Guide to the Sally Hoyt Spofford Papers,
1923-1982

Collection Number: 21-18-2374

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
A. Macfaddedn, Mary Warren
Date completed:
April 1988-June 1993
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, March 1, 2001

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Sally Hoyt Spofford Papers, 1923-1982
Collection Number:
21-18-2374
Creator:
Sally Hoyt Spofford, 1914-
Quantity:
2.3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Letters, manuscripts, notes, books, photographs, and drawings
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
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.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Ornithologist, Administrative Assistant at the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Spofford, Sally Hoyt, 1914-
Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964
Kellogg, Peter Paul, 1899-1975.
Hoyt, John Southgate Yeaton, 1913-1951.
Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

Subjects:
Ornithology--Study and teaching.
Bird refuges--New York (State)--Ithaca.
Woodpeckers.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Sally Hoyt Spofford Papers, #21-18-2374. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Laboratory of Ornithology and Personal Correspondence Box 1
Series II. Arthur A. Allen Drafts Box 1
Series III. Southgate Y. Hoyt and Sally Hoyt Spofford Papers Boxes 1-4
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. Laboratory of Ornithology and Personal Correspondence
Arthur A. Allen , Sept. 1956-Aug. 1982
Box 1 Folder 1
Arthur A. Allen; Peter Paul Kellogg , Sept.-Dec. 1955
Box 1 Folder 2
William C. Dilger , Jan. 1956-Oct. 1965
Box 1 Folder 3
Erma J. Fisk (Mrs. Bradley Fisk) , Dec. 1970-Oct. 1965
Box 1 Folder 4
Peter Paul Kellogg , May 1954-Nov. 1975
Box 1 Folder 5
Paul and Byrl Kellogg Christmas Cards , 1945-1963
Box 1 Folder 6
W. Keith Kennedy, Nov. 1969-Mar. 1971
Box 1 Folder 7
Douglas A. Lancaster, Feb. 1968-Sept. 1972
Box 1 Folder 8
Art Lane, Apr.-May 1971
Box 1 Folder 9
Lewis F. Pearsall, Sept. 1967-July 1970
Box 1 Folder 10
Arthur G. Peterson, Feb. 1958-Apr. 1962
Box 1 Folder 11
Olin Sewell Pettingill, Apr. 1961-Dec. 1963
Box 1 Folder 12
Olin Sewell Pettingill, Mar. 1964-July 1972
Box 1 Folder 13
Virginia Scheetz (Mrs. Francis Scheetz), Jan. 1957-Feb. 1971
Box 1 Folder 14
Charles G. Sibley, Nov. 1953-May 1964
Box 1 Folder 15
Lyman K. Stuart, July 1958-Sept. 1962
Box 1 Folder 16
Charles Sutherland, Apr.-July 1962
Box 1 Folder 17
Gustav A. Swanson, July 1959-Aug. 1961
Box 1 Folder 18
James Tate, Jr., Apr. 1970-Sept. 1972
Box 1 Folder 19
Fred Kent Truslow, Apr.-Aug. 1968
Box 1 Folder 20
Miscellaneous, Jan. 1957-Dec. 1959
Box 1 Folder 21
Miscellaneous, Jan.-Dec. 1960
Box 1 Folder 22
Miscellaneous, Jan. 1964-Dec. 1975
Box 1 Folder 23
Miscellaneous, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 24
Search for Director, Mar.-Oct. 1972
Box 1 Folder 25
Lab Job, May 1967-Dec. 1968
Box 1 Folder 26
Response to J. Southgate Y. Hoyt Broadcast, Mar. 1960
Box 1 Folder 27
Income/Expense Statements and Related Material, July 1958
Box 1 Folder 28
Accounting Notes, Letters, Nov. 1958-Jan. 1959
Box 1 Folder 29
Newspaper Clippings, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 30
Series II. Arthur A. Allen Drafts
Handwritten Letters, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 31
Drafts, #1, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 32
Drafts, #2, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 32
Series III. J. Southgate Y. Hoyt and Sally Hoyt Spofford Papers
Draft of Ph.D. Thesis, 1948
Box 1 Folder 34
Photos of Pileated Woodpecker, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 35
