Botany Expeditions
| Date | Expedition Name | Geographic Locale | Collecting Purpose | Who | References/Film |
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| 1894 | Expedition to Central America | Havana, Cuba, Progreso Islands on east coast of Yucatan, Vera Cruz, Laguna di Terminus | Botanical collections formed types included in "Flora of Yucatan." Zoological, esp. shells; Archaeological. | Dr. Charles Frederick Millspaugh (Bot.) Prof. Wm.Henry Holmes (Anth.), Mr. Allison V. Armour (sponsor) |
Annual Report (1894/1895) Vol. 1, No. 1, (p. 16) |
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see also Botanical Series Vol. 1, No. 1; Vol. 1, No. 2 Anthropology Series Vol. 1, No. 1, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2 |
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| 1894(?) | Fieldwork of the Botany of lower California | USA | Botanical | Mrs. M.S. Snyder (volunteer collector) | Annual Report (1894/1895) Vol. 1, No. 1 (p. 18) |
| 1895 | Botanical Expedition to Mississippi Valley | USA | Forestry | Charles F. Millspaugh (Bot.) | Annual Report (1895/1896) Vol. 1, No. 2 (p. 102) |
| 1897 | Botanical Field Trips to northern Mississippi, southern Illinois, and eastern West Virginia | USA | Collection for forestry of North America | Charles Millspaugh, Curator of Botany | Annual Report (1896/1897) Vol. 1, No. 3 (p. 188) |
| 1898 | Botanical Field Trip to Mississippi and Arkansas | USA | Plants and woods | C.F. Millspaugh | Annual Report (1897/1898) Vol. 1, No. 4 (p. 276) |
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| 1898 | Allison V. Armour Expedition | The Antilles | Botanical Expedition to West Indies | C.F. Millspaugh | Annual Report (1898/1899) Vol. 1, No. 5 (p. 363) |
| 1901 | Botanical Expedition to the West Indies | The Antilles | Plant material and photographs | C.F. Millspaugh | Annual Report (1900/1901) Vol 2. No. 1 (p. 17) |
| 1902 | Expedition to Eastern Asia | Asia | Ethnology, geology, and botany | Alleyne Ireland | Annual Report (1901/1902) Vol. 2, No. 2 (p. 97) |
| 1902 | Botanical Expedition to northern Minnesota | USA | North American woods, herbarium specimens, economic specimens | Chas. J. Brand | Annual Report (1901/1902) Vol. 2, No. 2 (p. 97) |
| 1903 | Botanical Expedition to Minnesota | USA | North American forestry woods, herbarium specimens, economic specimens | Chas. J. Brand | Annual Report (1902/1903) Vol. 2, No. 3 (p. 181) |
| 1903 | Botanical Expedition to Lake Chicago Basin | USA | Collection of plants | O.E. Lansing Jr. | Annual Report (1902/1903) Vol. 2, No. 3 (p. 181) |
| 1904 | Botanical Expedition to Florida Keys | USA | Herbarium specimens | O.E. Lansing Jr. | Annual Report (1903/1904) Vol. 2, No. 4 (p. 270) |
| 1904 | Botanical Expedition to the Bahamas | The Antilles | Herbarium specimens and photographs | C.F. Millspaugh | Annual Report (1903/1904) Vol. 2, No. 4 (p. 270) |
| 1904 | Botanical Expedition to east coast of Florida | USA | Herbarium specimens | A.B. Burgess | Annual Report (1903/1904) Vol. 2, No. 4 (p. 270) |
| 1905 | Botanical Expedition to Bahamas | The Antilles | Herbarium material | C.F. Millspaugh | Annual Report (1904/1905) Vol. 2, No. 5 (p. 358) |
| 1906 | Botanical Expedition to Mexico | Mexico | Herbarium specimens | J.M. Greenman | Annual Report (1906) Vol. 3, No. 1 (p. 27) |
| 1906 | Botanical Field Trip to Chicago Basin | USA | Herbarium specimens | O.E. Lansing Jr. | Annual Report (1906) Vol. 3, No. 1 (p. 27) |
| 1907 | Botanical Expedition to the Bahamas | The Antilles | Herbarium material | L.J.K. Brace | Annual Report (1907) Vol.3, No. 2 (p.133) |
| 1907 | Botanical Expedition to the Bahamian Archipelago | The Antilles | Herbarium and economic material | C.F. Millspaugh | Annual Report (1907) Vol.3, No. 2 (p.134) |
| 1907 | Botanical Field Work in southeast Missouri | USA | Timbers | H.H. Smith | Annual Report (1907) Vol.3, No. 2 (p.134) |
