Title
Field notes and diary, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, November-December 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 1 map document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, November 16 -December 1, 1906. Pages are numbered. Entries are headed with dates and locations. Entries discuss travel, work with colleagues, terrain seen enroute, and descriptions of bluffs and cuts in terrain created the railroad lines. Descriptions of cuts includes discussion of layers and their composition, appearance, color, measurements, and fossils (shells). Sometimes entries refer to local landmarks when identifying locations. Includes hand drawn maps of sites observed, geological sections, some barometric readings, notes about photographs taken, and a chronological list of expenses. Some notes have been crossed out. Includes loose, hand drawn map of vicinity of Galena, Illinois. Locations include the vicinity of Calmar, Iowa; Bridgeport, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; Galena, Illinois; Bruno, Seward, Nebraska.
Subjects
Bruno
,
Calmar
,
Field notes
,
Galena
,
Geology
,
Illinois
,
Iowa
,
Maps
,
Nebraska
,
Paleontology
,
Prairie du Chien
,
Seward
,
United States
,
Wisconsin
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.155814
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