Field notes and diary, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, November-December 1906

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

Notes

The field notes and 1 map document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, November 16 -December 1, 1906. Pages are numbered. Entries are headed with dates and locations. Entries discuss travel, work with colleagues, terrain seen enroute, and descriptions of bluffs and cuts in terrain created the railroad lines. Descriptions of cuts includes discussion of layers and their composition, appearance, color, measurements, and fossils (shells). Sometimes entries refer to local landmarks when identifying locations. Includes hand drawn maps of sites observed, geological sections, some barometric readings, notes about photographs taken, and a chronological list of expenses. Some notes have been crossed out. Includes loose, hand drawn map of vicinity of Galena, Illinois. Locations include the vicinity of Calmar, Iowa; Bridgeport, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; Galena, Illinois; Bruno, Seward, Nebraska.

Subjects

Bruno , Calmar , Field notes , Galena , Geology , Illinois , Iowa , Maps , Nebraska , Paleontology , Prairie du Chien , Seward , United States , Wisconsin

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.155814