Field notes, Iowa, April-May 1905

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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

1905-1906

Notes

The field notes and diary document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa, April 17, 1905 - May 1906. Pages are numbered. Includes notes on geology, followed by botany. First entries are dated and sometimes headed with destination ranges for trips taken. Details include descriptions of terrain observed; and route taken (railroad). Sites studied were cuts in the terrain made for the construction of the railroad. These sites are numbered and described with location, depth, color, composition, presence of fossils (shells), sketches, and sections. Botany notes are dated and describe tree groves with information about photographs taken, height and width, and terrain. Some notes are crossed out. Iowa (Luxemburg, Halbur, Carroll County, Colfax) and Nebraska (Clarkson, Fremont, Scribner).

Subjects

Botany , Carroll , Clarkson , Colfax , Field notes , Fremont , Geology , Halbur , Iowa , Luxemburg , Nebraska , Paleontology , Scribner , Sketches , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.155824