Field notes, undated
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintThe field book documents geological fieldwork completed by August Foerste. Entries are headed with location information and geological descriptions. Location information usually includes possibly name of town or landmarks (sometimes names of owners) like quarries, but identification is unclear. There are geological sections with measurements, descriptions of layer composition and color, type of stone. Sometimes locations are numbered with time of day and short descriptions.
1887-1933
1887
1933
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SIA RU007242
August F. Foerste Papers, 1887-1933 and undated
1 field book
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 3 Folder 8