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Mary Agnes Chase Collecting Plants, Brazil   Catalog:  Historic Images of the Smithsonian Title:  Mary Agnes Chase Collecting Plants, Brazil Date:  1929 Author/Creator:  Unknown Contained In:  Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 229, Box 20, Folder 1 Summary:  Mary Agnes Chase, Honorary Curator of the United States National Herbarium at the Smithsonian Institution and Botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture, collecting plants in Brazil in 1929. Chase specialized in the study of grasses and conducted extensive field work in South America. In this picture, Chase is on horseback in front of a wood hut. Notes:  Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963) specialized in the study of grasses and conducted extensive field work in South America, often personally funding her research trips, as it was considered inappropriate for women to conduct such work. Chase joined the Department of Agriculture in 1903 as a botanical illustrator and eventually became Scientific Assistant in Systematic Agrostology, 1907; Assistant Botanist, 1923; and Associate Botanist, 1925. In 1935, became Principal Botanist in charge of Systematic Agrostology and Custodian of the Section of Grasses, Division of Plants, United States National Museum. Usage:  Restrictions: No restrictions Physical_Description:  Color: Black and White; Size: 2w x 3h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print Negative Number:  96-548 or Chase Neg. # 1968 Ordering Information:  For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu. Digital Reference:  Digital Copies:  96-548.tif, 300 dpi, Subject:  Chase, Agnes, 1869-1963. United States. Dept. of Agriculture United States National Herbarium Collectors and collecting Expeditions Field Work National Collections Women -- History Agrostology Tropical Biology Botany Scientific expeditions Women Grasses Smithsonian Institution -- Employees South America Brazil Form/Genre:  Photographic print Person, candid Contact Information:  Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu Copy/Holding information Catalog   Historic Images of the Smithsonian Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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