COLLECTION
Identifier: Oral History Schultes
Richard Evans Schultes oral history
Richard Evans Schultes oral history: session 2, 1993 February 17 Digital
FOUND IN:
Botany Libraries, Economic Botany Library of Oakes Ames, Harvard University
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Collection:
Richard Evans Schultes oral history
Scope and Contents
Schultes discusses his work in Colombia including researching rubber during World War II and mapping the Rio Apaporis; the relationships between indigenous people, the Colombian government, missionaries, and researchers; the process of doing ethnobotanical research; Plants and Human Affairs class; and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius and Richard Spruce.
Richard Evans Schultes oral history: session 3, 1993 March 17 Digital
FOUND IN:
Botany Libraries, Economic Botany Library of Oakes Ames, Harvard University
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Collection:
Richard Evans Schultes oral history
Scope and Contents
Schultes discusses Richard Spruce’s work in South America and how Schultes learned about Spruce; Schulte’s collaborations with R. Gordon Wasson, Robert Raffauf, Albert Hoffman, and Wade Davis.
Richard Evans Schultes oral history: session 4, 1993 March 17 Digital
FOUND IN:
Botany Libraries, Economic Botany Library of Oakes Ames, Harvard University
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Collection:
Richard Evans Schultes oral history
Scope and Contents
Schultes gives a tour of his lab and the Wasson Room.