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view Archeological investigations in British Guiana, South America, digital asset: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15471/bulletin1771960smit.pdf

Archeological investigations in British Guiana, South America,

Author:: Meggers, Betty J. Search this; Evans, Clifford Search this

Object Type:: Smithsonian staff publication; Electronic document

Year:: 1960

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILSRO_89928

view First Flight Cristobal-British Guiana 1931 cover digital asset number 1

First Flight Cristobal-British Guiana 1931 cover

Title:: Scott Catalogue Canal Zone C3

Medium:: paper; ink

Dimensions:: Overall: 9.2 x 16.5cm (3 5/8 x 6 1/2in.)

Type:: Covers & Associated Letters

Place:: Canal Zone (U.S. government reservation; PANAMA)

Date:: February 12, 1931

Topic:: Covers & Letters Search this

Object number:: 0.233749.12

See more items in:: National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:: National Postal Museum

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm81192f92d-fb6a-44e2-8b2f-7fc82ac79f9c

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view Grasses of British Guiana. By A. S. Hitchcock digital asset: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/27015/usnh_0022.12.pdf

Grasses of British Guiana. By A. S. Hitchcock

Author:: Hitchcock, A. S. Search this

Object Type:: Smithsonian staff publication; Electronic document

Year:: 1922

Topic:: Natural History Search this

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILSRO_115334

view Rare ponerine genera in Panama and British Guiana (Hym.: Formicidae) digital asset: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/21558/stri_weber_1940.pdf

Rare ponerine genera in Panama and British Guiana (Hym.: Formicidae)

Author:: Weber, Neal A. Search this

Object Type:: Smithsonian staff publication; Electronic document

Year:: 1940

Topic:: Tropics Search this; Biology Search this

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILSRO_116529

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view Carved calabash (Crescentia Cujeta) from British Guiana, ca. 1885 digital asset number 1

Carved calabash (Crescentia Cujeta) from British Guiana, ca. 1885

Physical Description:: gourd (overall material); carved (overall production method/technique)

Measurements:: overall: 3 5/8 in x 11 7/8 in x 10 in; 9.2075 cm x 30.1625 cm x 25.4 cm

Object Name:: calabashes, batch of; calabash

Place made:: Guyana

Date made:: ca. 1885

Credit Line:: Gift of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England

ID Number:: TE.T00650

Catalog number:: T650

Accession number:: 16188

See more items in:: Cultural and Community Life: Textiles; Fibers & Economic Botany

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmah_1876402

view Miami, Florida (USA) to Georgetown (British Guiana) [Guyana] digital asset: Miami, Florida (USA) to Georgetown (British Guiana) [Guyana]

Miami, Florida (USA) to Georgetown (British Guiana) [Guyana]

Collection Creator:: Rowe, Basil Lee Search this

Container:: Box 109 (Shared), Folder 3, Item 7

Type:: Archival materials; Ephemera

Date:: September 12, 1929

Collection Restrictions:: No restrictions on access

Collection Rights:: Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Collection Citation:: Basil Lee Rowe First Day Air Mail Covers, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0487, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:: Basil Lee Rowe First Day Covers; Basil Lee Rowe First Day Covers / First Day Covers, 1929

Archival Repository:: National Air and Space Museum Archives

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view Folder 26 British Guiana, 1931. See also photograph albums, Box 21. digital asset: British Guiana, 1931 [Fieldbook Registry Item modsi55]

Folder 26 British Guiana, 1931. See also photograph albums, Box 21.

Container:: Box 18 of 27

Type:: Archival materials

Collection Citation:: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7293, William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers

See more items in:: William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers; William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers / Series 10: Group Photographs. / Box 18

Archival Repository:: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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view Folder 1 Volume 1 #587-#778; #1316A-#1448A. A. S. Hitchcock: British Guiana, 1919-1920; Washington, D.C., including SI and Rock Creek Park; Cuba; Colorado and Wyoming, 1918. digital asset: A. S. Hitchcock: British Guiana, 1919-1920; Washington, D.C., including SI and Rock Creek Park; Cuba; Colorado and Wyoming, 1918. Vol. 1, nos. 587-778, 1316A-1448A [SIA_000229_B19_Al01 / Fieldbook Registry Item modsi115]

Folder 1 Volume 1 #587-#778; #1316A-#1448A. A. S. Hitchcock: British Guiana, 1919-1920; Washington, D.C., including SI and Rock Creek Park; Cuba; Colorado and Wyoming, 1918.

