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Secretary of State ElihuRoot, Elihu Root had omitted AMNH scientists from the list of candidates for the U.S. delegation to the 1908 First Pan AmericanPan American Scientific CongressFirst Pan American Scientific Congress. Was this a reflection of his lack of knowledge regarding the Museum’s previous research activities in Latin America? Or had it occurred because the institution was far better known for its fieldwork in the western regions of North America and the Congo, among other places? Regardless of his reasoning, the truth was that the Museum had been funding serious collecting expeditions to Latin America from as early as the 1890s, more than a decade before Secretary Root would convene his chosen representatives.

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Under New Leadership: Henry Fairfield Osborn and the AMNH in Latin America

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    2026年

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  • Roberta Marx Delson

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Secretary of State ElihuRoot, Elihu Root had omitted AMNH scientists from the list of candidates for the U.S. delegation to the 1908 First Pan AmericanPan American Scientific CongressFirst Pan American Scientific Congress. Was this a reflection of his lack of knowledge regarding the Museum’s previous research activities in Latin America? Or had it occurred because the institution was far better known for its fieldwork in the western regions of North America and the Congo, among other places? Regardless of his reasoning, the truth was that the Museum had been funding serious collecting expeditions to Latin America from as early as the 1890s, more than a decade before Secretary Root would convene his chosen representatives.