Goldman, E. A., Louisiana, Florida, April 1939

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

1939

Notes

The field book documents E. A. Goldman's field work in Louisiana and Florida, April 3 - 23, 1939. Entries are dated and headed with location or route. Subject matter covers travel details (destinations, times of day, distances), daily activities, meetings and interactions with colleagues (in Louisiana), weather, terrain and vegetation, trapping and specimen collecting of mammals (moles) and birds (some with bird bands), observations of wildlife behavior, and photographs taken. Some specimen notes include measurements. A large portion of the notebook is blank. There are unidentified notes in the back of the notebook. Locations include Santa Rosa Island, Saint Vincent Island, Florida; Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina, to Blackbeard Island, Georgia.

Subjects

Blackbeard Island , Field notes , Florida , Georgia , Mammalogy , Ornithology , Saint Vincent Island , Santa Rosa Island , Savannah National Wildlife Refuge , South Carolina , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English