Western United States, 1918 : Correspondence, field reports, and reference materials (1 of 2)
date: label: Date Range
content: 1918
label: Start Date
content: 1918
label: End Date
content: 1918
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Western United States, 1918 : Correspondence, field reports, and reference materials
notes: label: Abstract
content: This is the first of two folders that document Alexander Wetmore's collecting and observations of the western United States, 1918 while working for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. Materials include telegrams, news clippings, political cartoons, licenses, correspondence, reports, reference materials, and receipts. Documents relate to continued investigations to control crop damage from birds, specifically ducks damaging rice crops. Materials documents public opinion about use of explosives by farmers, and growing sense of urgency to find a solution during the last two weeks of August (harvest time). Includes license and instructions for use of "Duck bomb." Correspondence discusses communications with California Board of Fish and Game and with the officials of the USDA. Includes a report, The birds in the Lake Area in the Chusca Mountains, New Mexico (includes itinerary and annotated list of birds). Areas effected included: California, Washington, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
place: label: Place
content: California
label: Place
content: Washington
label: Place
content: Texas
label: Place
content: Sacramento Valley
label: Place
content: San Francisco
label: Place
content: New Mexico
label: Place
content: Arizona
label: Place
content: Chusca Mountains
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Rice
label: Topic
content: Ducks
label: Topic
content: Crop losses
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content: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
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content: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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content: McAtee, W. L.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007006
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Reports
label: Object Type
content: Correspondence
label: Object Type
content: clippings (information artifacts)
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: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 139 Folder 1