| 1907 | Botanical Expedition to the Bahamas | The Antilles | Herbarium materials | N.L. Britton | Annual Report (1907) Vol.3, No. 2 (p.134) |
| 1908 | Botanical Field Trip to Missouri | USA | Timbers | H.H. Smith | Annual Report (1908) Vol. 3, No. 3 (p. 238) |
| 1908 | Botanical Field Trip to West Virginia | USA | Timbers | H.H. Smith | Annual Report (1908) Vol. 3, No. 3 (p. 238) |
| 1909 | Botanical Expedition to Jamaica | The Antilles | Tropical fruits | B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1909) Vol. 3. No. 4 (p. 351) |
| 1909 | Botanical Field Trip to West Virginia and northern Georgia | USA | Timbers | H.H. Smith | Annual Report (1909) Vol. 3. No. 4 (p. 352) |
| 1909 | Botanical Field Trip to Starved Rock, Illinois | USA | Herbarium specimens | J.M. Greenman | Annual Report (1909) Vol. 3. No. 4 (p. 352) |
| 1909 | Botanical Expedition to Texas | USA | Herbarium specimens | R.A. Dixon | Annual Report (1909) Vol. 3. No. 4 (p. 352) |
| 1910 | Botanical Field Trip to northern Georgia | USA | Timbers | H.H. Smith | Annual Report (1910) Vol. 4 No. 1 (p. 27) |
| 1910 | Botanical Field Trip to Texas | USA | Herbarium specimens | R.A. Dixon | Annual Report (1910) Vol. 4 No. 1 (p. 27) |
| 1911 | Botanical Field Trip to the Pacific Coast (California and Oregon) | USA | Timber, economic material, and economic specimens | H.H. Smith | Annual Report (1911) Vol. 4, No. 2 (p. 124) |
| 1911 | Botanical Expedition to Bahama Archipelago | The Antilles | Herbarium specimens and economic materials | C.F. Millspaugh | Annual Report (1911) Vol. 4, No. 2 (p. 124) |
| 1911 | Botanical Field Trip to south Missouri | USA | Herbarium species | O.E. Lansing Jr. | Annual Report (1911) Vol. 4, No. 2 (p. 124) |
| 1911 | World Tour (Tropics of Japan, China, Philippines, Straits Settlements, Java, Ceylon and India) | Asia | Economic material and herbarium specimens | C.F. Millspaugh | Annual Report (1911) Vol. 4, No. 2 (p. 124) |
| 1911 | Field Trips to Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois | USA | Herbarium species | O.E. Lansing Jr. | Annual Report (1911) Vol. 4, No. 2 (p. 124) |
| 1912 | Botanical Expedition to Pacific Coast | USA | Timbers, economic material, and herbarium specimens | H.H. Smith | Annual Report (1912) Vol. 4, No. 3 (p. 210) |
| 1912 | Botanical Field Trip to Florida | USA | Botanical specimens | C.H. Carpenter | Annual Report (1912) Vol. 4, No. 3 (p. 210) |
| 1912 | Botanical Field Trips to Illinois and Indiana | USA | Herbarium specimens | O.E. Lansing Jr. | Annual Report (1912) Vol. 4, No. 3 (p. 210) |
| 1912 | Japan, China, and tropics of the Old World | Asia | Economic material and herbarium specimens | C.F. Millspaugh | Annual Report (1912) Vol. 4, No. 3 (p. 210) |
| 1913 | Botanical Field Trip to Indiana | USA | North American forestry | H.H. Smith | Annual Report (1913) Vol. 4, No. 4 (p. 299) |
| 1917 | Botanical Field Trip to Indiana and northern Illinois | USA | Living plant material and herbarium specimens | Department of Botany, Curator of Botany | Annual Report (1917) Vol. 5, No. 3 (p. 165) |
| 1921 | Botanical Study Trip to Gray Herbarium, New York Botanical Garden and the U.S. National Herbarium | USA | Studying collections from Santa Catalina Island, California | Curator of Dept. Botany | Annual Report (1921) Vol. 6, No. 1 (p. 38) |
| 1921 | Botanical Field Trips to Illinois and Louisiana | USA | Herbarium specimens | Curator of Dept. Botany | Annual Report (1921) Vol. 6, No. 1 (p. 38) |
| 1922 | Botanical Expedition to Peru | South America | Botanical material | J.F. Macbride, W. Featherstone | Annual Report (1922) Vol. 6, No. 2 (p. 114) |
| 1922 | Botanical Expedition to British Guiana | South America | Herbarium and economic specimens | B.E. Dahlgren, J.R. Millar | Annual Report (1922) Vol. 6, No. 2 (p. 114)) |
| 1922 | Botanical study trip to Paris and London | Europe | South American plants | C.F. Millspaugh | Annual Report (1922) Vol. 6, No. 2 (p. 111) |
