Title
Journal from a trip to Maine, 1911
Related Titles
Contained In:
Florence Merriam Bailey Photograph Collection, circa 1890-1898 and undated
Series:
SIA RU007417
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1911
Notes
English
The journal documents Florence Bailey's travel and observations in Maine, 1911. In the front of the volume is a loose insert listing locations, vegetation, types of habitat, birds observed. Pages are numbered. Entries are not continuous. There are often blank pages in-between. Some journal entries are dated, others headed with type of environment (pastures, cranberry bog, [type of tree] swamps), type of plant (ferns, flowers), or name of town. They begin June 23, 1911 and are often headed with location. They describe travel from Washington to Maine with time in Canada (Montreal), travel details (mode of transportation, accommodations), observations of vegetation, descriptions of behavior and appearance of birds. Some lists of vegetation include notes about descriptions and habitat, and sometimes date. There is a miscellaneous heading describing other fauna observed (insects, snakes). Locations include Fryeburg Harbor and North Waterford.
Subjects
Botany
,
Field notes
,
Fryeburg Harbor
,
Maine
,
North Waterford
,
Ornithology
,
United States
BHL Collections
Early Women in Science
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Women in Natural History
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.96721
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