Botanist Ellsworth Paine Killip kept this journal as a record of his activities in Colombia in 1944. Then an associate curator in the United States National Museum's Division of Plants, Killip's journal includes daily accounts of life in Colombia including time spent working at Herbarium Garcia, his travels, and day-to-day activities. The entry for 4 June 1944 includes a drawing of plant presses in Escuela, Cali. Expenses and lists of letters sent and received are included.
Thank you for helping us transcribe this personal account of Killip's collecting work just three years before he was named Head Curator of a newly established Department of Botany.
Botanist Ellsworth Paine Killip kept this journal as a record of his activities in Colombia in 1944. Then an associate curator in the United States National Museum's Division of Plants, Killip's journal includes daily accounts of life in Colombia including time spent working at Herbarium Garcia, his travels, and day-to-day activities. The entry for 4 June 1944 includes a drawing of plant presses in Escuela, Cali. Expenses and lists of letters sent and received are included.
Thank you for helping us transcribe this personal account of Killip's collecting work just three years before he was named Head Curator of a newly established Department of Botany.
Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890-1968), a botanist, was raised in upstate New York and received the A.B. degree from the University of Rochester in 1911. He joined the staff of the United States National Museum (USNM) in 1919 as an Aide in the Division of Plants. He was promoted to Assistant Curator in 1927, Associate Curator in 1928, and Curator in 1946. In 1947, Killip was appointed Head Curator of the newly established Department of Botany, USNM, a position he retained until his retirement in 1950. He was a Research Associate in the Department of Botany, USNM, from 1950 to 1965. Killip specialized in the taxonomy of South American plants.