| 1923 | Captain Marshall Field Expedition to Peru | South America | Herbarium and economic specimens | J.F. MacBride, Dr. G.S. Bryan | Annual Report (1923) Vol. 6. No. 3 (p.211), |
| 1924-1925 | British Guiana Botanical Expedition | South America | Tropical woods | A.C. Persaud | Annual Report (1924) Vol. 6, No. 4 (p. 302) |
| 1925 | F.W. Pennell Botanical Expedition to Peru | Chile and Peru | Herbarium specimens | Dr. F.W. Pennell | Annual Report (1925) Vol. 6, No. 5 (p. 429) |
| 1925-1929 | Captain Marshall Field Botanical Expedition to Peru | South America | Herbarium and economic specimens | Dr. A. Weber | Annual Report (1925) Vol. 6, No. 5 (p. 429) |
| 1926 | Rawson-MacMillan Sub-Arctic Expedition for Field Museum | Sub-Arctic | Anthropological, botanical, geological, and zoological material | D.B. MacMillan, J.H.C. Martens, A.C. Weed, Ashley Hine | Annual Report (1926) Vol. 7, no. 1 (p. 58, 77) |
| 1926 | Botanical expedition to the Peruvian Andes | South America | Herbarium and economic specimens | A. Weberbauer | Annual Report (1926) Vol. 7, no. 1 (p. 76) |
| 1926-1927 | Captain Marshall Field Brazilian Expedition | South America | Botanical collections | B.E. Dahlgren, J.R. Millar, George Peterson | Annual Report (1926) Vol. 7, no. 1 (p. 58) |
| 1927-1928 | Captain Marshall Field Expedition to Panama | Central America | Botanical collections | G. Proctor Cooper | Annual Report (1928) Vol. 7, No. 3 (p. 446) |
| 1929 | Marshall Field Botanical Expedition to the Amazon | South America (Peru) | Botanical collections | August Weberbauer | Annual Report (1929) Vol. 8, No. 1 (p. 92) |
| 1929 | Marshall Field Botanical Expedition to the Amazon | South America (Brazil and Peru) | Botanical collections | B.E. Dahlgren, Llewelyn Williams, Emil Sella | Annual Report (1929) Vol. 8, No. 1 (p. 92) |
| 1929-1937 | Photographing of Tropical Plant Type Specimens in Europe | Europe | Photographing botanical type specimens | J. Francis Macbride | Annual Report (1929) Vol. 8, No. 1 (p. 93) |
| 1935 | S.C. Johnson Brazil Carnauba Expedition | Brazil | Botanical collections | S.C. Johnson | Annual Report (1935) Vol. 10, No. 3 (p. 328) |
| 1937 | Botanical Collecting Trip to Mexico | Mexico | Botanical collections | Llewelyn Williams | Annual Report (1937) Vol. 11, No. 2 (p. 197) |
| 1938 | Sewell Avery Botanical Expedition to Nova Scotia | Canada | Botanical specimens | John R. Millar | Annual Report (1938) Vol. 11, No. 3 (p. 364) |
| 1938-1939 | Sewell Avery Botanical Expedition to Guatemala | North America | Flora of Guatemala | Paul C. Standley | Annual Report (1938) Vol. 11, No. 3 (p. 365) |
| 1939 | Field Museum Botanical Expedition to lower California and Southwest | USA | Algae and bryophyte flora | Francis Drouet, Donald Richards | Annual Report (1939) Vol. 12, No. 1 (p. 56) |
| 1939-1940 | Field Museum Expedition to Guatemala | Central America | Flora of Guatemala | Paul C. Standley, Julian A. Steyermark | Annual Report (1939) Vol. 12, No. 1 (p. 53) |
| 1940 | Botanical Collecting Trip (Maine) | USA | Habitat group of marine algae | Emil Sella | Annual Report (1940) Vol. 12, No. 2 (p. 218) |
| 1940-1941 | Field Museum's Third Botanical Expedition to Guatemala | North America | Diversified flora of Guatemala for use in "Flora of Guatemala" | Julian A. Steyermark, William H. Coibion | Annual Report (1940) Vol. 12, No. 2 (p. 217) |
| 1941 | Field Museum Botanical Expedition to California | USA | Algae flora and bryophytes | B.A. Krukoff | Annual Report (1941) Vol. 12, No. 3 (p. 373) |
| 1941-1942 | Field Museum Fourth Botanical Expedition to Guatemala | Central America | Completion of exploration for "Flora of Guatemala" | Dr. Julian A. Steyermark, Assistant Curator of the Herbarium | Annual Report (1941) Vol. 12, No. 3 (p. 372) |
| see also FMNH Bulletin vol. 13, no. 2, p. 6 | |||||
| 1941-1942 | Field Museum Venezuelan Government Botanical Expedition | South America | Herbarium materials, woods, and economic plant materials | Llewelyn Williams, Curator of Economic Botany | Annual Report (1941) Vol. 12, No. 3 (p. 374) |
