Details - Bailey, V. O., New Hampshire, New York, August 1932 - September 1932

Bailey, V. O., New Hampshire, New York, August 1932 - September 1932

Title

Bailey, V. O., New Hampshire, New York, August 1932 - September 1932

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

1932

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in New Hampshire and New York, August 23 - September 26, 1932. Entries are dated and describe travel details and collecting. Subject matter includes of travel with Florence (wife), details (destinations, time of day, distances), observations of mammal and bird populations (including health and quantities, sometimes insects), interactions with local inhabitants and colleagues, meetings with officials, weather, specimen collecting (beavers), terrain, vegetation, observed eclipse and effect on wildlife, and visit to a mink farm. Part of the notebook is blank. Includes observation of populations in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; Squam Lake, New Hampshire; Ossining, New York.