Field notes : Arizona, 1879, 1930, includes notes by Charles Elmer Resser, Alexander Stoyanow, and Edwin D. McKee
date: label: Date Range
content: 1879-1930
label: Start Date
content: 1879
label: End Date
content: 1930
notes: label: Abstract
content: Charles D. Walcott records observations of Grand Canyon in 1879 while in the employ of the U.S. Geological Survey, and notes on Arizona in 1930. The notebook from Grand Canyon is handwritten in pen and pencil; the center of the note book is empty, with text restarted toward the back. Entries are listed by date, and usually title location observed. Locations are extensively described, and also include sketches, inserts, descriptions of sections, details about stone types, color, texture, and fossils found. Sites mentioned include Sink Valley and Kanab Canyon. |Notes from 1930 describe sites at (Arizona) Music Mountain near Peach Springs, Del Rio, Algae in Naukoweap, Kaibab Trail, Naukoweap Creek. Includes notes by Charles Elmer Resser, Alexander Stoyanow, and Edwin D. McKee.
place: label: Place
content: Arizona
label: Place
content: Grand Canyon
label: Place
content: Music Mountain
label: Place
content: Del Rio
label: Place
content: Kaibab Plateau Arizona Trail
label: Place
content: Sink Valley
label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Kanab Canyon
topic: label: Topic
content: Geology
label: Topic
content: Paleontology
label: Topic
content: Geology, Stratigraphic--Cambrian
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content: Charles D. Walcott Collection,1851-1940 and undated
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content: Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
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content: Resser, Charles Elmer, 1889-1943
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content: Resser, Charles Elmer, 1889-1943
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content: Stoyanow, Alexander
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content: McKee, Edwin D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007004
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Illustrations
objectRights: label: Access Information
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physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Charles D. Walcott Collection,1851-1940 and undated
label: Physical Description
content: 1 folder
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 29 Folder 28