the local effect of the National Fruit Co. |He returns to Jamaica in 1941 to collect in many of the same locations as in 1937, collected and inspected termite infestations, and collected ant specimens among other varieties of insects. He mentions two of the goals of the 1941 trip for a colleague are collecting samples of native hardwoods and living specimens of the Jamaican Iguana. Locations visited in Jamaica include: Maumee Hill, Hope Botanical Gardens, Annotto Bay; Ferry River; Bluefields bay; and Cinchona Botanical Gardens.
place: label: Place
content: Cuba
label: Place
content: Havana
label: Place
content: Jamaica
label: Place
content: Annotto Bay
label: Place
content: Bluefield Bay
label: Place
content: Hope
label: Place
content: Ferry River
topic: label: Topic
content: Entomology
label: Topic
content: Entomologists
label: Topic
content: Termites
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content: Edward Albert Chapin Field Notebooks, 1937-1947
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content: Chapin, Edward A.
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content: Lewis, C. Bernard
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content: Dixon, W. B.
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
objectRights: label: Access Information
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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 1