Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Clippings (information artifacts)
Place:
United States
California
Oregon
John Day
Nevada
Fallon
Eugene
Date Range:
1930
Start Date:
19301121
End Date:
19301215
Abstract:
The journal and news clipping document Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in California, Oregon, November 21 - December 15, 1930. Entries are dated and describe travel details (destinations, times of day, accommodations), weather, vegetation, meetings and work with colleagues and local officials, terrain, observations of mammals (coyotes) and birds, specimens collected, lists of mammals and birds including notes about collecting, coyote droppings, methods of collecting (trapping versus poison or "varmit dogs") for purposes of fur, and work with fur trappers. Locations include Eugene, Baker, John Day, Oregon; Fallon, Nevada.
