Alexander Wetmore - Field Notes, 1935-36

Did you know that much of the area now known as Shenandoah National Park--which spans nearly 80,000 acres of Northern Virginia--was still farmland when it was officially established as a National Park in 1936? Get insight to this National Park in transition with Alexander Wetmore's 1935-36 field notes from the Shenandoah Mountains. Wetmore, an ornithologist and future Smithsonian Secretary, was Assistant Secretary of the U.S. National Museum in 1935. Even with his administrative duties, Wetmore found time to conduct field research and observe birds throughout Virginia and West Virginia. Travel through the Shenandoah Mountains with Wetmore and join other digital volunteers in transcribing his field books!