Title
Field notes and diary, New Mexico, August 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
1904
Notes
The field notes document Bohumil Shimek's work in New Mexico, May 14 - 27, 1904, and August 15 - 31, 1907. Pages are numbered. Entries are dated and sometimes include location. Entries describe travel (method and times); terrain (plains desert, lava beds, erosion) and vegetation (types of trees) seen enroute; locations visited; local inhabitants met; specimen collecting; lists of plants seen at field sites; daily activities; notes about local communities; and ground composition, color, appearance. Includes list of expenses, a description of a bull fight. Locations include Cox Canyon, Carrizozo flats, Mal Pais (or Malpais), Alamogordo, Tula Rosa, Alkali desert, and Ft Bliss, New Mexico.
Subjects
Alamogordo
,
Botany
,
Field notes
,
Fort Bliss
,
Geology
,
New Mexico
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156079
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