Details - Bailey, V. O., California, Oregon, Utah, Washington, May 1897 - July 1897

Bailey, V. O., California, Oregon, Utah, Washington, May 1897 - July 1897

Title

Bailey, V. O., California, Oregon, Utah, Washington, May 1897 - July 1897

Related Titles

Contained In: Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals

Series: SIA Acc. 12-443

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1897

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens California, Oregon, Utah, Washington, May 22 - July 26, 1897. Entries are dated and detail specimen collecting and travel. Details include descriptions of routes, destinations, terrain (elevation, observations of lava beds), vegetation, daily activities and time of day, specimens collected, interactions with local inhabitants, weather, details about local tribes. Additional location information includes names of peaks and rivers. Locations include Salt Lake, Utah; Sacramento, Pitt River valley, California; Klamath Falls, Deschutes Valley, Chewaucan, Oregon; Yakima valley, Columbia River valley, Washington. Most of the notebook is blank.