Arizona, 1919 : To investigate the economic status of the thick-billed parrot, doves, and other birds; Includes a field diary, 20 May - 24 July 1919, correspondence, reports, expense books, and reference materials
date: label: Date Range
content: 1919
label: Start Date
content: 1919
label: End Date
content: 1919
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Arizona, 1919
notes: label: Abstract
content: Alexander Wetmore went to Arizona in 1919 to investigate the economic status of the thick-billed parrot, doves, and other birds for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. Materials include a field diary, 20 May - 24 July 1919, correspondence, reports, expense books, telegrams, receipts, permits, maps (with markings), and reference materials. Notes include bird lists followed by detailed descriptions of observed bird behaviors. Entries are chronological. Correspondence cover expenses, damage to fruit from birds, and reports. Includes report The Thick billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) in Southern Arizona, includes edits; Damage to Wheat in Arizona by Doves, Methods of Control, 1917; report on series of interviews with people of varying backgrounds regarding observed damage of crops by doves in Maricopa County, Arizona. Observed sites include Kansas (Lawrence) and Arizona (Arlington, Palo Verde, Chiricahua Mountains, Rucker Canyon, Little Dragoon Mountains, Higley).
place: label: Place
content: Arizona
label: Place
content: Kansas
label: Place
content: Lawrence
label: Place
content: Arlington
label: Place
content: Palo Verde
label: Place
content: Chiricahua Mountains
label: Place
content: Rucker Canyon
label: Place
content: Little Dragoon Mountains
label: Place
content: Higley
label: Place
content: Maricopa
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Ornithology
label: Topic
content: Parrots
label: Topic
content: Mourning dove
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Alexander Wetmore Papers, circa 1848-1979 and undated
label: See more records associated with this person
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
label: Object Type
content: Maps
label: Object Type
content: Correspondence
label: Object Type
content: Reports
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 139 Folder 5