FieldBookProject

1 week left in #WomensHistoryMonth2019! volunteers keep crushing on #HerNaturalHistory. Check out the @BioDivLibrary list s.si.edu/2uuhTgg of #citsci, Wikipedia, Facebook Live and transcription opps s.si.edu/2HVgAPo. Join the final push!

Charles D. Walcott spent some time around the one-of-a-kind @GrandCanyonNPS digging for fossils 130 years ago. The U.S. Geographical Survey was newly formed and he was a geological assistant. s.si.edu/2tEOZcU #hatsoff #GrandCanyonNPS #Birthday

The USDA required staff like Vernon Bailey to keep a diary of their daily activities while on the road. Good thing, it adds context to the lists of specimens collected. Here's one, live at @TranscribeSI transcription.si.edu/project/13770

What a privilege to work with these organizations to bring over half a million field notes to the 'Net through @BioDivLibrary #BHLFNP s.si.edu/2KbaBIg @AMNH @mobotgarden @yalepeabody @internetarchive @MCZHarvard @NYBG @Harvard Botany @FieldMuseum and more!

@SmithsonianArch Explore Rose's "Greenhouse Notes" in #BHLib via @SmithsonianArch & the @FieldBookProj: s.si.edu/2rBJCu4. The #SciArt in this tweet is by Mary Emily Eaton from "The Cactaceae" v.1 (1919) by Rose & Britton, via @NYBG: s.si.edu/2G3W7mN #SmithsonianInBloom

You're gonna need a bigger boat, er, cart... @SmithsonianArch digization tech @charleszange next to the "field book to outweigh them all." Learn more about the challenges we faced working with this 28,000 page #fieldbook in today's #BHLFNP blog post. s.si.edu/2HT1WF6

Enjoy @SmithsonianArch's behind-the-scenes look at preserving #fieldnotes? Then be sure to check out this blog series on treating the #nudibranch #fieldbook, one of the most popular items we've digitized! s.si.edu/2Fi8J9v s.si.edu/2KkR5Wq #Preswk

Tune in and learn about how @SmithsonianArch preserves field books. Starts in 20 minutes! #Preswk #MaterialMatters s.si.edu/TClive

Join @SmithsonianArch & @TranscribeSI tomorrow @ 12PM EST to go behind the scenes on preserving #fieldbooks. s.si.edu/TClive #Preswk #MaterialMatters

Feeling the love for #SesameStreet showing kids this week how to record #fieldnotes @Fieldbookproj @SmithsonianArch muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_4…

On the one hand, weeks out in the field can make you feel like Teddy Roosevelt. On the other, it can make you regress to a bored, frustrated teenager. #SIFBP #POBSP #blah! s.si.edu/2G7DD8Y

From Dayton to Cambridge and Back Again: the field notes of August F. Foerste nmnh.typepad.com/fieldbooks/201…

These recipes were originally discovered in 2012 by then project cataloger @parillal. We are pleased as (rum and maracuyá) punch to finally be able to digitize the collections and make these field books readily available to you all! s.si.edu/2zavDgM

Is your holiday menu ready? How about some help from the Field Book Project? Check out these drink and confection recipes found in our collections! s.si.edu/2zavDgM

A special shoutout to @SiobhanLeachman whose Vernon Bailey finds we highlighted in today's blog post :) ow.ly/VoxX30fuCbZ

Found in a Field Book: Vernon Bailey Highlights from @TranscribeSI nmnh.typepad.com/fieldbooks/201…

Article on #fieldbook description, challenges by @parillal (@SILibraries), C. Fidler (@MVZUCB) & @Barchivist (@AMNH) ow.ly/Jl6230fp97O

Keeping up with our #BHLFNP partners? @FieldMuseum write-up on Timothy Plowman #botany fieldbooks is worth a read : s.si.edu/2xRg5hx

#TBT to when we found out an eagle #VernonBailey described (and ate!) is still in @NMNH collection. We love seeing these connections! #SIFBP twitter.com/SmithsonianArc…

Can't wait to see what #volunpeers uncover in this #VernonBailey notebook! Want to help transcribe? Visit transcription.si.edu & sign up! twitter.com/BioDivLibrary/…