Bailey, V. O., Arizona, Minnesota, November 1920 - August 1921

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

1920-1921

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Arizona and Minnesota, November 11, 1920 - August 21, 1921. The entries are dated and describe travel details (destinations, times of day, accommodations, campsites), interactions with local inhabitants and colleagues, specimen collecting (mammals and trap locations), daily activities, terrain, vegetation, and descriptions of communities visited. There are lists of plants and their locations (including Burntside and Basswood), extensive descriptions of wildlife in Burntside, Minnesota, and a list of plants (porcupine food) in cages for the area in the front of the notebook. He traveled through Albuquerque and Clovis, New Mexico. Locations include Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona; St. Paul, Minnesota; Ashland, Wisconsin; Basswood lake, (state unidentified).

Subjects

Albuquerque , Arizona , Ashland , Botany , Burntside Lake , Clovis , Field notes , Mammalogy , Minnesota , Saint Paul , Santa Rita Mountains , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.139993