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Bailey, V. O., Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, May 1928 - November 1928

by: Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

Publication date: 1928

Topics: Mammalogy

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, May 18 - 27, October 10 - November 8, 1928. Entries are dated and describe travel from Washington, DC. helping with a tract of land being made into a beaver fur, game, and fish farm as well as club in Mackinac county, Michigan; investigating deer conditions in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and biological survey of Wheeling, West Virginia. Describes terrain, travel details (mode, distances, destinations), local inhabitants with whom met, habitat for beavers, farm preparations including fencing, daily activities, deer counts in Pennsylvania, and specimens collected with type and quantity. Includes lists of expenses. There are notes in the back including contact information and specimens caught per day

Abstract: The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, May 18 - 27, October 10 - November 8, 1928. Entries are dated and describe travel from Washington, DC. helping with a tract of land being made into a beaver fur, game, and fish farm as well as club in Mackinac county, Michigan; investigating deer conditions in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and biological survey of Wheeling, West Virginia. Describes terrain, travel details (mode, distances, destinations), local inhabitants with whom met, habitat for beavers, farm preparations including fencing, daily activities, deer counts in Pennsylvania, and specimens collected with type and quantity. Includes lists of expenses. There are notes in the back including contact information and specimens caught per day.