Goldman, E. A., Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona (Kaibab), September - October 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

Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1873-1946

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1926

Notes

The journal documents the field work of Edward A. Goldman in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona (Kaibab), September 2 - October 11, 1926. Entries are dated and often headed with location or route. Subject matter describes travel details (destinations, time of day, mode of transportation), terrain, vegetation, meetings and interactions with local officials and staff (including rangers) at multiple preserves and parks, observations of flora (including forage conditions) and fauna (including numbers, mammals including mountain sheep, deer), observations of elk populations (including trapping), sketches of corrals. There are accounts of meetings at Yellowstone National Park and Nampa, Idaho. Entries include headings on subject matter and fauna followed by in-depth descriptions. Location information includes names of ranger stations. The a portion of the notebook is blank. Locations include the vicinity of National Bison Range, Montana; Powell Plateau, Arizona.

Subjects

Arizona , Field notes , Idaho , Kaibab Plateau , Mammalogy , Montana , National Bison Range , Powell Plateau , Sketches , United States , Wyoming

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English