Ornithology

Allen, Arthur A. papers,1899-1968,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-18-1255
Papers consist largely of Allen's professional correspondence and his work in the field of ornithology.

Allen, Elsa Guerdrum papers, 1885-1976   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-18-1362
Papers consist of correspondence with family members and professional colleagues; diaries; photographs and research notes on early ornithologists; a bibliography of her Ph.D. thesis; travel literature; copies of grant applications (1960-1965); unpublished manuscripts. Family papers also include a genealogy of her Scandinavian ancestors. Papers are in English, Norwegian, and Swedish.

Audubon, John James artwork, 1835-2002.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6721
Collection includes loose prints from Audubon books, The birds of America (double elephant folio of 1827-1838 and a subsequent octavo edition) and The viviparous quadrupeds of North America (1846-1854), as well as later reproductions of Audubon prints.

Brand, Albert Rich papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-18-899
Brand's papers relating to ornithology.

Burtch, Verdi papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3288
Scrapbooks, photographs, and volumes of bird observation notes. Also, 18 notebooks of Verdi Burtch's and Clarence Stone's bird observations and a catalog of bird and plant photographs arranged by species.

Cayuga Bird Club Records, 1913-1997   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 1996
Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material concerning the Cayuga Bird Club. Includes the club's constitution (ca. 1913) and papers of incorporation (1914); Arthur Allen's article "Cayuga Bird Club"; and correspondence of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the club's first president, including letters to him from Jared T. Newman concerning Renwick Woodland improvement.

Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology artwork.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 17-2-3522
Artwork on deposit from the Lab of Ornithology. Includes works by George Miksch Sutton, Anna Botsford Comstock, Mark Catesby and others.

Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company records, [ca. 1880-1935]   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 35-6-257
Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and illustrative material pertaining to books published by the Cornell University Press and the Comstock Publishing Company; correspondence pertaining to a merger of the Nature Study Review and Nature Magazine; and correspondence pertaining to John W. ("Uncle John") Spencer's stories and letters for children on nature study and rural life; correspondents include Anna Botsford Comstock, Mary Eleanor Davis, Paul S. Galtsoff, Albert H. Hartzell, Frank E. Lutz, James G. Needham, Arthur Newton Pack, Cuthbert W. Pound, Percival S. Ridsdale, John W. Spencer, and Paul S. Welch.

DuBois, Alexander Dawes papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3803
Patents, articles and clippings concerning electrical engineering; correspondence with Arthur A. Allen, catalog of glass negatives and photo albums.

Dyson, James Lindsay papers, ca. 1933-1971   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4293
Student papers, primarily laboratory and lecture notes from Cornell University; documents, notebook, and scrapbook relating to his experiences in the U.S. Army during World War II and in the Army Reserve; subject files relating to his teaching at Lafayette College and his work as a geologist; research files, card files, manuscripts, photographs, reviews, and articles on The World of Ice; research files for a projected work, The World of Water; scrapbooks; geology and ornithology field notebooks; personal correspondence and photographs; and other publications by James L. Dyson. Also, correspondence with Lolita Dyson about a scholarship established at Lafayette College in memory of her husband.

Flint, Harrison papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3696
Papers include speeches; published and unpublished articles; 92 notebooks of bird sightings, 1913-1974; annotated bird photographs, 1933, 1936, and 1940; a list of Lewis' publications; and other materials concerning ornithology.

Fordyce family papers, 1839-1979   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3646
Collection consists of correspondence, account books, notebooks, photographs, deeds, and other material of the Fordyce family of Scipio Center, Cayuga County and Monroe County, New York. Also contains papers of the Ohio branch of the Fordyce family, which included George Lincoln Fordyce, a Cleveland businessman and naturalist.

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz drawings   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4128
Pencil and ink drawings.

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz papers,   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2662
The papers of Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927), an ornithologist and a painter of birds. Includes student notes, notebooks, journals and sketchbooks; diaries; journals from expedition, many including sketches; notes; articles by and about Fuertes. The collection also contains artwork.

Gould, John artwork   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4736
Collection contains loose prints by John Gould.

