Title
Field notes and diary, Iowa, Illinois, October-November 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 diary document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa, Illinois, October 13 - November 5, 1906. Pages are numbered. Entries are dated and often headed with location. They describe observations of river banks, bluffs, and cuts into terrain for the construction of railroad lines. Entries detail shape of terrain and sometimes include evidence of drift, presence of fossils, measurements, layers, composition, color, and appearance. The notebook includes lists of expenses listed by date and trip. Includes sketches and geological sections. Often locations are described as a distance between two towns. A little over half of the notebook is blank. Locations include the vicinity of Ottumwa, Albia, Unionville, Columbus Junction, Fruitland, Fairfield, Rome, Iowa; Joy, Gladstone, Illinois.
Subjects
Albia
,
Botany
,
Columbus Junction
,
Fairfield
,
Field notes
,
Fruitland
,
Geology
,
Gladstone
,
Illinois
,
Iowa
,
Joy
,
Ottumwa
,
Paleontology
,
Rome
,
Sketches
,
Unionville
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.151433
Find in a local library