Rup Chand papers 1930-1994

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Rup Chand papers 1930-1994

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Rup Chand was associated with the University of Michigan for over forty years as a collector and labeler of plant and bird specimens from India, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, and other parts of the Middle East and South Asia. The collection documents his travels and his work as a collector of plant and bird specimens, his association with Walter Koelz, collector of plants for the University of Michigan. The collection includes biographical information; correspondence; journals for the period 1934-1994 documenting his travels and specimen collecting; and photographs and slides of South Asia and the Middle East, and of his life and travels in the United States.

6 boxes (5.75 linear ft.)

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Chand, Rup, 1902-1994.

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Rup Chand was associated with the University of Michigan for over forty years as a collector and labeler of plant and bird specimens from India, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, and other parts of the Middle East and South Asia. From the description of Rup Chand papers, 1930-1994. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 84431265 From the description of Rup Chand photographs and slides series. 1930s-1970s. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 48218565 ...

Koelz, Walter, 1895-

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Walter Koelz was born in Waterloo, Michigan on September 11, 1895. The son of a blacksmith, Koelz attended Olivet College and received his doctoral degree in zoology with a specialization in ichthyology from the University of Michigan in 1920. Also fascinated by natural history, ornithology and botany, Koelz represented the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries as a naturalist on the MacMillan-Byrd Arctic Expedition in 1925. The Arctic trip marked the beginning of Koelz's affinity for travel. He...

University of Michigan. University Herbarium

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