Rancho Grande expeditions illustrations, 1945 - 1949
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
Between 1945 and 1949, the DTR worked from Rancho Grande, a high-altitude field station in Venezuela’s Henri Pittier National Park. This subseries includes illustrations known to be by Douglas Boyden, Ken Gosner, Laura Schlageter, and George Swanson. Many of the illustrations depict plants and insects.
Dates
- 1945 - 1949
Access Restrictions
Please consult the WCS Archives regarding possible access restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 21.9 Cubic Feet (45 flat boxes )
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (2 Hollinger boxes, 1 half-Hollinger box)
From the Collection: 7 Items (Oversize items in map case drawers)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- From the Collection: Asaeda, Toshio, 1893-1968 (Person)
- From the Collection: Beebe, William, 1877-1962 (Person)
- From the Collection: Bostelmann, Else (Else Winkler von Röder), 1882-1961 (Person)
- From the Collection: Boyden, Douglas (Person)
- From the Collection: Cooper, Isabel, 1892-1984 (Person)
- From the Collection: Dickerman, Donald Horace, 1893- (Person)
- From the Collection: Franklin, Dwight (Person)
- From the Collection: Geske, E. J. (Erich John), 1873-1934 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gosner, Kenneth L., 1925- (Person)
- From the Collection: Hartley, Rachel M. (Person)
- From the Collection: Miller, Llewellyn (Person)
- From the Collection: Schlageter, Laura, 1922-2000 (Person)
- From the Collection: Swanson, George Alan, 1908-1968 (Person)
- From the Collection: Taylor, Anna Heyward, 1879-1956 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tee-Van, Helen Damrosch, 1893-1976 (Person)
- From the Collection: New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)
- From the Collection: Howes, Paul Griswold, 1892-1983 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository