Bailey - British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, July - October 1911

Over a 10 week period in the late summer and early fall of 1911, Vernon Orlando Bailey (1864-1942) observed wildlife and collected specimens in western Canada and the Intermountain West region of the United States. The Bureau of Biological Survey's chief field naturalist's diary-like field notes include travel details, daily activities, terrain and descriptions of the communities he visited as he worked in places like the Big Hole Mountains, the Caribou Mountains and Yellowstone National Park. Join in with other volunpeers and help us to transcribe this set of Bailey's field notes. Your efforts help us to augment biodiversity research resources in places like the Biodiversity Heritage Library. To learn more about naturalist Vernon Orlando Bailey, check out the finding aids for the Vernon Orlando Bailey Papers, 1889-1941 and undated (Record Unit 007267, Smithsonian Institution Archives) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bird and Mammal Laboratories, Field Books, 1888-1961 (Accession 12-443, Smithsonian Institution Archives).