By the early 1920's, three quarters of Colombia's annual exports were coffee. What would an Aide from the United States National Museum (USNM) Division of Plants be looking for just a few years after joining the USNM staff? Botanist Ellsworth Paine Killip's diary includes his daily entries for his time in Colombia, April 19 through December 31, 1922. Whether the entries about activity in Colombia prior to April 19, 1922 is a mystery; they have been cut out of the book. The entries in the diary as received include brief records of Killip's activities including his work collecting and drying plants, and his travels to Cali, Popayán and other locales.
Please help us transcribe Killip's field notes and see what caught his eye in a country whose economy had become centered around coffee.
By the early 1920's, three quarters of Colombia's annual exports were coffee. What would an Aide from the United States National Museum (USNM) Division of Plants be looking for just a few years after joining the USNM staff? Botanist Ellsworth Paine Killip's diary includes his daily entries for his time in Colombia, April 19 through December 31, 1922. Whether the entries about activity in Colombia prior to April 19, 1922 is a mystery; they have been cut out of the book. The entries in the diary as received include brief records of Killip's activities including his work collecting and drying plants, and his travels to Cali, Popayán and other locales.
Please help us transcribe Killip's field notes and see what caught his eye in a country whose economy had become centered around coffee.
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