Grinnell, Lawrence I. papers, 1930-1977   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2649
More than 70 motion picture films, photographic and written materials regarding ornithological trips taken by Lawrence Grinnell from 1938 to 1971; correspondence and a pamphlet, "The 1957-1958 New Zealand-Australia Expedition of the Laboratory of Ornithology"; materials pertaining to his dissertation A Study of the Common Redpoll, a notebook of Cornell ornithology seminars and Canoeable Waterways of New York State and Vicinity written by Grinnell.

Griscom, Ludlow papers, 1918-1961.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2701
Correspondence concerning activities at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, as well as field notes, reports, and biographical information about Griscom.

Hewitt, Oliver H. papers, 1981-1996   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6350
Correspondence to and from Oliver Hewitt from bird enthusiasts, transcripts of columns written for the Charlotte, Florida "Sun Herald."

Kellogg, Peter Paul papers, 1934-1964   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-18-893
Correspondence, reports, manuscripts of articles, photographs, clippings, notes, memoranda, and printed material relating to Kellogg's career in the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University; the history of the Laboratory; the Albert R. Brand Bird Song Foundation; ornithological expeditions to central Africa, Manitoba, and elsewhere; and bird clubs.

Laboratory of Ornithology records   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-18-2229
Records of J.W. Spencer as chairman of the Administrative Board of the Laboratory of Ornithology include Administrative Board minutes, budgets, correspondence, and records about the search for a director. Also includes Bird-Watching Days Calendar and Postcards for Project Feeder Watch.

McClure, H. Elliott papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 6757
Files relating to Asian birds include species files and lists from Japan and India; files relating to bird banding, especially in Thailand.

New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA) records.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4860
Materials relating to the organization's history and ongoing business, including minutes of meetings, membership rosters, announcements, and programs of annual meetings, photographs, news clippings, correspondence and special projects such as the New York State Avian Records Committee, and the New York State Bird Book Committee.

Sargent, William Dunlap Falconry papers, 1927-1965   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-18-1314
Includes correspondence concerning falconry, including letters to a young falconer (1947-1948) containing much information on the sport; photographs of hawks and falcons Sargent trained as hunters; drawings of hawks and falcons; and diagrams of furniture and fittings used in falconry.

Scheetz, Virginia deMorat Smith papers, 1941-1968, 1947-1968 (bulk)   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-18-1108
Includes notes from classes in ornithology, floriculture, and conservation; Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology newsletter, printed and promotional material, newspaper clippings, photographs, two tapes of bird calls by Myles North, and correspondence, minutes, and balance sheets of the Advisory Council; notes and correspondence regarding Scheetz' speeches; correspondence, minutes, newsletter, and yearbook of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; material on the Garden Club of America and the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania; and other correspondence, printed material, and miscellaneous papers of Virginia Scheetz.

Scheider, Francis G. papers, 1940-1988   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 4856
Subject files, field records, reports, and checklists, photographs, and other papers of an expert birder from the Rochester, New York area; records pertain mostly to Central New York State, but include accounts of trips to Alaska, Florida, and other places.

Spofford, Sally Hoyt papers, 1923-1982   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 21-18-2374
Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and memoranda pertaining to the administration of the Laboratory of Ornithology and her other interests in ornithology; rough drafts of Arthur A. Allen correspondence and writings; Edna Lane's Bird and Flying Squirrel field notes; Christmas newsletters with photographs from Peter Paul Kellogg; and J. Southgate Hoyt field notes, manuscripts, drawings, a draft of his Ph.D. thesis, and photographs, primarily relating to the pileated woodpecker. Also, Arthur Allen slides that match Bird Song records and files relating to the Federation of New York State Bird Clubs.

Stillwell, Jerry E. and Norma J. papers   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2621
Letters, diaries, and notes concerning the recording of bird calls, and other ornithology related work.

Tanner, James Taylor papers, 1935-2012.   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 2665
Papers relating to James T. Tanner's career as an ornithologist.

Wilder, George Durand papers, ca. 1897-1976   [no physdesc:quantity]

Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collection Number: 3241
Includes notebooks, pamphlets, field notes, and other material on ornithology, mostly in China; Birds of Northeastern China by Wilder and Hugh Hubbard; correspondence of Wilder and his sons Theodore Wilder and Durand Wilder (George Durand Wilder, Jr.) and of Gertrude Stanley Wilder; volume of "Random Jottings" by Gertrude Wilder, including recollections of China missions and missionaries.


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