| see also FMNH Bulletin vol. 13, no. 2, p. 6 | |||||
| 1944-1945 | Chicago Natural History Museum-Venezuelan Ministry of Agriculture Field Trip to Oriente Region of Venezuela | South America | Collecting plants from high elevations | Dr. Steyermark | Annual Report (1944), p. 50, Annual Report (1945), p. 42 |
| 1946 | Botanical Expedition to Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador | Central America | Collecting material for "Flora of Central America" | Julian A. Steyermark | Annual Report (1946) p. 52 |
| 1947 | Botanical Expedition to Cuba | The West Indies | Palms | B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1947) p. 50 |
| 1948 | Cuban Botanical Field Trip | West Indies | Palms and economic plants | Dr. B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1948) p. 31, p. 43 |
| 1948 | Desloge Peruvian Botanical Expedition | South America | Cultivated plants | Dr. Hugh C. Cutler | Annual Report (1948) p. 31, p. 44 |
| 1948 | Gulf States Botanical Expedition (Louisiana and Florida) | USA | Plants (cryptogams) | Dr. Francis Drouet | Annual Report (1948) p. 31, p. 43 |
| 1948- | Middle Central American Botanical Expedition (Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador) | Central America | Collecting material for "Flora of Middle Central America" | Paul C. Standley |
Annual Report (1948) p. 31, p. 41 |
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| 1949 | Cuban Botanical Expedition | West Indies | Study and collection of palms | B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1949) p. 29, p. 40 |
| 1949 | Cuban Botanical Field Trip | West Indies | Study and collection of palms | B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1949) p. 29, p. 41 |
| 1949 | Eastern States Botanical Field Trip | USA | To borrow, check materials and records of distribution of flora of Guatemala | Dr. Julian A. Steyermark | Annual Report (1949) p. 29, p. 41 |
| 1949 | New York State Botanical Field Trip | USA | Study of collections of useful plants | Hugh C. Cutler | Annual Report (1949) p. 29, p. 42 |
| 1949 | Southwestern Botanical Expedition (Arizona) | USA | Desert plants | Hugh C. Cutler | Annual Report (1949) p. 29, p. 42 |
| 1950 | European Study Trip | Europe | Algae | Dr. Francis Drouet | Annual Report (1950) p. 32, p. 46 |
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| 1950-1951 | Cuba Botanical Expedition | West Indies | Palms | Dr. B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1950) p. 32, p. 42 |
| 1951 | Florida Botanical Field Trip | USA | Flowering plants | Emil Sella | Annual Report (1951) p. 29, p. 42 |
| 1951 | Southwest Botanical Field Trip (New Mexico) | USA | Plant collections | Hugh C. Cutler | Annual Report (1951) p. 29, p. 39 |
| 1951 | Texas Botanical Field Trip | USA | Fossils, plants, and woods | Dr. Theodor Just | Annual Report (1951) p. 29, p. 39 |
| 1952 | Cuba Botanical Expedition | West Indies | Palm specimens | Dr. B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1952) p. 31, p. 39 |
| 1953 | Cuba Botanical Expedition | West Indies | Palm specimens | Dr. B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1953) p. 32, p. 40 |
| 1953 | Southeastern States Botanical Field Trip (Tennessee and North Carolina) | USA | Leafy branches for reproduction | Emil Sella | Annual Report (1953) p. 32, p. 45 |
| 1953 | Venezuela Botanical Expedition | South America | Plant specimens from unexplored mountain | Julian A. Steyermark, Charles Griffin | Annual Report (1953) p. 32, p. 41 |
| see also FMNH Bulletin vol. 24, no. 2, 1953, p. 6 | |||||
| 1954 | Cuba Botanical Field Trip | West Indies | Palms | B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1954) p. 33, p. 43 |
| 1954-1955 | Venezuelan Botanical Expedition in Collaboration with New York Botanical Garden | South America | Flora of summit of Chimanta-tepui Mountain | Julian A. Steyermark, Dr. John Wurdack | Annual Report (1954) p. 33, p. 43-44 |
