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