Container:: Box 19 of 22

Type:: Archival materials

Collection Citation:: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 229, United States National Museum. Division of Grasses, Records

See more items in:: Records; Records / Series 5: MARY AGNES CHASE AND ALBERT SPEAR HITCHCOCK PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, CIRCA 1918-1929. / Box 19

Archival Repository:: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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view Additional studies of the arts, crafts, and customs of the Guiana Indians, with special reference to those of southern British Guiana digital asset: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15558/bulletin911929smit.pdf

Additional studies of the arts, crafts, and customs of the Guiana Indians, with special reference to those of southern British Guiana

Author:: Roth, Walter E. Search this

Object Type:: Smithsonian staff publication; Electronic document

Year:: 1929

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILSRO_89746

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British Guiana

Collection Creator:: Meggers, Betty Jane Search this; Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981 Search this

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: 1930-1985

Collection Restrictions:: The Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans papers are open for research. Personal correspondence, however, is RESTRICTED until 2026.

Collection Rights:: Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:: Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund.

Identifier:: NAA.2013-01, Subseries 3.6

See more items in:: Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers; Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers / Series 3: Research

Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b299d66c-5303-474f-b60e-0d8c2ddf5e2f

EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-naa-2013-01-ref1770

view Paspalum nutans Lam. digital asset number 1

Paspalum nutans Lam.

Biogeographical Region:: 82 - Northern South America Search this

Collector:: British Guiana Forestry Dept. Search this

Place:: British Guiana. Mazaruni Station., Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:: Transcribed d/m/y: 14/7/45

Taxonomy:: Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:: Paspalum nutans Lam.

Barcode:: 00724596

USNM Number:: 2368634

See more items in:: Botany; Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:: NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/323e8d015-55fa-4269-bbd0-ba5252544c67

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16140832

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view Meniscium salzmannii Fée digital asset number 1

Meniscium salzmannii Fée

Biogeographical Region:: 82 - Northern South America Search this

Collector:: British Guiana Forestry Dept. Search this

Place:: British Guiana: Fr. Wilson-Brown's Camp, Waratwa head savanna, Kanukus, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:: 1 Feb 1952

Taxonomy:: Plantae Pteridophyte Polypodiales Thelypteridaceae

Published Name:: Meniscium salzmannii Fée

Barcode:: 01653681

USNM Number:: 2202275

See more items in:: Botany; Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:: NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3506c039f-fece-4223-80fd-d8f23aa73ded

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13044723

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view Burdachia sphaerocarpa A. Juss. digital asset number 1

Burdachia sphaerocarpa A. Juss.

Biogeographical Region:: 82 - Northern South America Search this

Collector:: British Guiana Forestry Dept. Search this

Place:: British Guiana. Just below mouth of Tipuru inlet, Essequibo River., Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:: 5 Sep 1949

Taxonomy:: Plantae Dicotyledonae Malpighiales Malpighiaceae Mcvaughioideae

Published Name:: Burdachia sphaerocarpa A. Juss.

Barcode:: 03329250

USNM Number:: 2124797

See more items in:: Botany; Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:: NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3050d84e0-6b34-40fc-a018-f4743f103335

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14833354

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view Brosimum rubescens Taub. digital asset number 1

Brosimum rubescens Taub.

Biogeographical Region:: 82 - Northern South America Search this

Collector:: British Guiana Forestry Dept. Search this

Place:: British Guiana. Mazaruni Station., Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:: Transcribed d/m/y: 27/12/42

Taxonomy:: Plantae Dicotyledonae Rosales Moraceae

Published Name:: Brosimum rubescens Taub.

