Details - Bailey, V. O., Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, May 1928 - November 1928

Bailey, V. O., Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, May 1928 - November 1928

Title

Bailey, V. O., Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, May 1928 - November 1928

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

Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1928

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, May 18 - 27, October 10 - November 8, 1928. Entries are dated and describe travel from Washington, DC. helping with a tract of land being made into a beaver fur, game, and fish farm as well as club in Mackinac county, Michigan; investigating deer conditions in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and biological survey of Wheeling, West Virginia. Describes terrain, travel details (mode, distances, destinations), local inhabitants with whom met, habitat for beavers, farm preparations including fencing, daily activities, deer counts in Pennsylvania, and specimens collected with type and quantity. Includes lists of expenses. There are notes in the back including contact information and specimens caught per day.