The diary documents Roman Kenk's daily activities and field work during 1970. The book is preprinted with date, and entries describe daily activities: office work, specimen identification, meetings with colleagues, collections studied, and field work. Locality of collections studied are often indicated and are from across the country. Field work details describe routes taken including roads, geological landmarks (bodies of water), and towns; water properties (pH, temperature, appearance including clarity); presence of planarians; photographs taken (during trip to Japan and Hong Kong), and expenses. There is an index of locations, organized by state, in the back of the notebook. Locations included but are not limited to the vicinity of Great Falls, Fairfax county, Augusta county, Virginia; Truckee, Lake Tahoe, California; Yellowstone National Park, Montana; Uinta county, Wyoming; eastern Kansas; Logan county, Arkansas.
Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
