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.
Subjects
Field notes
,
Mammalogy
,
Michigan
,
Minnesota
,
Montana
,
Ornithology
,
United States
,
Wyoming
,
Yellowstone National Park
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142314
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