Journal from a trip to Maine, 1911

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Contained In: Florence Merriam Bailey Photograph Collection, circa 1890-1898 and undated

Series: SIA RU007417

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

By

Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1911

Notes

English

The journal documents Florence Bailey's travel and observations in Maine, 1911. In the front of the volume is a loose insert listing locations, vegetation, types of habitat, birds observed. Pages are numbered. Entries are not continuous. There are often blank pages in-between. Some journal entries are dated, others headed with type of environment (pastures, cranberry bog, [type of tree] swamps), type of plant (ferns, flowers), or name of town. They begin June 23, 1911 and are often headed with location. They describe travel from Washington to Maine with time in Canada (Montreal), travel details (mode of transportation, accommodations), observations of vegetation, descriptions of behavior and appearance of birds. Some lists of vegetation include notes about descriptions and habitat, and sometimes date. There is a miscellaneous heading describing other fauna observed (insects, snakes). Locations include Fryeburg Harbor and North Waterford.

Subjects

Botany , Field notes , Fryeburg Harbor , Maine , North Waterford , Ornithology , United States

BHL Collections

Early Women in Science

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Women in Natural History

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.96721