Finding Aid to the Florence Merriam Bailey Papers, 1887-1940
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Finding Aid to the Florence Merriam Bailey Papers, 1887-1940
Collection number: BANC MSS 79/139 cz
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
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Collection Summary
Collection Title: Florence Merriam Bailey papers
Date (inclusive): 1887-1940
Collection Number: BANC MSS 79/139 cz
Creator:
Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 1863
Extent:
Number of containers: 12 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 4 vols.
Linear feet: 5
1 Digital Object (1 image)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Consists of field notes and journals, drafts of primarily unpublished books and articles, plus a small amount of correspondence
to her father, Clinton Levi Merriam and other naturalists and ornithologists. The majority of the field notes and journals
deal with the West but also cover areas in North Dakota, New York, Washington D.C., Minnesota, Wisconsin, Florida and elsewhere.
Of particular note are her notes on the Grand Canyon and writings about the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and the Apache Indians
of Arizona.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
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[Identification of item], Florence Merriam Bailey papers, BANC MSS 79/139 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley
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Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 1863--Archives
Apache Indians--Arizona
Bird watching
Birds--West (U.S.)
Ornithology
Pueblo Indians--New Mexico
Wildlife refuges--United States
Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)
Diaries
Field notes
Manuscripts for publication
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Florence Merriam Bailey Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Mrs. William Penn Mott III and Dr. Lee Talbot in
1979.
Biographical Sketch
Born in Locust Grove, New York during the Civil War, Florence Merriam Bailey (1863-1948), 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 later accomplishments include establishing the Washington, D. C. Audubon Society and becoming the first female associate
member of the Ornithologists Union (1885). Within that organization she was the first female fellow (1929) and the first female
recipient of the Brewster Medal (1931). In 1908 a variety of California Mountain Chickadee was named
Parus gambeli baileyae in her honor.
Bailey's relations with prominent scientists augmented her own distinguished career. C. Hart Merriam, her brother, was the
first chief of the U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey, as well as a co-founder of the National Geographic Society. His work
also led to Florence's introduction, and subsequent marriage, to fellow Bureau naturalist, Vernon Bailey. From their travels
to the Western United States the Bailey's produced several works on the distinctive, and largely unexplored, flora and fauna
in that region. As an amateur ornithologist Florence Bailey was at the forefront of the movement to use binoculars, rather
than shotguns, to observe birds. She died in Washington, D. C. on September 22, 1948.
[From the finding aid to the Florence Merriam Bailey Papers, at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.]
Scope and Content Note
The Florence Merriam Bailey Papers, 1887-1940, consist of field notes and journals, drafts of primarily unpublished books
and articles, and a small amount of correspondence with her father, Clinton Levi Merriam and with naturalists or ornithologists.
The majority of the field notes and journals cover field trips in the West, but also include North Dakota, New York, Washington
D. C., Minnesota, Wisconsin, Florida and elsewhere. Of particular note are the materials on the Grand Canyon National Park,
and her writings about the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, and the Apaches of Arizona.
Arranged in three series: Correspondence, Field Notes and Journals, and Writings. Correspondence is arranged with letters
to her father first, followed by an alphabetical listing by last name and a miscellany folder at the end. Field Notes and
Journals are arranged chronologically. Writings are divided into: Books and Longer Works, Articles and Shorter Works, and
Writings and Notes by Others. Books and Longer Works and Articles and Shorter Works are arranged alphabetically by first word
of title ignoring articles. Writings and notes by others are arranged hierarchally.
Series 1:
Correspondence.
1888-1938
box 1, folder 1
Merriam, Clinton Levi
1888-98
box 1, folder 4
Grinnell, George Bird
1917-18
box 1, folder 5
Jenks, Randolph "Pat"
1931-32
box 1, folder 7
Stevenson, Donald H.
1917-18
box 1, folder 9
University of New Mexico
1933-34
box 1, folder 10
Miscellany, A-Z
1898-1938
Series 2:
Field Notes and Journals.
1887-1931
box 2, folder 1-2
Locust Grove, New York
1887
oversize-folder 1 B
Locust Grove, New York, migration data
1884-90
box 2, folder 4
Puget Sound, Washington
Aug 1888
volume 4
Puget Sound field notebook
box 2, folder 6
San Diego County, California
1889
box 3, folder 1
Locust Grove, New York
1890-92
box 3, folder 2
Winter Park, Florida
1893
box 3, folder 8
Summerville, South Carolina
Jan 1898
box 3, folder 9
Mt. Shasta, California
Jul 1898
box 4, folder 1
Guadaloupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas
1901
box 4, folder 6
Oklahoma and New Mexico
1906
box 4, folder 8
New Mexico, Arizona, California
1907
box 5, folder 2
Washington to North Dakota
1912
box 5, folder 4
Chautauqua, New York
1913
box 5, folder 8
Peterboro, New Hampshire
1915
box 6, folder 3-5
Glacier National Park, Montana
1917
box 6, folder 3
Field notes entry with safety-pinned plant matter (two page spread).
