Utah and California, 1914 : to investigate the nature and origin of duck disease and feeding habits of waterfowl; Includes correspondence, 1914-1915, and expense books
date: label: Date Range
content: 1914
label: Start Date
content: 1914
label: End Date
content: 1914
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Utah and California, 1914, correspondence and expense books
notes: label: Abstract
content: Materials document Alexander Wetmore's efforts to investigate the nature and origin of duck disease and feeding habits of waterfowl in California and Utah for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey in 1914. Materials include correspondence and expense reports. An archival envelope includes three memoranda of traveling expenses, listing room, board, supplies, and mode of travel. Each notebook is dated. Correspondence makes up the rest of the contents. The majority of Wetmore's time was spent in San Joaquin Valley, California, and Salt Lake Valley, Utah. There are references in correspondence to studying nematodes as a possible cause, necessitating the collection of samples of water, mud, and aquatic plants eaten by the ducks. There are references to rolls of film and other specimens sent in. On the back of one letter to H.N. Henshaw (July 1, 1914) is a list of expenses.
place: label: Place
content: California
label: Place
content: Utah
label: Place
content: Salt Lake Valley
label: Place
content: San Joaquin Valley
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Entomology
label: Topic
content: Lepidoptera
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Ducks
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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: Henshaw, H. N.
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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: Correspondence
label: Object Type
content: Receipts (financial records)
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 137 Folder 6