Alexander Wetmore- Field Notes, October 1900 – April 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 Smithsonian Secretary, kept this set of records in his hometown of North Freedom, Wisconsin from 1900-1901, at just fourteen years old. These field notes would be the start to Wetmore’s decades of field research. Join us in transcribing this set of notes and make a young Wetmore’s scientific exploration available for generations of new researchers.