Guide to the Lawrence I. Grinnell Papers,
1939-1975

Collection Number: 2649

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
M. Moran
Date completed:
November 1986
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, January 2002

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Lawrence I. Grinnell papers, 1939-1975
Collection Number:
2649
Creator:
Lawrence I. (Lawrence Irving) Grinnell, 1889-1985.
Quantity:
9.8 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Field journals; reports; lecture notes; data; films, photographs, and photograph albums; correspondence; financial records; maps; printed materials; bird guides; and audiotapes.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Materials regarding ornithological trips taken by Lawrence Grinnell from 1939 to 1971; also, 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; and a notebook of Cornell ornithology seminars. Also, Canoeable Waterways of New York State and Vicinity. Also, films and audiotapes.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Lawrence I. Grinnell was an ornithologist. He earned an M.S. in 1943 and a Ph.D. in 1947, both from Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Field journals; reports; lecture notes; data; films, photographs, and photograph albums; correspondence; financial records; maps; printed materials; and bird guides regarding ornithological trips taken by Lawrence Grinnell from 1939 to 1971: St. Lawrence Gulf, Churchill (Manitoba), Alaska, Southern and Western United States, Trinidad, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, West Indies, Tobago, British Guiana, Panama, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the Amazon region, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, the Antarctic, India, and Nepal; also, 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; and a notebook of Cornell ornithology seminars. Also, Canoeable Waterways of New York State and Vicinity. Also, films and audiotapes.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Grinnell, Lawrence I. (Lawrence Irving), 1889-1985.
Grinnell, Lawrence I. (Lawrence Irving), 1889-1985. New Zealand-Australia expedition of the Laboratory of Ornithology, 1957-1958.
Grinnell, Lawrence I. (Lawrence Irving), 1889-1985. Study of the common redpoll.
Grinnell, Lawrence I. (Lawrence Irving),1889-1895. Canoeable Waterways of New York State and Vicinity.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

Subjects:
Ornithology.
Ornithologists.
Scientific expeditions--Guatemala.
Scientific expeditions--Colombia.
Scientific expeditions--Mexico.
Scientific expeditions--West Indies.
Scientific expeditions--Guiana.
Scientific expeditions--Panama.
Scientific expeditions--Africa.
Scientific expeditions--Saint Lawrence, Gulf of.
Scientific expeditions--Manitoba--Churchill.
Scientific expeditions--Alaska.
Scientific expeditions--Trinidad.
Scientific expeditions--Tobago.
Scientific expeditions--New Zealand.
Scientific expeditions--Australia.
Scientific expeditions--Brazil.
Scientific expeditions--Peru.
Scientific expeditions--Venezuela.
Scientific expeditions--India.
Scientific expeditions--Nepal.
Scientific expeditions--Antarctic regions.
Scientific expeditions--Amazon River Region.
Scientific expeditions--United States.

Form and Genre Terms:
Field notes.
Photographs.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Lawrence I. Grinnell Papers, #2649. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Not all the material in the collection is covered by this guide.

RELATED MATERIAL

Lawrence I. Grinnell, "A Century of Unitarian History in Ithaca, 1865-1965." Pamphlet, #1525.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Field journals of ornithological trips taken Box 1
Series II. Miscellaneous papers Boxes 2-3
Series III. Photograph albums Box 3
Series IV. Notebook Box 3
Series V. Field journals Box 3
Series VI. Additional material Box 4-10

