Alexander Wetmore- Migration Records, Fall 1901

When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up? If you were future Secretary of the Smithsonian Alexander Wetmore, you'd want to study birds--and you'd start your work early! Wetmore, who later became an ornithologist and curator, kept this set of bird migration records in his hometown of North Freedom, Wisconsin in the Fall of 1901, at just fifteen years old. These records were sent to the US Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Biological Survey, where (just nine years later) Wetmore got his first job and began a long, successful career studying birds. Join us in transcribing this set of migration records and make a young Wetmore's scientific exploration available for generations of new researchers. You can also help transcribe, Wetmore's migration records from the Spring of 1901, too.