| Date |
Activities of George Langford, Sr. [in the handwriting of George Langford, Jr. transcribed from GL, Sr.'s notes]. |
| May-June-July 1953 |
I
made
several
trips
to the strip mines with [Dr. Robert H. and Mrs.]
Whitfield and two with [Eugene S.] Richardson. [no mention of the
collecting sites visited - GL,Jr.] The [William] Turnbulls found
an amphibian, snake-like, near the Santa Fe tracks [Locality
No.
23]. July was wet and hot. The first half of August was
nice, but the last half was a long, terribly hot spell. |
| 1954
&
1955 |
I
spent
all
of
1954 and up until April 1955 on my manuscript of flora
from the Pennsylvanian Wilmington deposit. Having no automobile,
I made only five collecting trips and did not get very much, as the
accessible sites had been gone over by numerous collectors.
However, each time I did get some new species of flora and some
fauna. I was a guest of [Dr. Robert H. and Mrs.] Whitfield each
time. [no identification of collecting sites vistited - GL,Jr.] |
| July
&
August
1955 |
These
were
record-breaking
hot
months - no chance for field work. |
| Oct.
1,
1955 |
Trip
to
strip
mines
with [Dr. Robert H. and Mrs.] Whitfield. Mrs.
Whitfield got five specimens. [sites not identified - GL,Jr.] |
| Jan.
26,
1956 |
Called
on
Mr.
Salvatore
Peck, Braidwood, Illinois; he has a collection. |
| April
1956 |
The
Winter
from
November
to April has been the mildest that I can
remember. Not much snow or ice, and the temperature never got
down to zero (°F). Most of my time has been spent writing up
the Wilmington Pennsylvanian flora. |
| May
24,
1956 |
With
[Dr.
Robert
H.]
Whitfield and son Jack at Goldblatt's [Locality
No.
3]. Cold up to 11:30AM, then mild and sunny the rest of the
day. |
| April
3,
1957 |
No
[Wilmington
strip
mine]
field trips up to now and none planned. |
| June
22,
1957 |
I
visited
the
strip
mines with [Dr. and Mrs. Robert H.] Whitfield. Weather
very hot. [site visited not identified - GL,Jr.] |
| September
20,
1957 |
Trip
to
strip
mines with [Dr. Robert H.] Whitfield and son John
Whitfield. Rain in morning at Goldblatt's [Locality
No.
3]. |
| June
13,
1958 |
My
book,
"The Wilmington Coal Flora"
was formally [dedicated] at the meeting of ESCONI [Earth Science Club
of Northern Illinois] at Downers Grove, Illinois. Dr. Robert H.
Whitfield spoke for me. Mrs. Whitfield, Sydne Holmes Langford,
and George Langford, Jr. were with us. |
| 1959 |
Spent
on
Lower
Eocene specimens from the southern states. |
| April
20,
1960 |
Dr.
&
Mrs.
[Robert H.] Whitfield took me down to the "Goldblatt" area [Locality
No.
3]. Weather perfect 70°F; but the wind blew
strongly. Our collecting was better than we expected; a fine
trip, after my layoff of nearly three years. |
| November
2,
1960 |
Mr.
&
Mrs.
Eugene S. Richardson drove me to Joliet, where we visited
John L. McClucki, who was a patient in Silver Cross Hospital. I
had not been there [the hospital] since about 1944, nor in Joliet since
1950. [this was Father's final entry in the field book he maintained relating to the Wilmington strip mine spoil heaps collecting areas - GL,Jr.] [unsigned, but in the handwriting
of] George Langford, Jr.
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