Title
Field notes and diary, Mississippi, Arkansas, December 1906-January 1907
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
1906-1907
Notes
The field notes and 1 map document Bohumil Shimek's work in Mississippi, Arkansas, December 26, 1906 - January 1907. The entries are dated and sometimes headed with location. Entries describe method of travel, lists of photographs taken including subject matter, weather, and cuts in terrain created for construction of railway line. Cuts are numbered and descriptions include details about layers, composition, color, appearance, measurements, fossils (shells). Some entries also describe communities visited. There is a list of elevations and locations, hand drawn maps , geological sections, and sketches. The loose map is of the vicinity of Helena, Arkansas. Locations include Natchez, Mississippi; Vicksburg; Helena, Arkansas; and Forrest City (state unidentified).
Subjects
Arkansas
,
Field notes
,
Geology
,
Helena
,
Maps
,
Mississippi
,
Natchez
,
Paleontology
,
Sketches
,
United States
,
Vicksburg
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.155803
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