Field notes, undated, 2 volumes
date: label: Date Range
content: 1887-1933
label: Start Date
content: 1887
label: End Date
content: 1933
notes: label: Abstract
content: The brown notebook documents the work of August Foerste, and includes extensive sketches of fossils with notes. Pages are numbered, but the majority of information was entered back to front. Entries include observations of geology and collected specimens for locations around bluffs and river banks. Entries are organized by site and begin with directions to site observed. Includes hand drawn map of location with directions by bearing, landmark, and distance (unsure of measurement type). Includes section descriptions of layers (color, texture and type of stone) indications of when fossil specimens collected with descriptions, some details about surrounding environment. Locations include the vicinity of Chipola River (Florida), Chattahoochee River (Georgia), and Cape Fear River (North Carolina).
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Chattahoochee River
label: Place
content: Chipola River
label: Place
content: Cape Fear
label: Place
content: Florida
label: Place
content: Georgia
label: Place
content: North Carolina
topic: label: Topic
content: Paleontology
label: Topic
content: Geology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: August F. Foerste Papers, 1887-1933 and undated
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Foerste, Aug. F (Aug. Frederic), 1862-1936
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007242
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Illustrations
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: August F. Foerste Papers, 1887-1933 and undated
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 3 Folder 7