Title
Field notes, Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, 1910 (#2)
Related Titles
Contained In:
Bohumil Shimek Papers, 1878-1936
Series:
SIA RU007082
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Shimek, Bohumil, 1861-1937
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1910
Notes
The field notes document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, September 3 - 23, 1910. Pages are numbered. Entries are dated and include travel details, describe terrain (layers, appearance, color, composition, measurements); elevation; locations along railways; hand-drawn maps and rough sketches of locations observed; weather; photographs taken; contacts and their information; and lists of plants by terrain type (sandy-mound, sand flat). When describing locations, often refers to roads and local landmarks. Types of terrain include bluffs, river banks, wells, and cuts in terrain (numbered). Locations include Muscatine County, Denison, Iowa; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Canton,(state unclear); South Omaha, Nebraska; and Rockport [Rock Port], Missouri.
Subjects
Botany
,
Denison
,
Field notes
,
Geology
,
Iowa
,
Maps
,
Missouri
,
Muscatine
,
Nebraska
,
Omaha
,
Rock Port
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Sioux Falls
,
Sketches
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South Dakota
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.121302
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