Collection name:

Richard E. Blackwelder Field Notebooks

Physical Description:

1 field book

Physical Location:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation:

Box 1 Folder 1

Record type:

Fieldbook record

Object Type:

Field notes

Diary

Place:

Puerto Rico

Jamaica

El Yunque

Saint Croix

Saint Thomas

Virgin Islands of the United States

Banana River

Saint Lucia

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Trinidad and Tobago

Grenada

Saint Augustine

Trinidad

Date Range:

1935-1936

Start Date:

19350622

End Date:

19361201

Abstract:

This 148 page field book contains field notes from 22 June 1935 to 1 December 1936 during Blackwelder's trip to Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and several islands in the Caribbean. During this trip, Blackwelder collects beetles (Coleoptera) and possibly other insects. Specific localities, some elevations, and descriptions of environmental surroundings of specimen are also included. Blackwelder visits several specific locations, which are numbered as stations 1 to 344. Blackwelder visits numerous locations within Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Trinidad, St. Augustine, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Croix, and possibly other islands in the Caribbean.

Topic:

Entomology  Search this

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Accession #:

SIA RU007156

Access Information:

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Richard E. Blackwelder Field Notebooks

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Blackwelder, Richard E.

Data Source:

Smithsonian Field Book Project

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI1166