Field notes and diary, Mississippi, Arkansas, December 1906-January 1907

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

1906-1907

Notes

The field notes and 1 map document Bohumil Shimek's work in Mississippi, Arkansas, December 26, 1906 - January 1907. The entries are dated and sometimes headed with location. Entries describe method of travel, lists of photographs taken including subject matter, weather, and cuts in terrain created for construction of railway line. Cuts are numbered and descriptions include details about layers, composition, color, appearance, measurements, fossils (shells). Some entries also describe communities visited. There is a list of elevations and locations, hand drawn maps , geological sections, and sketches. The loose map is of the vicinity of Helena, Arkansas. Locations include Natchez, Mississippi; Vicksburg; Helena, Arkansas; and Forrest City (state unidentified).

Subjects

Arkansas , Field notes , Geology , Helena , Maps , Mississippi , Natchez , Paleontology , Sketches , United States , Vicksburg

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.155803