André Goeldi Field Notes Collection
Smithsonian Institution
These photographs are part of the André Goeldi field notes collection (SIA Acc. 12-045)...See more
These photographs are part of the André Goeldi field notes
collection (SIA Acc. 12-045) from the Department of Botany, National Museum
of Natural History. The photographs were taken by André Goeldi of
specimens from his personal collection, including gramineae (grasses),
cyperaceae (sedges), and other plants.
In 1920, André Goeldi sent 36 black and white photographs, including those shown in this set, to Albert Spear Hitchcock, botanist and expert on grasses at the U. S. National Herbarium (National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany).
André Goeldi was born in Switzerland in 1872 and immigrated to Brazil around 1893 where he worked in a Swiss agricultural colony in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Goeldi collected plants in Pará, Brazil, circa 1913-1920. Biographical information on André Goeldi is sparse; he is often overshadowed by his more famous cousin Emílio A. Goeldi, who served as director and reorganizer of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.
For general information on field books and to learn more about this project, please visit the Field Book Project blog. The Field Notebook Project is a collaboration of the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany and the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The project is funded by the Council of Library and Information Resources and includes several partners.
To learn more about archives and the Smithsonian's history, visit The Bigger Picture. To view more collections from the Smithsonian, visit the Collection Search Center.
In 1920, André Goeldi sent 36 black and white photographs, including those shown in this set, to Albert Spear Hitchcock, botanist and expert on grasses at the U. S. National Herbarium (National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany).
André Goeldi was born in Switzerland in 1872 and immigrated to Brazil around 1893 where he worked in a Swiss agricultural colony in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Goeldi collected plants in Pará, Brazil, circa 1913-1920. Biographical information on André Goeldi is sparse; he is often overshadowed by his more famous cousin Emílio A. Goeldi, who served as director and reorganizer of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.
For general information on field books and to learn more about this project, please visit the Field Book Project blog. The Field Notebook Project is a collaboration of the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany and the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The project is funded by the Council of Library and Information Resources and includes several partners.
To learn more about archives and the Smithsonian's history, visit The Bigger Picture. To view more collections from the Smithsonian, visit the Collection Search Center.