Barcode:: 03546459

USNM Number:: 2278099

See more items in:: Botany; Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:: NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/399903c7a-c419-4174-a0c8-7360335dccf8

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15280296

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view Begonia sp. digital asset number 1

Begonia sp.

Biogeographical Region:: 82 - Northern South America Search this

Collector:: British Guiana Forestry Dept. Search this

Place:: Komock ?, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:: Dec 1948

Common name:: begonia; kajoe oenok-oenok; native symbols given

Taxonomy:: Plantae Dicotyledonae Cucurbitales Begoniaceae

Published Name:: Begonia sp.; Begonia ulmifolia Willd.

Barcode:: 00168770

USNM Number:: 1995349

See more items in:: Botany; Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:: NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30902ca5c-8810-45ac-8bd8-729a962034f2

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2169621

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British Guiana expedition:

Collection Creator:: Meggers, Betty Jane Search this; Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981 Search this

Type:: Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:: The Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans papers are open for research. Personal correspondence, however, is RESTRICTED until 2026.

Collection Rights:: Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:: Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund.

See more items in:: Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers; Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers / Series 3: Research / 3.1: Fieldwork

Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

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EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-naa-2013-01-ref803

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cane, bania = british guiana "ebony"

Physical Description:: wood: bania = british guiana "ebony" (overall material)

Object Name:: Cane, Bania = British Guiana "Ebony"

Associated Place:: United States: Connecticut, New Haven

Date cataloged:: 1958-01-24

ID Number:: AG.217938.0330

Catalog number:: 217938.0330

Accession number:: 1958.217938

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-1a09-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmah_888365

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Correspondence: Roth, Vincent, British Guiana Museum

Collection Creator:: Meggers, Betty Jane Search this; Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981 Search this

Extent:: 3 Folders

Container:: Box 24

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: 1951-1965

Scope and Contents:: Includes statement by Evans and Meggers regarding the actions of missionaries among the Wei Wei in British Guiana.

Collection Restrictions:: The Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans papers are open for research. Personal correspondence, however, is RESTRICTED until 2026.

Collection Rights:: Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:: Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund.

See more items in:: Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers; Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers / Series 3: Research / 3.1: Fieldwork / British Guiana expedition:

Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30ad3ebac-7717-4fa1-893d-d1e11631cfca

EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-naa-2013-01-ref804

view Pseudopiptadenia suaveolens (Miq.) J.W. Grimes digital asset number 1

Pseudopiptadenia suaveolens (Miq.) J.W. Grimes

Biogeographical Region:: 82 - Northern South America Search this

Collector:: Forest Dept. B. G. Search this; British Guiana Forestry Dept. Search this

Min. Elevation:: 30 Search this

Place:: Mazaruni Station, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:: 12 Mar 1936

Taxonomy:: Plantae Dicotyledonae Fabales Fabaceae Caesalpinioideae

Published Name:: Pseudopiptadenia suaveolens (Miq.) J.W. Grimes; Piptadenia suaveolens Miq.

Barcode:: 00630267

USNM Number:: 2253093

See more items in:: Botany; Flowering plants and ferns; Guiana Shield

Data Source:: NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/358b958cb-ddaf-4bda-a388-4ae7e104b4b5

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10731127

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view Nectandra sanguinea Rottb. digital asset number 1

Nectandra sanguinea Rottb.

Biogeographical Region:: 82 - Northern South America Search this

Collector:: Forest Dept. B. G. Search this; British Guiana Forestry Dept. Search this

Microhabitat Description:: Secondary Maximiliana forest Search this

Place:: Powis Creek, Courantyne R., E. Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:: 5 Nov 1946

Taxonomy:: Plantae Dicotyledonae (basal) Laurales Lauraceae

Published Name:: Nectandra sanguinea Rottb.

Barcode:: 00644785

USNM Number:: 2447784

See more items in:: Botany; Flowering plants and ferns; Guiana Shield

Data Source:: NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32864152f-1926-4168-9313-485ccf88ab79

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10731277

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