Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, New York, 1860-1869
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Field book documents Fielding Meek's work with Amos Henry Worthen on the Geological Survey of Illinois as well as work completed in Nebraska. Pages are numbered. Information is entered in several formats. Begins with a list of fossils. Materials were found near Illinois coal sources; the lists include additional location information, sometimes counties including Knox, Mercer, Vermillion, and Fayette County. Some entries are detailed discussions of specimens found in Illinois and Nebraska, sometimes by other people. The entries are headed with the name of the fossil genus, information entered in paragraphs, and include collector, locations, citations, hypotheses and sometimes illustrations. There is a list of fish remains from Nebraska. Fossils discussed were found by Broadhead, Green, Bradley, Worthen. Also includes observations of Paleontology collections in New York, list of expenses for 1869, and in the back of the notebook notes about books lent, borrowed and purchased. Additional locations include vicinity of Grayville and Danville Illinois.
Date Range
1860-1870
Start Date
1860
End Date
May 19, 1870
Access Information
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Topic
- Geology
- Coal--Geology
- Paleontology
Place
- Danville
- New York
- United States
- Illinois
- Grayville
- Canton
- Fayette
- Knox
- Mercer
- Vermilion
- Nebraska
Form/Genre
- Fieldbook record
- Field notes
Accession #
SIA RU007062
Collection name
Fielding B. Meek Papers, 1843-1877 and undated
Physical Description
1 field book
Physical Location
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation
Box 11 Folder 1