Bailey, V. O., New Mexico, Texas, June 1902 - September 1902
date: label: Date Range
content: 1902
label: Start Date
content: 19020606
label: End Date
content: 19020924
notes: label: Abstract
content: The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in New Mexico and Texas, June 6 - 24, 1902. In the inside cover, Bailey lists US Department of Agriculture. Entries are dated and often headed with location. They describe routes, distances traveled, terrain (marshes, swamps, elevation), campsites, vegetation (state of bloom), observed wildlife, weather, temperature, photographs taken, specimen collecting and preparation, work with Hollister, daily work and time of day, birds and rice fields of Louisiana, and field work across New Mexico. Some specimen information includes measurements and sex. Some location information includes of ranches. Includes a hand drawn map of campsites and route through Mescalero Indian reservation (New Mexico), including notations for rivers. Locations include Jefferson, San Antonio, Valentine, Texas; Marshall, (state unidentified); Shreveport, Louisiana; Guadalupe mountains, Cloudcroft, Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Texas
label: Place
content: New Mexico
label: Place
content: Louisiana
label: Place
content: Shreveport
label: Place
content: Valentine
label: Place
content: San Antonio
label: Place
content: Guadalupe Mountains
label: Place
content: Cloudcroft
label: Place
content: Santa Rosa
topic: label: Topic
content: Mammalogy
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
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content: Botany
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content: Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico
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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
label: Object Type
content: Maps
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