Vernon Bailey papers, 1828-1948 (bulk 1884-1942).

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Vernon Bailey papers, 1828-1948 (bulk 1884-1942).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27348915

Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, articles, scientific field reports, journals, notebooks, and photographs documenting Bailey's career as a naturalist and revealing his personal and family life as well.

9.25 cubic ft. (21 boxes) + artifacts.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7242697

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948

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Florence Merriam Bailey (1863-1948) was born in Locust Grove, New York during the Civil War. She devoted her life to the study and protection of birds. From her work in ornithology she authored over ten books, including several field guides to birds, and close to one hundred articles. Though interested in birds as a child, she gained recognition as a naturalist while at Smith College. Disgusted by the use of feathers and whole birds in fashion, she started the Smith College Audubon Society. Her...

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Merriam, Clinton Hart, 1855-1942

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C. Hart Merriam was a biologist who work for the Smithsonian Institution from 1910-1939. Merriam was born December 5, 1855 in New York City. His childhood was spent in Locust Grove, Lewis County, New York. Merriam’s father introduced him to Prof. Spencer Baird who attached the seventeen year old Merriam to a government expedition, the Hayden Survey. He spent a summer collecting birds and eggs in the Yellowstone region. That year, he attended college, first at the Pingry Military School in Elizab...

American Ornithologists' Union

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Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

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Vernon Orlando Bailey (1864-1942) was born 21 June 1864 in Manchester, Michigan. He was the sixth of eight children born to Hiram and Emily (Taylor) Bailey. At an early age he and his family moved to Elk River, Minnesota, where he developed an interest in natural history. Around 1885, Bailey began sending collections of birds and mammals to Clinton Hart Merriam, Chief of the newly created Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy of the United States Department of Agriculture (in 1896 the ...