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    		• Heller, Edmund,
     
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    		• Loring, John Alden
     
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    		• Mearns, Edgar Alexander,
     
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    		• Roosevelt, Theodore,
     
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    		• Roosevelt, Kermit,
     
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    		• National Zoological Park (U.S.)
     
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    		• United States National Museum
     
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    		• United States.
     
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    		• Smithsonian African Expedition
     
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    		• Scientific expeditions
     
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    		• Natural history
     
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    		• Africa
     
     
    Roosevelt African Expedition Collects for SI
     
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    Catalog: 
    Chronology of Smithsonian History
    Title: 
    Roosevelt African Expedition Collects for SI
    Date: 
    May, 1909
    Summary: 
    The Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition begins, led by former President Theodore Roosevelt and accompanied by his son Kermit, and three naturalists, Edgar Alexander Mearns, Edmund Heller, and J. Alden Loring. The specimens collected for the United States National Museum and National Zoological Park enrich the biological collections by some 11,400 items, including 1,000 skins of large mammals and 4,000 skins of small mammals. Some 5000 plant specimens were also collected. Some of the specimens were used for displays in the newly constructed United States National Museum.
    Citation: 
    Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 220.
    Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1909. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910, p. 7-10.
    Roosevelt, Theodore. African Game Trails : An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-naturalist. New York: Charles Scribner's' Sons, 1909.
    Year: 
    1909
    Subject: 
    Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939.
    Loring, John Alden
    Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
    Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
    Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943
    National Zoological Park (U.S.)
    United States National Museum
    United States. President
    Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910)
    Scientific expeditions
    Natural history
    Africa
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    Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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