Field notes, Harrison County, Iowa, 1908 (B)

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

1908

Notes

The field notes document Bohumil Shimek's work in Monona and Harrison County, Iowa, September 2 - 16, 1908. Pages are numbered. Entries describe cuts into terrain, usually between two listed locations. Cuts are numbered and descriptions include appearance, color, fossils (shells), measurements, and compositions of exposed layers. Entries also include interactions with colleagues, notes about trees growing in the area, references to observed drifts, lists of plants seen, and photographs taken. Includes hand drawn maps of some locations. Locations include the vicinity of Turin, Castana, Council Bluffs, and Magnolia, Iowa.

Subjects

Botany , Castana , Council Bluffs , Field notes , Geology , Harrison , Iowa , Magnolia , Maps , Monona , Paleontology , Turin , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156126