Journal kept by Bailey on a field trip to Grand Canyon, Arizona, July 19-August 7, 1928

Related Titles

Contained In: Vernon Bailey Papers, 1889-1941 and undated, field notes and journals, 1889-1941

Series: SIA RU007267

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

1928

Notes

This item is comprised of journal entries written by Bailey while performing research "at the request of the Park Service and the Carnegie Inst. to help with their nature exploration program" in the Grand Canyon in Arizona from July 19-August 7, 1928. The notes include narrative accounts of Bailey's team's efforts to collect plants, mammals, birds, and reptiles, in the vicinity of the Grand Canyon. Particular attention is paid to the trapping of lizards and rodents, and to the the behavior of deer. For corresponding specimen lists, see Box 4 Folder 9 of the same collection. Localities include: the San Francisco Mountains, Bright Angel Creek, Bright Angel Point (also known at North Rim), Elden Mountain, Navajo Mountain, San Francisco Mountain, Agassiz Peak, Flagstaff, the Painted Desert, Bailey often describes localities in terms of life zone and sometimes includes elevation information.

Subjects

Agassiz Peak , Arizona , Botany , Bright Angel Creek , Deer , Diary , Elden Mountain , Field notes , Flagstaff , Grand Canyon , Lizards , Mammalogy , Mammologists , Navajo Mountain , North Rim , Ornithology , Painted Desert , Rodents , San Francisco Mountain , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.140368