Details - Field notes and diary, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, December 1906

Field notes and diary, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, December 1906

Title

Field notes and diary, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, 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 4 maps document Bohumil Shimek's work in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, December 17 - 28, 1906. Pages are numbered. Entries detail observations from trips; entries are usually dated and often headed with location of location range. Includes travel details; terrain observed enroute; accommodations; list photographs taken with number and subject; plants observed, and descriptions of bluffs, riverbanks, and cuts in terrain created for construction of railroad lines. These include descriptions of layers and their color, composition, appearance, and fossils (shells). Each cut is numbered and described. Sometimes includes geological sections and sketches. Shimek discusses stories and observations of racial tensions and spouts of racially motivated violence. There is a list of specimens collected and a list of expenses in the back. Maps are of Canadian River and Buffalo River. Locations include the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi; Madill, Oklahoma.