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.
Subjects
Botany
,
Field notes
,
Mammalogy
,
New Hampshire
,
New York
,
Ornithology
,
Ossining
,
Squam Lake
,
Stroudsburg
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142251
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