Details - Utah, 1916 : To continue investigations in relation to disease and mortality among wild duck; Correspondence and receipts

Utah, 1916 : To continue investigations in relation to disease and mortality among wild duck; Correspondence and receipts

Title

Utah, 1916 : To continue investigations in relation to disease and mortality among wild duck; Correspondence and receipts

Title Variants

Alternative: Utah, 1916 : Correspondence and receipts

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Contained In: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated

Series: SIA RU007006

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1916-1950

Notes

Materials document Alexander Wetmore's continued investigations into the nature and origin of duck mortality in Utah (1916), while in the employ of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. Materials include correspondence, birdlists, membership lists (Duckville Gun Club, New State, North Shore), and receipts. Correspondents include employees of the USDA, Fish and Game Department of Utah; and companies about supplies.Topics covered include: travel expenses; memo warning against activity in politics by officers and employees of the USDA; memos about postal law changes; tagging ducks; collecting specimens for the Fish and Game Department of Utah and the USDA; and release of information to the professional press.