Photos of Pileated Woodpecker Development, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 36
Miscellaneous Photos and Negatives, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 37
Articles, Reprints, Publications, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 38
Carbon Manuscript-Published, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 39
Elsa Guerdrum Allen, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 40
Correspondence, 1923-1950
Box 1 Folder 41
Correspondence, 1951-1975
Box 1 Folder 42
New York Upstate Birds - Hoyt and Pettingill - Early Drafts, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 43
Pileated Woodpecker Material, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 44
Pileated Woodpecker, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 45
Bird Study Class (Campus Club), n.d.
Box 1 Folder 46
Key to North America Bird Eggs - Manuscript, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 47
Women's Committee - International Ornithological Congress (IOC), n.d.
Box 1 Folder 48
(IOC), 1962
Box 1 Folder 49
Newspaper Clippings, n.d.
Box 1 Folder 50
Laboratory of Ornithology Correspondence, S. H. Spofford, 1963-1978
Box 2 Folder 1
Miscellaneous Ornithology and Lab Correspondence, 1956-1966
Box 2 Folder 2
Nature Study Course, Cold Spring Harbor - Long Island Biological Association, 1942-1951
Box 2 Folder 3
Lecture Correspondence, 1947-1973
Box 2 Folder 4-7
Ornithology Class Quizzes, Reports
 Box 2 Folder 8
Lab Matters
 Box 2 Folder 9
Laboratory Directorship, 1972-1981
Box 2 Folder 10
Correspondence re Pileated Woodpecker, 1955-1956
Box 2 Folder 11
Correspondence, Natural History, 1946-1953
Box 2 Folder 12
Extension Releases, 1969-1972
Box 2 Folder 13
Encyclopedia Americana, 1967
Box 2 Folder 15
Correspondence re Sightings, 1960-1961
Box 2 Folder 15
Thesis, Charts, Drawings
 Box 2 Folder 16
Civil Service, 1933-1934
Box 2 Folder 17
Published Manuscripts, 1954-1961
Box 2 Folder 18-19
"Edna Lane's Bird and Flying Squirrel Notes", 1939-1956
Box 2 Folder 20-23
A. A. Allen Lecture Notes
 Box 2 Folder 24
J. S. Y. Hoyt Thesis, 1948
Box 2 Folder 25
Hoyt Notes and Observation Records, 1939-1947
Box 2 Folder 26
Cyclops Material
 Box 2 Folder 27
Ornithology Synopsis and Key to Birds
 Box 2 Folder 28
Pileated Woodpecker Field Notes, Hoyt, 1941
Box 2 Folder 29
The Migration of Birds, S. Y. Hoyt, 1934
Box 2 Folder 30
Drawings - Pileated Woodpecker Anatomy, J. Southgate Hoyt
Box 2 Folder 31
Notes on 1941 Pileated Woodpecker Nest, Phloeo, 1941-1952
Box 2 Folder 32
Manuscripts - Hoyt
 Box 2 Folder 33
Student Photographs in South's Course, Hoyt
 Box 2 Folder 34
Map, Pileated Woodpecker Locations, Hoyt, 1928-1932
Box 2 Folder 35
Conservation 131 Lecture Notes, Hoyt, 1949
Box 2 Folder 36
Pileated Woodpecker Correspondence, 1938-1949
Box 2 Folder 37
Birds of the World by A. A. Allen; Lecture and Laboratory Notes, Ornithology 126, 1946-1947
Box 2 Folder 38
Annual Bird Lists, 1933-1939
Box 3
Photograph Album
 Box 3
Photograph Album
 Box 3
Correspondence, 1942-1955
Box 4 Folder 1
Field List of Birds, 1940
Box 4 Folder 2
"Example of Recent American Bird Art" by Harry Harris, 1926
Box 4 Folder 3
"Bird Life in America" Series II (2 complete sets)
Box 4 Folder 4
Laboratory of Ornithology History by Spofford
Box 4 Folder 5
"The Southgate Y. Hoyt Dispatch", ca. 1946-1949
Box 4 Folder 6
Journal Notes (loose)
 Box 4 Folder 7
Scripts for Lectures
 Box 4 Folder 8
Old Rough Drafts, Minutes
 Box 4 Folder 9-10
Laboratory Information, Brochures, Flyers, etc.
Box 4 Folder 11-12
Laboratory Financial Statements, etc., 1957-1962
Box 4 Folder 13
Laboratory Financial Statements, etc., 1962-1963
Box 4 Folder 14
Daybooks, 1957-1966
Box 4