Title
Field notes and diary, Iowa, October 1904
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
1904
Notes
The field notes and diary document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa, July and October 1904. Destinations covered in notebook are listed on the cover. Pages are numbered. The markings indicating that some notes have been copied. The notebook has significant blank segments. Entries include lists headed by type of terrain or location (Prairie slope, ridge; Old Mans' Creek), date, and plants (scientific name) with notes. Entries pages 28 and onward are headed with date, destination ranges of trips, descriptions of plants observed, descriptions of terrain (bluffs, drift), and soil composition where they are found. Details listed include measurements; depth, appearance, color, and composition of soil observed; sketches of terrain; geological sections; and notes about fossils found. Locations include the vicinity of towns Waterloo, Loveland, Arion, Monroe, Harlan; and counties Carroll, Harrison, Harlan.
Subjects
Arion
,
Botany
,
Carroll
,
Eagle Grove
,
Field notes
,
Geology
,
Harrison
,
Iowa
,
Loveland
,
Paleontology
,
Sketches
,
United States
,
Waterloo
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.151474
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