Utah and Montana, 1914-1915 : Field diaries, 8 July 1914 - 24 October 1915; Two volumes
date: label: Date Range
content: 1914-1915
label: Start Date
content: 19140708
label: End Date
content: 19151024
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Utah and Montana, 1914-1915 : Field diaries
notes: label: Abstract
content: The two field books document Alexander Wetmore's continued investigations into the nature and origin of duck mortality in Utah and Montana (1914-1915), while in the employ of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The first notebook observations of Corinne, Utah, July 8, 1914 - August 25, 1915. Entries are mostly birdlists of the area (using common names). Notebooks is chronological,and entries are headed with the date. Some entries discuss daily activities, including travel, individuals with whom he worked.|Second notebook covers Utah from August 26 - October 24, 1915. Entries come in several formats. Many are birdlists using common names, some are descriptions of individual birds (numbered) showing health problems, that are observed over the period of several days; others are science text citations including handwritten copies of the text.
place: label: Place
content: Utah
label: Place
content: Montana
label: Place
content: Bear River
label: Place
content: Corrine
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Ducks
setName: label: See more records from this collection
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: 2 notebooks
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 138 Folder 1