Mary Agnes Chase, Botanist

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Chase, Agnes 1869-1963

United States Dept. of Agriculture

United States National Herbarium

United States National Museum

Summary

Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963), Honorary Curator of the United States National Herbarium at the Smithsonian Institution and Botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture, seated at a desk with herbarium sheets. Chase specialized in the study of grasses and conducted extensive field work in South America. Chase is sitting at a work table comparing grass specimens, c. 1960.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 5, Folder: 30

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1960

Standard number

SIA2009-0712 or MAH45234

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Person, candid

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

National Collections

Specimens

Women--History

Agrostology

Tropical Biology

Botany

Grasses

Botanists

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10039