Collecting records, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas, April-August 1967

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Creator

Murchie, William Roger, 1920-1968

Abstract

This item consists of worksheets recording the collecting of earthworm specimens from 9 April 27 August 1967 in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Some specific locations visited include Rutherford (Tennessee), Lyon (Kentucky), Jackson (Illinois), Dubois (Indiana), Woodward (Oklahoma), and Hemphill (Texas). Worksheets record the following information: Bottle numbers, Lot numbers, Local, County, State, Date, Locus, Time, Air Temp, PPT, Ref, Habitat type, Vegetation tree, shrub, Ground cover, Soil type, Slope, Soil temp, pH, Drainage, Color, shade, Litter, Exposure, Moisture, Land use, Habitation, Abundance, Activities, Associates, Oothecae, Casts, HC, OH, Condition, Collection method, Disposition, Culture number. These worksheets refer to Lot numbers 67-4-1 to 67-8-42.

Date Range

1967

Start Date

Apr 09, 1967

End Date

Aug 27, 1967

Access Information

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Topic

  • Helminthology
  • Worms
  • Earthworms

Place

  • Dubois
  • United States
  • Oklahoma
  • Illinois
  • Rutherford
  • Indiana
  • Tennessee
  • Kentucky
  • Texas
  • Lyon
  • Woodward2001699
  • Jackson

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

Accession #

SIA RU007266

Collection name

William Roger Murchie Papers, 1954-1967 and undated : series 2, collecting records, 1954-1967

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 3 Folder 13