| 1955 | Cuba Botanical Field Trip | West Indies | Palms | B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1955) p. 35, p. 43 |
| 1955 | West Coast Botanical Field Trip (Oregon and northern California) | USA | Plant material | Emil Sella | Annual Report (1955) p. 35, p. 46 |
| 1956 | Cuba Botanical Field Trip | West Indies | Palms | B.E. Dahlgren | Annual Report (1956) p. 36, p. 47 |
| 1957 | Illinois Botanical Field Trips | USA | Study of grasses | Dr. John W. Thieret | Annual Report (1957) p. 34, p. 48 |
| 1957-1958 | University of California Botanical Garden Expedition to the Andes | USA | |||
| 1958 | Northern Great Plains Botanical Field Trip | USA (Minnesota, North & South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Montana, and Wyoming) | Grasses | Dr. John W. Thieret | Annual Report (1958) p. 40, p. 54 |
| see also FMNH Bulletin vol. 29, no. 2, p. 7 | |||||
| 1959 | Northern Great Plains Botanical Field Trip | USA-Canada | Vegetation along Enterprise-Mackenzie River Highway | John W. Thieret | Annual Report (1959) p. 36, p. 54, 56 |
| 1961-1962 | Northwest Territories Botanical Expedition | Canada | Vegetational survey - Fort Providence - Yellowknife Highway | John W. Thieret | Annual Report (1961) p. 34, p. 44 |
| 1962-1964 | Guatemala Botanical Expedition | Central America | Botanical specimens | Dr. Louis O. Williams | Annual Report (1962) p. 35, p. 48 |
| 1963-1964 | Hutchinson Collecting Expedition to Peru | Peru | Botany | Paul Hutchison | Annual Report (1963), p. 43 |
| 1963-1965 | Central American Botanical Field Work (in cooperation with the Escuela Agricola Panamericana of Honduras and the Museo Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica | Central America | Botanical specimens | Louis O. Williams | Annual Report (1963) p. 34, p. 43 |
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| Annual Report (1964) p. 21 | |||||
| 1964-1965 | Central America Botanical Expedition | Central America | Botany | Louis O. Williams | Annual Report (1965) p. 11 |
| 1965 | Wyoming Botanical Field Trip | USA | Botanical specimens | Dr. Ponce de Leon, Robert Stolze | Annual Report (1965) p. 11 |
| 1966 | Continuation of Flora of Peru | Peru | Botany |
Donald R. Simpson, Louis O. Williams, Mr. Schunke Dr. Gabriel Edwin |
Annual Report (1966) p. 11 |
| 1966-1967 | Botanical Field Work in Central America | Costa Rica | Botany | William C. Burger, Antonia Molina R., Dr. Louis O. Williams | Annual Report (1966) p. 11 |
| 1966 | Botanical Field Trip | Wyoming, USA | Botany | Robert G. Stolze | Annual Report (1966) p. 12 |
| 1967 | Botanical and Forest Survey of Peruvian Amazonia | Peru | Botany |
William C. Burger, Robert G. Stolze, Donald R. Simpson, Jose Schunke, Antonio Molina R. |
Annual Report (1967-1968) p. 14 |
| 1968 | Botanical and Forest Survey of Peruvian Amazonia | South America | Botany | Louis O. Williams | Annual Report (1967-1968) p. 14 |
| 1968 | Floristic Studies and Field Work in Central America | Costa Rica | Botany | William C. Burger, Robert G. Stolze, Donald R. Simpson | Annual Report (1967-1968) p. 14 |
| 1968 | Flora of Guatemala | South America | Botany | Antonio Molina R. | Annual Report (1967-1968) p. 15 |
| 1968 | Floristic Studies & Field Work in Central America | Central America | Botany | Antonio Molina R. | Annual Report (1967-1968) p. 15 |
| 1970 | Botanical Expedition to Peru | Peru | Botanical, Forest resources | Donald R. Simpson, Jose Schunke | Annual Report (1969-1970) p. 11 |
| see also FMNH Bulletin vol. 41, no. 4, p. 13 | |||||
Botany Expeditions
Courtesy of: E. P. Allen. © Field Museum of Natural History. Expedition members: five men posing in a large tree. Includes Charles Millspaugh, top right man with sombrero hat. verify location, might be Yucatan. Others listed on expedition: Edward P. Allen, Edward S. Isham Jr., Jordan L. Mott Jr., 1899.