Details - Bailey, V. O., Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, April 1892 - September 1892

Bailey, V. O., Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, April 1892 - September 1892

Title

Bailey, V. O., Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, April 1892 - September 1892

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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

1892

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting of mammal, reptiles, and bird specimens in Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, April 4 - September 2, 1892. Entries are dated and describe travel beginning from Washington DC. Locations are often listed at the top of the pages. Details include distances, daily activities and times of day, weather, descriptions of vegetation (types of trees) and their state of growth and abundance, terrain (including elevations), communities visited, collecting goals and methods, specimens collected (common name), observations of birds and nests, and interactions with colleagues (Mr. Gustave Kohn). Additional location information includes reference to railroad lines. Travel goes through (but not limited to) Charleston, North Carolina; Riceboro, Chattahoochee, Georgia; Bay of Saint Louis, Natchez, Mississippi; New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Texarkana, Port Arthur, Clarendon,Texas; Fort Gibson, Marionville, Golden City, Missouri; Pittsburg, Cairo, Kiowa, Kansas.