Field notes and maps, various years between circa 1931 and 1955
date: label: Date Range
content: 1931-1955
label: Start Date
content: 1931
label: End Date
content: 1955
notes: label: Abstract
content: This field book contains notes on the paleontological specimen and geology in the South, Midwest, and Southwest United States taken between 1931 and 1955, although not continuously. Cooper describes stratigraphy, often providing color and consistency of shale in which fossils are found. Examples of fossils noted include cephalopoda, trilobites and brachiopoda genera streptorhynchus, pionodema, mimella, and rafinesquina. Other fossil specimen are noted as well. Locations Cooper visits include localities in Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Quebec, and New Mexico. Index of localities accompanies field notes. Also includes notes from Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Some coordinates are included. Page numbers for these field notes are 0001-0858.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Canada
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content: Tennessee
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content: Oklahoma
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content: Virginia
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content: Georgia
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content: Alabama
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content: Minnesota
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content: Quebec
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content: Texas
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content: Kansas
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content: New Mexico
topic: label: Topic
content: Paleontology
label: Topic
content: Geology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: G. Arthur Cooper Papers, 1923-1993 and undated
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content: Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) 1902-
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007318
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
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: G. Arthur Cooper Papers, 1923-1993 and undated
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 34 Folder 1