Papers of Joseph Charles Bequaert, 1902-1944 (inclusive).

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Papers of Joseph Charles Bequaert, 1902-1944 (inclusive).

Includes diaries and notebooks from Bequaert's travels in the following countries: Congo, 1910-1915; Algeria, 1913; United State and Europe, 1920-1923; Honduras, 1924; Amazon, 1924; Brazil, 1924; United States, 1924-1926; Cuba, 1926; Yucatan, 1929; Guatemala, 1931; Colombia, 1936; and West Africa, 1926-1927, 1934, 1943-1944 (sponsored by Harvard). Also catalog, 1914-1915, of herbarium specimens collected by Bequaert; some correspondence; and diplomas and certificates.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8182044

Harvard University Archives.

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