Title
Field notes and diary, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, 1933
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
1933
Notes
The field notes and diary document Bohumil Shimek's work and travel in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, August 14 - October 21, 1933. Entries include date lists of expenses, list of destinations and possibly distances, time of day, weather, lists of plants headed with location and type of terrain (sometimes with notes), plant specimens collected, shells collected, terrain of collecting locations, results of dredging, and descriptions of communities visited. Terrain described includes several types including wetlands (swamps), lakes, creeks, rivers, and cuts in terrain.
Subjects
Alabama
,
Arkansas
,
Botany
,
Field notes
,
Florida
,
Iowa
,
Kentucky
,
Louisiana
,
Minnesota
,
Mississippi
,
Missouri
,
Mollusks
,
Saint Croix River
,
Tennessee
,
United States
,
Wisconsin
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.148571
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