National Museum of Natural History (U. S.), Department of Invertebrate Zoology, curatorial records, 1893-1969
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 1, folder 5
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Jamaica
Date Range:
1893-1894
Start Date:
18931209
End Date:
18940102
Abstract:
John Brooks Henderson, Jr., a diplomatic advisor to China, was a shell collector. Interested in the marine shell life of the West Indies, he participated in several expeditions to the Caribbean. His collections were donated to the United States National Museum. He did volunteer work in the Division of Mollusks in his spare time, and wrote several articles for the Proceedings of the United States National Museum and Bulletin of the United States National Museum. The field book includes notes on specimen collection in Jamaica. They are dated from December 9, 1893,to January 2, 1894.
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