Bailey, V. O., Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, April 1892 - September 1892
date: label: Date Range
content: 1892
label: Start Date
content: 18920404
label: End Date
content: 18920902
notes: label: Abstract
content: The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting of mammal, reptiles, and bird specimens in Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, April 4 - September 2, 1892. Entries are dated and describe travel beginning from Washington DC. Locations are often listed at the top of the pages. Details include distances, daily activities and times of day, weather, descriptions of vegetation (types of trees) and their state of growth and abundance, terrain (including elevations), communities visited, collecting goals and methods, specimens collected (common name), observations of birds and nests, and interactions with colleagues (Mr. Gustave Kohn). Additional location information includes reference to railroad lines. Travel goes through (but not limited to) Charleston, North Carolina; Riceboro, Chattahoochee, Georgia; Bay of Saint Louis, Natchez, Mississippi; New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Texarkana, Port Arthur, Clarendon,Texas; Fort Gibson, Marionville, Golden City, Missouri; Pittsburg, Cairo, Kiowa, Kansas.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Georgia
label: Place
content: Kansas
label: Place
content: Louisiana
label: Place
content: Mississippi
label: Place
content: Missouri
label: Place
content: Texas
label: Place
content: Riceboro
label: Place
content: Bay Saint Louis
label: Place
content: New Orleans
label: Place
content: Texarkana
label: Place
content: Marionville
label: Place
content: Pittsburg
topic: label: Topic
content: Mammalogy
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Botany
label: Topic
content: Herpetology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals
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content: Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA Acc. 12-443
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Division of Mammals at 202-633-1253 to make an appointment.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals