Frank Stephens field notes, 1891

Related Titles

Contained In: Frank Stephens Field Notes Collection

Series: San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library Field Notes Project

By

Stephens, Frank, 1849-1937

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library,

Notes

Cover: "Memorandum."

Log of Death Valley expedition of 1891. Entries date from 18 November 1891 through 23 December 1891.

Handwritten diary in softcover notebook of trip through the Death Valley region of California. The Death Valley Expedition of 1891 was the first in a series of biological surveys by the U. S. Department of Agriculture (Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy), covering parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Stephens's notes date from 3 February 1891 through 21 Septempber 1891. Localities include Ash Meadows, Benton, Bishop, Casa Diabolo Hot Springs, Independence, Lake Mary, Long Valley, Mesquite Valley, Oasis Valley, Resting Springs, San Bernardino, Table Mountain, Telescope Peak. Includes references to Vernon Bailey, A. K. Fisher, Frederick Funston, Albert Koebele, C. Hart Merriam, Edward W. Nelson, and T. S. Palmer.

Subjects

1853-1925 , 1855-1934 , 1855-1942 , 1856-1948 , 1864-1942 , 1865-1917 , 1868-1955 , Albert Kenrick , Bailey, Vernon , Birds , California , Clinton Hart , Collecting , Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) , Field notes , Fisher, A. K , Funston, Frederick , Koebele, Albert , Mammalogy , Mammals , Merriam, C. Hart , Natural history , Nelson, Edward William , Nevada , Ornithology , Palmer, T. S , Theodore Sherman

Call Number

QH318.5 .S7 1891

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.150486