Field notes and diary, Iowa, March-July 1923

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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

1923

Notes

The field notes and diary document Bohumil Shimek's work and travel in Iowa, March 11 - July 14, 1923. Pages were tabbed. Entries are dated and describe travel details, weather, daily activities, lists of plants observed enroute, and plants collected. Lists of plants are often headed with terrain type (prairie, alluvial terrain). Some plants listed include notes. Descriptions of terrain are often described in terms of the start and end point of the trip, a location range. Locations include sites across Iowa, in the vicinity of counties Johnson, Muscatine, Jefferson, Henry, Wapello, Monroe, Lucas, Osceola, Union, Madison, Polk, Powerbrick, Jones, Delaware, Clayton, Fayette, and Benton.

Subjects

Botany , Field notes , Henry , Iowa , Jefferson , Johnson , Lucas , Madison , Monroe , Muscatine , Osceola , Polk , Union , United States , Wapello

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.148596