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    Letter from Fred Perkins to Cyrus S. Avery, dated January 11, 1926

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    Letter from Fred Perkins to Cyrus S. Avery, dated January 11, 1926 asking for Avery's opinion on handling a highway through Ft. ScottThe Cyrus S. Avery Collection chronicles the life and times of Cyrus Stevens Avery. Known as the 'Father of Route 66', Avery served in government positions and elected offices as well as in highway associations that led him to have an influential impact on the planning and development of the initial American highway system. Through Avery's involvement with the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma and his own agricultural interests, the collection also documents a growing city and its' rural life in the early twentieth century

    Social reform in the fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Olive Schreiner

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    Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Comunicação e ExpressãoUma das contribuições da crítica feminista tem sido a redescoberta de escritoras que foram por alguma razão esquecidas ou subestimadas nos meios intelectuais e literários. A presente dissertação aborda duas dessas mulheres, (Charlotte Perkins Gilman e Olive Schreiner). Há um século atrás estavam no auge de suas atividades como ativistas sociais, conferencistas, defensoras do movimento de mulheres e escritoras. Nesta dissertação busco resgatar a importância de Gilman e Schreiner durante a época em que viveram discutindo algumas das idéias desenvolvidas nas suas mais influentes obras teóricas

    Perkins, W. S., 1841- : Confederate Service Record, 1905.

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    This service record is an account of military actions during the American Civil War by veteran W. S. Perkins (1841- ), dated from 1905.1 leaf ; 2 pdf pages.All descriptive lists and service records in this United Confederate (Civil War) Veterans manuscript collection believed to be based out of Robert E. Lee Camp #158 of the United Confederate Veterans (Fort Worth, Tex.). United Confederate Veterans. R.E. Lee Camp No. 158 (Fort Worth, Tex.)The Southwest Collection Manuscript Record can be accessed at the following URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00119/tsw-00119.htm

    Hydrochus sagittarius Perkins 2019

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    Hydrochus sagittarius Perkins Fig. 2 Hydrochus sagittarius Perkins, 2019c: 20 Originally described from Venezuela; the record from Peru is given below. Habitus and male genitalia illustrations are given in Perkins (2019c). Material examined (3): PERU: Cajamarca, Nanchoc Quebrada, elev. 400 m (6°57’S, 79°15’W), 21.xii.1984 –17.i.1985, leg. James M. Carpenter (3 MCZ).Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2020, Taxonomy of Peruvian water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), pp. 61-89 in Zootaxa 4868 (1) on page 88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/441728

    Protozantaena malagasica Perkins

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    Protozantaena malagasica Perkins Fig. 303 (map) Protozantaena malagasica Perkins, 2009: 43. New record: Antsiranana, Mt. Ambre, 3 km NE N.P. camp site, elev. 1300 m, 12° 33' S, 49° 9' E, 28 ii 2003, G. Cuccodoro (3a) (19 MHNG).Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2017, Hydraenidae of Madagascar (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-264 in Zootaxa 4342 (1) on page 155, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4342.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/104106

    Hydrochus bicarinatus Perkins 2019

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    Hydrochus bicarinatus Perkins Hydrochus bicarinatus Perkins 2019c: 23 Originally described from Venezuela, the following specimen records are from Ecuador. Images of the holotype habitus and male genitalia are given in Perkins (2019c). Material examined (80): Ecuador: Los Rios, Babahoyo, (1°48’S, 79°32’W), 21.vi.1975, leg. Cohen, Langley, & Monnig (60 NMNH); Quevedo, (1°2’S, 79°28’W), 11.v.1975, leg. Spangler, et al. (2 NMNH); Quevedo (11 km S), 3.vii.1975, leg. Langley & Cohen (2 NMNH); Manabi, Bahia de Caraquez (35.6 km E), (0°40’20’’S, 80°5’9’’W), 10.v.1975, leg. P. J. Spangler (3 NMNH); Tosagua, 5.iii.1978, leg. J. J. Anderson (11 NMNH); Napo, ca. Shushufindi, (0°18’S, 76°25’W), 21.ix.1975, leg. Langley & Cohen (2 NMNH).Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2020, Taxonomy of Ecuadorian water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), pp. 358-374 in Zootaxa 4790 (2) on page 370, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/388940

    Hydrochus sagittarius Perkins

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    Hydrochus sagittarius Perkins Figs. 2, 32 Hydrochus sagittarius Perkins 2019: 20. Originally described from Venezuela. Additional locality data records reported from Peru (Perkins, 2020c). The following specimen records are from Panama. Images of the habitus and male genitalia of the holotype are given in Perkins (2019c). Material examined (106): Panama: Agua dulce, 12.iv.1941, leg. not given on label (1 MCZ); Rio Hato, 22.v.1960, leg. V. J. Tipton (1 CNC); Cocle, 5.3 mi. E. Anton, 6.vii.1967, leg. Paul J. Spangler (4 NMNH); Nata, 26.xi.1952, leg. Blanton (14 NMNH); Penonome (13km SW), Rio Cocle Auxiliar, 28.v.1983, leg. P. J. Spangler & R. A. Faitoute (22 NMNH); same locality, 6.vi.1983, leg. P. J. & P. M. Spangler, R. A. Faitoute, W. E. Steiner (10 NMNH); Los Santos, La Playa, 1.5 km N Pedasi, sea level, (7°33’N, 80°1’W), 21.vi.1973, leg. T. L. Erwin & G. Hevel (30 NMNH); Panama, Tocumen, 4.xii.1952, leg. F. S. Blanton (1 NMNH); same locality, 7.i.1953, leg. F. S. Blanton (3 NMNH); same locality, 29.i.1953, leg. F. S. Blanton (9 NMNH); same locality, 13-17.vii.1970, leg. Diego Navas (1 CNC, 2 NMNH); same locality, 7-11.ix.1970, leg. Diego Navas (2 NMNH).Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2021, Taxonomy of Central American water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), pp. 459-503 in Zootaxa 4974 (3) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/477783

    Hydrochus lobatus Perkins 2019

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    Hydrochus lobatus Perkins Fig. 2 Hydrochus lobatus Perkins, 2019c: 42. Originally described from Venezuela; records from Peru are given below. Habitus and male genitalia illustrations are given in Perkins (2019c). Material examined (5): PERU: Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata Res; 30 air km SW Pto. Maldonado, elev. 290 m (13°0’S, 69°33’W), 11–15.xi.1979, leg. J. B. Heppner (1 NMNH); same locality, 16–20.xi.1979, leg. J. B. Heppner (1 NMNH); same locality, 21–25.xi.1979, leg. J. B. Heppner (1 NMNH); same locality, 26–30.xi.1979, leg. J. B. Heppner (2 NMNH).Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2020, Taxonomy of Peruvian water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae), pp. 61-89 in Zootaxa 4868 (1) on page 88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/441728
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