Title
Field notes and diary, Iowa, South Dakota, 1911
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
1911
Notes
The field notes and diary document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota, April 13 - May 13, 1911. Entries are dated and describe travel, terrain (color, composition, measurements, appearance, rough sketches and geological sections), elevations, synopsis of letter from Professor J.H. Carman, and list of expenses. Terrain described includes bluffs, cuts in terrain for railroads (numbered), drifts, and river valleys. Locations include the vicinity of Lyon county, Okoboji, Des Moines, Iowa; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; New Ulm, Minnesota.
Subjects
Des Moines
,
Field notes
,
Geology
,
Iowa
,
Lyon
,
Minnesota
,
New Ulm
,
Okoboji
,
Sioux Falls
,
Sketches
,
South Dakota
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156078
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