July 26, 1917 BANC MSS 79/139 cz
Additional Note
This material was selectively digitized from a larger resource or collection.
Indexing Terms
Field notes
box 7, folder 4
San Bernardino Mountains, California
1929
box 7, folder 5
Washington D. C. to Grand Canyon
1929
box 7, folder 6-7
Mississippi River Wildlife Refuges, Wisconsin and Minnesota
1930
box 7, folder 8
Washington D. C. to California
1931
box 7, folder 9-10
Gray Squirrel notes
1909-1911
Series 3:
Writings.
1889-1940
Subseries 3.1:
Books and Longer Works.
1889-1940
box 8, folder 1-6
Birds of the Grand Canyon, draft
1929
box 9, folder 1
Bird Stories for the Little Ones
undated
box 9, folder 2-7
By the Light of the Campfire, drafts
ca. 1910
box 10, folder 1-4
By the Light of the Campfire, drafts
ca. 1910
box 10, folder 5-6
Camping on Mr. Shasta, drafts
undated
box 10, folder 7-8
Feathered Families, handwritten draft
1889
volume 1
Sacred Peaks of the Sun Worshippers
undated
box 11, folder 1-3
Torches to Light the Way
1940
box 8, folder 7-11
Under Blue Skies, unpublished manuscript
ca. 1926
volume 2
A Worn out Mining Country
undated
Subseries 3.2:
Articles and Shorter Works.
1896-1919
box 11, folder 4
"Animal Life in California"
undated
box 11, folder 5
"A Ceremonial Relay Race at the Taos Pueblo"
undated
box 11, folder 6
"Clark's Crow and Oregon Jays on Mt. Hood"
undated
box 11, folder 8
"The Enchanted Mesa, Acoma, and Acomita"
undated
box 11, folder 9
"Fiesta Days with the Jicarillas"
undated
box 11, folder 10
"Grey Bunny's Black Sunday"
undated
box 11, folder 11
"Habits of the Gray Squirrel"
ca. 1909-1911
box 11, folder 12
"Helps for Today"
undated
box 11, folder 13
"Hints of the Life of a Famous Pueblo"
undated
box 11, folder 14
"How to Tame Wild Squirrels"
undated
box 11, folder 15
"In the Giant Cactus Country"
undated
box 11, folder 16
"In the Land of the Red Willow People"
1919
volume 3
"A Week with the Red Willow People," copybook carbon
1919
box 11, folder 17
"In the Mogollon Mountains"
undated
box 11, folder 18
"The Laguna Corn Feast"
undated
box 12, folder 1
"Mexican Romance, Magic, and Religion"
undated
box 12, folder 2
"Mother Robiny's Brood"
undated
box 12, folder 3
"Nesting Habits of Phainopepla Nitens in California"
1896
box 12, folder 4
"Notes on Some Birds of Southern California"
1896
box 12, folder 5
"Our Tug-Boat Trip to the Northwest Corner"
undated
box 12, folder 6
"Plays and Dances of the Taos Indians"
undated
box 12, folder 8
"Prose and Poetry at Laguna"
undated
box 12, folder 9
"Sacred Peaks of the Sun Worshipers"
undated
box 12, folder 10
"San Geronimo's Day at Taos"
undated
box 12, folder 11
"Tawny Thrush's Brood"
undated
box 12, folder 12
"The Water Ouzel on Mt. Shasta"
undated
box 12, folder 13
"Where the Wild Turkey Roosts"
undated
box 12, folder 14
"Working Days with the Santa Clara," publisher ready manuscript with two tipped in photos of Santa Clara Indians by Christian
G. Kaadt
undated
box 12, folder 16
List of publications 1885-1938
undated
Subseries 3.3:
Writings and Notes by Others.
1893-1941
box 12, folder 17
Vernon Bailey, notes and articles
1893-1941
box 12, folder 18-19
Clinton Levi Merriam, notes
[1887-1898?]
box 12, folder 20
"From the Far West," handmade book with tipped in photographs by Anna Bailey Mills
undated
box 12, folder 21
"On the Heights," handmade book with tipped in photographs by Laura E. Mills
undated
box 12, folder 22
A Decade of Bird Banding in America by Frederick C. Lincoln, pamphlet
1933
box 12, folder 23-24
Autobiographical notes, clippings, and family history
1924-33
undated
