Details - Field notes and diary, Iowa, quotations on geology from various sources, January-February 1921

Field notes and diary, Iowa, quotations on geology from various sources, January-February 1921

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Field notes and diary, Iowa, quotations on geology from various sources, January-February 1921

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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

1921

Notes

The field notes and diary document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa; quotations on geology from various sources, January - February 11, 1921. Entries are a combination of quotations, notes, and field notes; they are entered from the back and the front of the notebook. Entries describe a trip between Des Moines to Osceola, February 11-14 1921, detailing travel, time of day, weather, terrain observed along the railroad (including timberlines, plains, bluffs), lists of plants seen. Covers a second trip January 21-22, 1921, from Dubuque through the Mississippi valley, McGregor, and Porterville, Iowa.