Bailey, V. O. (with E. A. Preble) Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, May 1896 - September 1896
date: label: Date Range
content: 1896
label: Start Date
content: 18960514
label: End Date
content: 18960900
notes: label: Abstract
content: The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens with Edward A. Preble in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, May 14 - September 1896. Entries are dated and describe specimen collecting and travel. Entries May 14 - July 20 were written by Bailey. Second section (July 17 - September 29) by E. A. Preble. About a third of the notebook is blank. Bailey's entries are dated and headed with location. They detail travel details, route, daily activities and times of day, terrain (lava beds), vegetation, specimens collected, local vegetation consumed (camas), and weather. Locations indicate American Falls, Idaho; Ochoco River, Oregon; Elgin, Pendleton, Snake River, Rock Creek, John Day River (state unidentified). Preble's entries cover much the same details. Locations indicate Blue mountains, Beaner marsh and Drummond Lake (state unidentified); Fort Klamath, Oregon. Entries are signed. Entries document collecting of and C. H. Merriam.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Colorado
label: Place
content: Idaho
label: Place
content: Oregon
label: Place
content: Wyoming
label: Place
content: American Falls
label: Place
content: Ochoco Creek
label: Place
content: Fort Klamath
topic: label: Topic
content: Mammalogy
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Botany
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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
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content: Preble, Edward Alexander, 1871-1957
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content: Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942
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