Field notes, Death Valley, 1890-1891

Title Variants

Alternative: Death Valley Expedition, itinerary, 1890-1891

Related Titles

Contained In: Frederick Coville, field books, 1890-1924
Series: SIA Acc. 11-253
Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon) 1867-1937

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

1890-1891

Notes

This item is comprised of an annotated manuscript of Coville's account of the Death Valley Expedition beginning December 24, 1890 in San Bernardino, California and ending September 1, 1891 in Visalia, California. Dated entries describe collecting localities and events, often including information about elevation, and scientific names of specimens collected or observed. Additional localities include the San Bernardino Mountains, the Panamint mountains, Inyo county, Tulare county, Kern county, and the Coso mountain range. The item also includes a letter from Coville to William R. Maxon regarding the manuscript. Coville describes the manuscript as, "being a more detailed than the published itinerary and therefore of possible use to other botanists working hereafter in the Death Valley region." The letter is dated September 26, 1934.

Subjects

Botanists , Botany , California , Correspondence , Coso Range , Death Valley , Death Valley Expedition (1891) , Diary , Field notes , Inyo , Kern , Manuscripts , Mojave Desert , Panamint Range , San Bernardino , San Bernardino Mountains , Tulare , United States , Visalia

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English