Alternate Title:

Correspondence: Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia, 1940  Search this

Collection name:

William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann field books, 1914-1940

Physical Description:

1 folder

Physical Location:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation:

Box 6 Folder 6

Record type:

Fieldbook record

Object Type:

Field notes

Correspondence

Place:

Liberia

Grand Cape Mount

Bindaja

Date Range:

1940

Start Date:

19400300

End Date:

19400800

Abstract:

The correspondence is composed of letters and telegrams largely addressing permission of local Liberian officials to enter regions of the country to collect specimens. Mann includes in a letter with detailed itinerary and specifics about collecting while in Grand Cape Mount and Bendaja (Bindaja).

Topic:

Zoos  Search this

Wild animal collecting  Search this

Zoology  Search this

Accession #:

SIA RU007293

Access Information:

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See more records from this collection:

William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann field books, 1914-1940

See more records associated with this person:

Mann, William M., 1886-1960

See more records associated with this expedition:

Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia (1940)

Data Source:

Smithsonian Field Book Project

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI48