Series 9: Expeditions and Research Trips, 1944-1985

The focus of Maguire's botanical career was the tropical flora of the Guayana Highland, an area he returned to many times. He was known to be a focused and meticulous field botanist who amassed a large and excellent collection numbering over 65, 000 specimens. At the time of his death in 1991, The Botany of the Guayana Highland was a series of thirteen volumes ranging in date from 1953-1989. Spear-headed by Maguire and published with many celebrated collaborators, the Guayana Highland series remains one of Maguire's greatest contributions. The series contains notes, field correspondence, maps and reports of major expeditions and research trips. A highlight of the series is Dr. Maguire's original field correspondence to his wife Celia starting in 1948 and ending in 1974. Expeditions and research trips are arranged by year and then by alphabetical entry, with the exception of the Neblina expeditions that spanned twelve years (1953-1965). Neblina material is arranged separately. Not all expeditions are covered with the same degree of detail. Additional research material resides in Maguire's Field Notebooks.