Correspondence, 1926-1939
date: label: Date Range
content: 1926-1939
label: Start Date
content: 19260217
label: End Date
content: 19390701
notes: label: Abstract
content: This item is primarily comprised of letters addressed to Bailey from various persons from 1926-1939 and memoranda from Bailey from 1929-1932. Memoranda include Bailey's instructions on the care of animal skins, the collection of muskrat specimens along the Upper Mississippi River, and a memorandum addressed to Mr. Redington titled "Re: Balance of Nature". Most correspondence is related to the subject of the trapping of animal specimens for various purposes. The item also contains an application filled out by Bailey for his position as "Biologist in the Biological Survey" dated February 6, 1925.
place: label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Mammalogy
label: Topic
content: Mammologists
label: Topic
content: Botany
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Vernon Bailey Papers, 1889-1941 and undated, field notes and journals, 1889-1941
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007267
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Correspondence
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Vernon Bailey Papers, 1889-1941 and undated, field notes and journals, 1889-1941
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 5 Folder 11