Bailey, V. O., Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 1894 - September 1894
date: label: Date Range
content: 1894
label: Start Date
content: 18940619
label: End Date
content: 18940930
notes: label: Abstract
content: The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 4 - September 14, 1894. Entries are dated and describe travel and specimen collecting. Pages are often headed with destination, in ranges. Details include routes, methods of travel, daily activities and times of day, terrain (including altitude), vegetation (type and abundance), observed wildlife, specimens collected per day (type and quantity), travel expenses, weather, interactions with local officials (by name), campsites, collecting methods. Includes a sketch of campsite in landscape. Additional location information includes names of rivers and peaks. At the end of the notebook is a list of distances traveled per date (no location listed). Locations includes O'Neill, Valentine, Nebraska; Newcastle, Rapid City (state unidentified); Sundance, Devil's Tower, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming; Fort Custer, Big Snowy mountains, Yellowstone National Park, Montana; Pryor mountains.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Montana
label: Place
content: Nevada
label: Place
content: South Dakota
label: Place
content: Wyoming
label: Place
content: Nebraska
label: Place
content: Valentine
label: Place
content: Sundance
label: Place
content: Fort Custer (historical)
label: Place
content: Big Snowy Mountains
label: Place
content: Pryor Mountains
label: Place
content: Yellowstone National Park
topic: label: Topic
content: Mammalogy
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Botany
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
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 Acc. 12-443
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Sketches
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