Field notes and diary, Iowa, 1934 ( II of II)

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

1934-1936

Notes

The field notes and diary (2 of 2) document Bohumil Shimek's work and travel in Iowa, August 22, 1934 - September 11, 1936. Some entries are dated and include lists of destinations and distances, lists of plants observed, travel details, dated lists of expenses, shells collected, rough sketches relating to locations observed, fossils found, geological sections describing (layers, color, composition), and hand drawn maps. Notes describe a variety of terrain including plains, bluffs, river banks, and woods. Locations include the vicinity of Lyon County, Hawarden, Diamond Lake, and Gull Point, Iowa.

Subjects

Botany , Field notes , Geology , Gull Point , Hawarden , Iowa , Lyon , Maps , Paleontology , Sketches , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.149594