Details - Bailey, V. O., Montana, Minnesota, Michigan, Wyoming (Yellowstone Park), July 1926 - September 1926

Bailey, V. O., Montana, Minnesota, Michigan, Wyoming (Yellowstone Park), July 1926 - September 1926

Title

Bailey, V. O., Montana, Minnesota, Michigan, Wyoming (Yellowstone Park), July 1926 - September 1926

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

1926

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Montana, Minnesota, Michigan, Wyoming (Yellowstone Park), July 3 - September 11, 1926. Entries are dated and detail travel from Washington, DC. Subject matter includes travel details (destinations, times of day, campsites), weather, daily activities, photographs taken, observations of birds and mammals including their behavior and habitat (sometimes listed as subheading in entries), specimen collecting, lists of mammal specimens for Yellowstone (type, sex, measurements, location, date), vegetation (type and state of growth), meetings with game wardens, beavers marked (type, sex, weight, quantity, habitat), and some notes about beaver farms. Some of the notebook is blank. Additional location includes geological landmarks (i.e. Old Faithful), Snake river.