Field notes, Iowa, Nebraska, 1909 (I)
date: label: Date Range
content: 1909-1910
label: Start Date
content: 19091006
label: End Date
content: 19100618
notes: label: Abstract
content: The field notes document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa, Nebraska, October 6, 1909 - June 18, 1910. Pages are numbered. Entries are dated and describe trips taken, including methods and times of travel, weather, health of colleagues, photographs taken (numbers, descriptions), exchange of fossil specimens (bones, shells), terrain observed (composition, appearance, color, measurements) with rough sketches, lists of expenses, cuts in terrain along railroad lines, lists of plants seen, and lists of maintenance for local schools. Described locations (cuts, bluffs) are often numbered. Some notes are crossed out. Locations include Okoboji, Akron, Council Bluffs, Eldon, Sioux City, and Chillicoth, Iowa; and Florence, Nebraska (1910).
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Iowa
label: Place
content: Okoboji
label: Place
content: Akron
label: Place
content: Council Bluffs
label: Place
content: Eldon
label: Place
content: Sioux City
label: Place
content: Chillicoth
label: Place
content: Nebraska
topic: label: Topic
content: Botany
label: Topic
content: Geology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Bohumil Shimek Papers, 1878-1936
label: See more records associated with this person
content: Shimek, Bohumil, 1861-1937
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007082
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Sketches
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: Bohumil Shimek Papers, 1878-1936
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 2 Folder 22