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October 20, 1952 Dr. Carl Erlanson Bureau of Plant Introduction United States Department of Agriculture Beltsville, Maryland Dear Dr. Erlanson: Dr. Edgar Anderson, who has just spent the weekend with me, suggests that I contact you concerning possibilities of working in your department as a plant collector in South America. I am interested in the systematics of Manihot esculenta and find almost no material available in this country for study. It will be necessary to make extensive field studies and since South America and particularly Brazil seem to be primary or secondary centers of distribution, it is in this a …

as ancient pathways of transAndine plant dispersal. Additional collecting in Dept. Puno will be carried on to permit more complete comparison of the two floras involved. All field data will be vouchered by herbarium material and photographs. Where possible duplicate herbarium material will be obtained for distribution to South American and North American herbaria and to specialists concerned with South American plant taxonomy and phytogeography. As in the past, assistance in carrying on the proposed field work will be made available through the cooperation of the governments of the three Republics and other insti …

… 1947 Dr. Harry M. Miller Jr. The Rockefeller Foundation New York 20 Dear Dr. Miller: Many thanks for your letter of July 1st. I enjoyed your visit a great deal. The opportunity to talk about mutual friends south of the border and to recall places and experiences made me a bit homesick for South America. As I told you, my accumulation of detailed information concerning the character and distribution of the floras of the Andes, representing products of four botanical expeditions to South America, is one of the most extensive in existence. It consists of over 25,000 different collections of named herbarium specimens …

… he Rockefeller Foundation 49 West 49th Street New York 20, New York Dear Dr. Miller: Many thanks for your letter of July 1st. I enjoyed your visit a great deal. The opportunity to talk about mutual friends south of the border and to recall places and experiences made me a bit homesick for South America. As I told you, my accumulation of detailed information concerning the character and distribution of the floras of the Andes, representing products of four botanical expeditions to South America, is one of the most extensive in existence. It consists of over 25,000 different collections of named herbarium specimens …

vertical uplift as ancient pathways of transAndine plant dispersal. Additional collecting in Dept. Puno will be carried on to permit more complete comparison of the two floras involved. All field data will be vouchered by herbarium material and photographs. Where possible duplicate herbarium material will be obtained for distribution to South American and North American herbaria and to specialists concerned with South American plant taxonomy and phytogeography. As in the past, assistance in carrying on the proposed field work will be made available through the cooperation of the governments of the three Republics …

South America next fall to collect materials for further study of the manioc problem. It would be helpful if, before I start out, I could ask your opinion on areas in South America which you consider fruitful for botanical-anthropological investigation, on methods of data collecting, etc. Under any conditions, it would be helpful to me, to be able to hear of your experiences in South America. I trust that at some date convenient to you, preferably in the summer, we may get together. Sincerely yours, David J. Rogers Curator of Economic Botany

Personnel South America T. H. Goodspeed, Project Director -- (cf. page 1) W. J. Eyerdam -- over 30 years plant collecting experience in Alaska; member Swedish botanical expedition in Kamchatka; botanist and collector South Seas Exploring Expedition (principally in Tahiti); member 2nd University of California Botanical Garden Expedition to the Andes, 1938-39 A second North American botanist and collector will be engaged who will have had a considerable background in plant exploration (a portion at least in Latin America), preferably one who has a particular scientific interest in elements of the floras to be studi …

… otropical Flora, Natural Resources, Land Planning and Land Use, Travel and Exploration. (2) Accounts of the Vegetation, Agronomy, Horticulture, Forestry, Phytopathology, etc. in the national units of Latin America. Selected bibliographies are added. These accounts are being written by from 2 to 4 specialists for each of the following countries, etc.: Mexico Guatemala British Honduras Honduras Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Cuba Jamaica Hispaniola Puerto Rico and Am. Virgin Islands Lesser Antilles Trinidad and Tobago Colombia Venezuela the Guianas Ecuador Peru Brazil Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay Argentina Chile …

correspondence with Dr. Rodriguez). 80. Ethnobotany (R. E. Schultes, Cambridge, Mass.). 81. Nature Conservation (H. J. Coolidge, Jr., Cambridge, Mass.). 82. The Location of the chief South American Botanical Collections (J. Lenjouw, Utrecht). 83. Historical Sketch (F. W. Pennell, Philadelphia, Pa.). 84. Education and Experimentation (in preparation). 85. Fellowships available for plant science research in Latin America and for study by Latin American Plant Scientists abroad (K. A. Ryerson, Davis, Cal.). 86. The Plant Scientist and the Future of the Western Hemisphere (reserved). * * * 87. Principal Latin American …

ESTIMATED BUDGET------------------------------------------ $20,355 SOUTH AMERICA -- September 1, 1957 to March 31, 1958 Salaries W.J. Eyerdam (Seattle, Wash.), botanically trained and experienced plant collector*; full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; salary, $458/mo. ------------------ $3,206 A second North American, botanically trained and experienced plant collector*; full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; salary, $458/mo. ------------------ 3,206 One South American assistant collector; full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; not to be on University payroll salary, $184/mo. ---------------------- 1 …

Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile supports this postulate. (2) Interaction of altitude and exposure is responsible for the unique types of interAndean plant distribution -- a postulate, hitherto undocumented, which can best be confirmed by study of the flora on the walls of the vast canyon of the Peruvian river Maranon from its source to the point where it has broken through the Andean barrier to become a part of the Amazonian river system. These postulates are based upon preliminary evidence (plant collections and vegetation mapping) and further detailed research in the areas involved is essential to confirm th …

ESTIMATED BUDGET------------------------------------------ $20,355 SOUTH AMERICA -- September 1, 1957 to March 31, 1958 Salaries W.J. Eyerdam (Seattle, Wash.), botanically trained and experienced plant collector*; full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; salary, $458/mo. --------------------- $3,206 A second North American, botanically trained and experienced plant collector*; full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; salary, $458/mo. --------------------- 3,206 One South American assistant collector; full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; not to be on University payroll salary, $184/mo. ------------------ …

ESTIMATED BUDGET ------------------------------ $20,355 SOUTH AMERICA -- September 1, 1957 to March 31, 1958 Salaries T. H. Goodspeed, Director of project, botanist and collector; pension $496 mo.; project salary, $200 mo. --------------------------------------------- 1,400 W.J.Eyerdam (Seattle, Wash.), botanist and collector; full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; project salary, $300 mo. ---------------------------------- 2,100 A second North American botanist and collector; full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; project salary, $300 mo., ------------------------------------------------- 2,100 total sal …

… a October 1, 1957 Mr. Richard S. Rheem Equitable Life Building San Francisco 4, California Dear Mr. Rheem: Because in your letter of March 4, 1957 you kindly expressed an interest in the continuation of my South American plant hunting, it occurs to me that you might be interested in the following progress report concerning the present expedition. The Peruvian section has been in the field for two months. Mr. Paul C. Hutchison, Senior Botanical Garden Botanist, who has been assigned by the University to assist me in South America, with a collecting assistant-photographer, arrived in Lima late in July. Through the …

following the close of field work in South America. In certain instances where proper herbarium material cannot be obtained in the field, seeds, bulbs, cuttings or living plants will be sent to Berkeley to be grown in the University of California Botanical Garden. When possible, duplicate herbarium specimens will be obtained for distribution, upon request, to specialists in particular plant groups. Pertinent Literature Beetle, A. A. 1943. Phytogeography of Patagonia. Bot. Rev. 9 (10) Cardenas, M. 1945. Aspecto general de la vegetacion de Bolivia, in Verdoorn "Plants and Plant Science in Latin America." Waltham Go …

Jan 1953 My colleague, Dr. Lincoln Constance, is one of the most highly esteemed North American students of plant taxonomy with an enviable record of research accomplishments. He has long been concerned with obtaining South American material of the families in the systematics of which he has become the leading authority and I and my assistants during our numerous South American botanical expeditions have been able to assist him in certain isolated instances. Indeed, the evidence that these small contributions provided has doubtless influenced the formulation of the proposals he outlines in his application and whi …

September 2, 1947 AIR MAIL Mr. B. Y. Morrison Principal Horticulturist in Charge Plant Industry Station Beltsville, Maryland Dear Morrison: Many thanks for continuing to bear in mind our interest in species azalcas. The plants of Rhododendron scabrum you refer to would be most welcome. We would be glad to have them at any time con- venient for you. Our fourth South American Expedition is still underway following my trip down there last summer. As yet the most valuable material has come in from Peru, where collecting is now continuing on the Peruvian-Ecuadorian frontier. Among other things a survey of the Peruvian …

ESTIMATED BUDGET ---------------------------- 20,355 SOUTH AMERICA -- September 1, 1957 to March 31, 1958 Salaries W.J.Eyerdam (Seattle, Wash.), botanist and collector, full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; project salary, $300 mo. ---------------------------------- 2,100 3206 A second North American botanist and collector; full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; project salary, $300 mo. ---------------------------------- 2,100 3206 One South American assistant collector; full time, 7 months; on leave without pay; project salary $100 mo. ------------------------------------------ 700 1288 total salaries - …

… arry-all, property of the State of California, University of California. This automobile will be used from November to March or longer in Chile (possible in Peru and Argentina also) to assist greatly in my plant collecting and other investigations of the character and distribution of the vegetation of western South America. Beginning in 1935 my assistants and I have been in South America five times and have collected plants and mapped vegetation from the equator to Magellan Strait on both flanks of the Andes. This research program has attracted world-wide attention because of the scientific importance of the info …

… ion United States: general travel by automobile from Key West, Florida, to Los Angeles, California, to Seattle, Washington, Boulder Colorado, and Amherst, Massachusetts, to mention key points, with limited collecting and photography. Miami University-schooner Collegiate Rebel Expedition to the South Pacific, as deck hand, cook and botanical field collector in the Galapagos, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Micronesian islands. 2/60-9/60. Hawaiian Islands: Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Hawaii. 9/62-8/64. Society Islands: Tahiti and Moorea. 8/64-11/64. Puerto Rico: Association for Tropical Biology meetings at Mayaguez, with fie …