Correspondence, 1926-1939
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Download IIIF ManifestRequest permissionsDownload image PrintThis item is primarily comprised of letters addressed to Bailey from various persons from 1926-1939 and memoranda from Bailey from 1929-1932. Memoranda include Bailey's instructions on the care of animal skins, the collection of muskrat specimens along the Upper Mississippi River, and a memorandum addressed to Mr. Redington titled "Re: Balance of Nature". Most correspondence is related to the subject of the trapping of animal specimens for various purposes. The item also contains an application filled out by Bailey for his position as "Biologist in the Biological Survey" dated February 6, 1925.
1926-1939
Feb 17, 1926
Jul 01, 1939
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United States
SIA RU007267
Vernon Bailey Papers, 1889-1941 and undated, field notes and journals, 1889-1941
1 folder
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 5 Folder 11