Field notes, January 1898 - April 1902 : bird observations made in and around North Freedom, Wisconsin, notes of June 1901 were kept on a trip to Minnesota
date: label: Date Range
content: 1898-1899
label: Start Date
content: 18980104
label: End Date
content: 18990800
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Field Notes, January 1898 - August 1899
notes: label: Abstract
content: Alexander Wetmore used a portion of a "treasurer" book to record observations of birds in Wisconsin from January 1898 to August 1899. Notes were compiled when he was age 12. The folder contains the original copy in an unbound portion of the accounting book measuring close to 9 x13 inches, and two 4 x 6 inch notebooks, in which he hand copied the contents of the "treasurer" book. The first notebook contains a copy of entries January 2 - June 23,1898, and the second contains June 30 - July 2, 1899. The field notes are journal style entries, arranged by date. Locations are usually indicated in the first sentence, often specified by with a landowner's name. Details include common names of birds observed, their physical characteristics, observed activities, descriptions of birdsongs, types of trees in which seen, and sometimes measurements of nests and weather conditions.
place: label: Place
content: Wisconsin
label: Place
content: North Freedom
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Ornithology
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content: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
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content: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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
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: 3 notebooks
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 131 Folder 3