Details - Field notes and diary, Natchez, Mississippi, 1898

Field notes and diary, Natchez, Mississippi, 1898

Title

Field notes and diary, Natchez, Mississippi, 1898

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

1898

Notes

Field notes and diary document Bohumil Shimek's work in Natchez, Mississippi, 1898. Pages are numbered; some entries are dated ands are journal style. Begins with a list of dates, method of travel (rail), and destinations, with some information about surrounding vegetation. Entries become more detailed and discuss observations of local environment and communities, observed relations between African Americans and whites, interactions with local inhabitants, terrain, types of trees observed, weather, daily activities, specimen collecting, and specimen preparation. Much of the second half of the diary is crossed out, and noted to have been copied. Most of this material are descriptions of terrain and vegetation with measurements and references to local landmarks.