Field notes and diary, Iowa, South Dakota, 1911
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PrintThe field notes and diary document Bohumil Shimek's work in Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota, April 13 - May 13, 1911. Entries are dated and describe travel, terrain (color, composition, measurements, appearance, rough sketches and geological sections), elevations, synopsis of letter from Professor J.H. Carman, and list of expenses. Terrain described includes bluffs, cuts in terrain for railroads (numbered), drifts, and river valleys. Locations include the vicinity of Lyon county, Okoboji, Des Moines, Iowa; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; New Ulm, Minnesota.
1911
Apr 13, 1911
May 13, 1911
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Geology
SIA RU007082
Bohumil Shimek Papers, 1878-1936
1 field book
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