Bailey, V. O., New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, August 1906 - November 1906
date: label: Date Range
content: 1906
label: Start Date
content: 19060801
label: End Date
content: 19061116
notes: label: Abstract
content: The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, August 1 - November 16, 1906. Entries are dated and detail travel (routes, modes of travel, destinations, accommodations), descriptions of communities visited (including size and crops grown), terrain (including soil composition), vegetation (including mushrooms), daily activities and time of day, interactions with colleagues, notes about wolf populations and specimens, observed wildlife (including type and abundance),and campsites. Includes a sketch of a beaver corral and mountain terrain. Includes loose inserts listing plants in South Clara Canyon, Jemez mountains (New Mexico), organized by Canadian, Transition and Upper Sonoran regions, listing type (scientific), distance, and elevation. Locations visited includes Oklahoma City, Enid, Oklahoma; Amarillo, Texas; San Francisco River [Saint Francis River]; Silver City (state unidentified).
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Oklahoma
label: Place
content: New Mexico
label: Place
content: Texas
label: Place
content: Oklahoma City
label: Place
content: Enid
label: Place
content: Amarillo
label: Place
content: Saint Francis River
label: Place
content: Jemez Mountains
topic: label: Topic
content: Mammalogy
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Botany
setName: label: See more records from this collection
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
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
label: Object Type
content: Sketches
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