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Field notes, Harrison and Monona counties, Iowa, 1908 (D)

by: Shimek, Bohumil, 1861-1937

Publication date: 1908

Topics: Geology, Botany

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

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The field notes document Bohumil Shimek's work in Harrison and Monona counties, Iowa, October 23 - November 11, 1908. Pages are numbered. Entries are dated, and include travel information for a series of trips in Iowa, documenting weather, travel methods, locations, and plants seen. There is a series of descriptions of cuts in terrain which are numbered and describe layers, composition, appearance, color), photographs taken, sketches and maps, and bluffs. Locations include Mapleton, Blencoe, and Ute, Iowa

Abstract: The field notes document Bohumil Shimek"s work in Harrison and Monona counties, Iowa, October 23 - November 11, 1908. Pages are numbered. Entries are dated, and include travel information for a series of trips in Iowa, documenting weather, travel methods, locations, and plants seen. There is a series of descriptions of cuts in terrain which are numbered and describe layers, composition, appearance, color), photographs taken, sketches and maps, and bluffs. Locations include Mapleton, Blencoe, and Ute, Iowa.