[Nhcoll-l] [HERBARIA] Verne Grant's field notes

Wed Sep 23 12:26:43 EDT 2015

Hi Rusty,

Thanks for the links to the Smithsonian Field Book Project. Two minutes later I'm looking at former UI Professor Bohumil Shimek's digitized - and transcribed - diary! And the blog post! Fantastic - thanks so much to everyone who participates in the project.

Please digitize the rest of his papers :). In return, maybe Lindsay can help find a Czech transcriber/translator through the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ncsml.org_&d=AwIFBA&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=IRpKhvi3VEmQfe3B4hRlz3gzuPyXfnzXn2QxjYNmeYQ&s=r56SdmfaoitMin_xMW38pAJsRFtxxGbMkJ67YNp6_ZE&e= >, in nearby Cedar Rapids.

Deb, Cindy and I have Shimek's specimens in our collections at the Iowa State University Ada Hayden Herbarium<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.herbarium.iastate.edu_&d=AwIFBA&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=IRpKhvi3VEmQfe3B4hRlz3gzuPyXfnzXn2QxjYNmeYQ&s=IS2urMBe6l4BbCaybvWeYlGgxDIvsjQeGrJw30lChqo&e= >, the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mnh.uiowa.edu_&d=AwIFBA&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=IRpKhvi3VEmQfe3B4hRlz3gzuPyXfnzXn2QxjYNmeYQ&s=VbohYleeweMzkF-gZTWi4mhqbMNV68uRhISF0AfX7EU&e= > and the University of Iowa Paleontology Repository<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__clas.uiowa.edu_ees_facilities_paleontology-2Drepository&d=AwIFBA&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=IRpKhvi3VEmQfe3B4hRlz3gzuPyXfnzXn2QxjYNmeYQ&s=9ATcLdCvaEIIJd1eAGe9j7tgvl95k8mwZCDLisCcDVc&e= >. Access to Shimek's papers helps us with collection management, and gives us an amazing insight into the Shimek's life, not just as our "local" naturalist, but also as a supporter of Czechoslovak Independence through his connection with Tomáš Masaryk.

Best wishes,

Tiffany

Tiffany Adrain
Collections Manager, Paleontology Repository
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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (formerly Geoscience)
The University of Iowa
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From: HERBARIA [mailto:herbaria-bounces at NACSE.ORG] On Behalf Of Russell, Rusty
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 6:04 AM
To: 'Dave Keil' <dkeil at calpoly.edu>; HERBARIA at nacse.org
Subject: Re: [HERBARIA] Verne Grant's field notes

Hi Dave.  Sorry that we don't have Verne Grants field books here at the Smithsonian,  However, this might a good time to remind everyone that there are more than 8000 field books catalogued at the Smithsonian, more than 1100 of which describe plant collecting.  These are the product of the Field Book Project https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mnh.si.edu_rc_fieldbooks_&d=AwIFBA&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=IRpKhvi3VEmQfe3B4hRlz3gzuPyXfnzXn2QxjYNmeYQ&s=diN1WAiATiofdiJ9xgnGAS7tN3xlmvAfJlGiyu_QdMM&e=  .  There are multiple ways to search for these, the most complete of which is to visit https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__collections.si.edu_search_&d=AwIFBA&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=IRpKhvi3VEmQfe3B4hRlz3gzuPyXfnzXn2QxjYNmeYQ&s=wBlWbc_xNAsrAmnLUbhoeSSDUpjgK-gb0FUOc1WC4JU&e=  , enter the collector name as a search term, and from that result set filter by type="Field notes".  Many are now digitally imaged at the page level, and some have been full transcribed by the SI Transcription Center https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__transcription.si.edu_&d=AwIFBA&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=IRpKhvi3VEmQfe3B4hRlz3gzuPyXfnzXn2QxjYNmeYQ&s=1kHvJ_n8Krk71xxA7mF1D7AphknjUIdfplbFU-S7dZA&e=  .  The Field Book Project has recently become a BHL partner and we are beginning to load content into BHL.  Just to make things a little easier, I've attached a spreadsheet containing the current list of botany field books,  Any inquiries about the status of botany field books, or the Field Book Project in general, may be directed to me.

About to survive a papal visit to DC,

Rusty

Rusty Russell
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United States National Herbarium
Smithsonian Institution
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Keil [mailto:dkeil at calpoly.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 11:24 PM
To: HERBARIA at nacse.org<mailto:HERBARIA at nacse.org>
Subject: [HERBARIA] Verne Grant's field notes

Does anyone know the location of Verne Grant's field notes.  They apparently are not at either RSA or TEX.  I've checked with Tom Wendt, Karen Grant, and Nancy Elder, the head librarian at the University of Texas Science Library where Verne Grant's library is deposited.

Dave

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