Folders 6-7 Parish, Semmes W. and Katherine, 1930-1950, 1954, and undated. S. W. Parish financed and participated on the Parish-Smithsonian Expedition to Haiti, 1930, thus beginning a long-term friendship with Wetmore. Many of the letters contain information on USNM expeditions and field work during the 1930s.
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- file
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7006
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Folder 5 Parish, Lee H., 1929-1930. Mostly concerns zoological collections made on the Parish-Smithsonian Expedition to Haiti, 1930.
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- file
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7006
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Parish-Smithsonian Expedition to Haiti, 1930
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- file
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7306
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Folder 11 Parish-Smithsonian Expedition to Haiti, 1930. Diaries of Watson M. Perrygo and Lee H. Parish (copy).
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- file
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7006
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Focuses on his field trips to Haiti in 1928-1929 with Arthur J. Poole to collect nesophontes, a fossil shrew, and in 1930 on the Parish-Smithsonian Expedition on the Esperanza, and to West Virginia with Herbert G. Deignan in 1936 to collect mammals and birds; c. 1928-1936.
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9516
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Folder 13 _________________. Plates from "Birds Collected in Cuba and Haiti by the Parish-Smithsonian Expedition of 1930," Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 81, art. 2, 22 July 1932.
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- file
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7006
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Covers his youth and education; local field trips with Wetmore; early career at the USNM, including work on the Philadelphia sesquicentennial exhibit, in the Division of Mammals, in the Taxidermy Studio, and on field trips to Haiti in 1928-1929 and to Rampart Cave, Arizona, in 1942; recollections of colleagues; and the history of the Taxidermy Studio; c. 1906-1950.
- Level:
- file
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9516
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Research Files, circa 1911-1972, and undated.
- Level:
- series
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7006
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Watson M. Perrygo Papers
Creators:
Perrygo, Watson M., 1906-1984
Dates:
circa 1880s-1979
Size:
6.16 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (3 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box) (2 5x8 boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7306
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence from Alexander Wetmore, field co-workers, and museum curators concerning authorization for field trips, instructions on natural history specimens desired and areas to visit, and acknowledgments of specimens and camping equipment; correspondence from state game and fisheries agencies concerning hunting licenses and permits; letters of introduction …
Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews
Creators:
Perrygo, Watson M., interviewee
Dates:
1978
Size:
26 audiotapes (Reference copies). 52 digital .mp3 files (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9516
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program …
