Field notes, Iowa, 1909 (F)

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

1909

Notes

The field notes document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa, April 9 - June 12, 1909. Pages are numbered. Entries were dated and describe terrain observed including bluffs and cuts, describing layers, their appearance, color, composition, shells and bones found (fossils (?)), weather, hand drawn maps of locations observed, lists of plants observed per location, interactions with colleagues, photographs taken, and list of expenses. Locations includes the vicinity of the towns of Malvern, Glenwood, Turin, Logan, Iowa City; and counties of Muscatine, Monona, Harrison, and Mills, Iowa.

Subjects

Botany , Field notes , Geology , Glenwood , Harrison , Iowa , Iowa City , Logan , Malvern , Maps , Mills , Missouri Valley , Monona , Muscatine , Paleontology , Turin , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.121697