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1939
St. Lawrence Gulf (books I-II)
Box 1
1940
Churchville, Man.
Box 1
1941
Alaska
Box 1
1942
Southern and Western U.S.
Box 1
1946
Trinidad
Box 1
1947
Guatemala
Box 1
1948
Colombia
Box 1
1949
Mexico--Yucatan
Box 1
1950
West Indies
Box 1
1951
West Indies, British Guiana
Box 1
1952
Tobago, British Guiana
Box 1
1954
Panama
Box 1
1955
Africa
Box 1
1957-1958
New Zealand, Australia
Box 1
1959
Australia
Box 1
1961
Africa
Box 1
1962
Europe
Box 1
1963
Mexico
Box 1
1963
Brazil
Box 1
1964
Amazon
Box 1
1964
Africa
Box 1
1965
Venezuela (2 copies)
Box 1
1966
Venezuela
Box 1
1966
Guatemala
Box 1
1967
Nepal, India
Box 1
1968
Brazil safari
Box 1
1968
Galapagos
Box 1
Bird journal
Box 1
Bird statistics
Box 1
Field cards
Box 1
Remarks on the Distribution of the Corpuelis Limaria: Translated from Germn
Box 2 Folder 1
1938-1952
Florida birds
Box 2 Folder 2
1940
Churchill--original negatives
Box 2 Folder 3
1940
Churchill--common redpoll supporting data
Box 2 Folder 4
1940
Churchill--summer redpoll records and other
Box 2 Folder 5
1940
Churchville
Box 2 Folder 6
1941
Alaska--birds and flora
Box 2 Folder 7
1946
Trinidad
Box 2 Folder 8
1947
Thesis: A Study of the Common Redpoll, p. 1-40
Box 2 Folder 9
1947
Thesis: A Study of the Common Redpoll, p. 41-113
Box 2 Folder 10
1947
Thesis: A Study of the Common Redpoll, p. 114-173
Box 2 Folder 11
1947
Thesis: A Study of the Common Redpoll, p. 174-225
Box 2 Folder 12
1947
Birds of Guatemala--lecture notes
Box 2 Folder 13
1947, 1966
Guatemala
Box 2 Folder 14
1948
Colombia
Box 2 Folder 15
1949
Mexico--Yucatan
Box 2 Folder 16
1950-1951
West Indies
Box 2 Folder 17
1951-1952
British Guiana
Box 2 Folder 18
1951-1952, 1966
British Guiana
Box 2 Folder 19
1953
Panama
Box 2 Folder 20
1955
Africa
Box 2 Folder 21
1957-1958
The 1957-1958 New Zealand-Australia Expedition of the Laboratory of Ornithology (printed report)
Box 2 Folder 22
1957-1958
New Zealand-Australia
Box 2 Folder 23
1957-1958
New Zealand-Australia
Box 2 Folder 24
1957-1958
New Zealand-Australia
Box 2 Folder 25
1957-1958
New Zealand-Australia
Box 2 Folder 26
1957, 1959
Australia--bird guides
Box 2 Folder 27
1959
Australia--data
Box 2 Folder 28
1961
Africa
Box 2 Folder 29
1963
Brazil--report
Box 2 Folder 30
1963
Brazil
Box 2 Folder 31
1962-1964
Brazil--correspondence, etc.
Box 2 Folder 32
1965-1966
Venezuela
Box 2 Folder 33
1965-1966
Venezuela
Box 2 Folder 34
1965-1966
Venezuela
Box 2 Folder 35
1966
British Guiana
Box 2 Folder 36
1967
India
Box 2 Folder 37
1967
Peru
Box 2 Folder 38
Peru--printed materials
Box 2 Folder 39
1968
Amazon safari
Box 2 Folder 40
1968-1969
Antarctic
Box 2 Folder 41
1968-1969
Antarctic
Box 2 Folder 42
1968-1969
Antarctic
Box 2 Folder 43
1968-1969
Antarctic
Box 2 Folder 44
1969
Birds of Madagascar--lecture notes
Box 2 Folder 45
1969
Madagascar
Box 2 Folder 46
1970
Indian Ocean Islands
Box 3 Folder 1
1970
Indian Ocean--lecture notes
Box 3 Folder 2
1970
South Atlantic--lecture notes
Box 3 Folder 3
1970
Atlantic Subantarctic Islands
Box 3 Folder 4
1971
Antarctica--McMurdo
Box 3 Folder 5
1971
New Guinea
Box 3 Folder 6
1977
Passarine birds of the world
Box 3 Folder 7
1967
India, Nepal
Box 3
New Zealand--bird photos--K.V. Bigwood
Box 3
1959
Australia
Box 3
1961
Africa
Box 3
Color photos of birds and flora
Box 3
Seminars in Ornithology: C.U. Lab of Ornithology (I-IV)
Box 3
1969
Madagascar
Box 3
1970
Atlantic Subantarctic Islands
Box 3
1970
Indian Ocean
Box 3
1971
Antarctic-New Guinea
Box 3
1971
Antarctic-New Guinea
Box 3
Trinidad Article
Box 4
1954
Panama Trip
Box 4
1957
New Zealand Trip
Box 4
1949
Mexico-Yucatan Trip
Box 4
1955
Florida Trip
Box 4
1962
European Bird Tour
Box 4
1959
Australia
Box 4
1948
Lecture Notes on Birds of Colombia
Box 4
1963
Notes on Brazilian Birds
Box 4
1975
Article About Lawrence I. Grinnell
Box 4
1955
African Trip
Box 4
1961
Wildlife of East Africa
Box 4
1963
Map of Brazil
Box 4
1943
Nesting Habits of the Common Redpoll
Box 4
1941
Notes on Birrd-Life of Churchill, Manitoba
Box 4
Alaska Talk
Box 4
Canoe Trips of New York State no. 1
Box 4
Canoe Trips no. 2
Box 4
1942
Southern Trip: Bird and Flora Lists
Box 4
Notes
Box 4
1943
Life History of the Common Redpoll
Box 4
Birds of Eastern US
Box 4
1965
A Century of Unitarian History in Ithaca
Box 4
1939
Article on St Lawrence Gulf
Box 4
1957
New Zealand-Australia Slides
Box 4
1971
New Guinea
Box 4
1971
New Guinea (Lecture Notes)
Box 4
1960
Southwestern US
Box 4
Motion Picture Photography
Box 4
1959
Australia no. 1
Box 4
1968
Antarctica
Box 4
1970
South Atlantic Islands
Box 4
1940
Extra Prints Churchill Manitoba
Box 4
Slides of Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Box 4
1956
Canoeable Waterways of New York State
Box 4
1972
Canoeing Lectures
Box 4
1943
Notes on Breeding Lapland Longspurs at Churchill Manitoba
Box 4
1952
Canoeable Rivers in Central New York State
Box 4
Photos and Cover from LIG Book
Box 4
1957-8
New Zealand-Australia
Box 4
1957-9
Australian Trips
Box 4
1946
Tropical Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
Box 4
1955
Florida Trip
Box 4
Canoe Trips no. 1
Box 4
1957
Florida Trip
Box 4
Photographs for Wilson Bulletin Article on Common Redpoll
Box 4
1951
Birds and Gardens from West Indies to British Guiana no 4
Box 5
1951
Birds and Gardens from West Indies to British Guiana no 5
Box 5
1966
British Guiana
Box 5
1951
Birds and Gardens from West Indies to British Guiana no 3
Box 5
1957
New Zealand
Box 5
1970
Indian Ocean Islands
Box 5
British Guiana no 3
Box 5
British Guiana no 4
Box 5
Birds and Gardens from West Indies to British Guiana no 1
Box 5
1959
Fiji
Box 5
1951-2
British Guiana no 2
Box 5
1968
Amazon Safari
Box 5
1951-2
British Guiana no 1
Box 5
Birds and Gardens from West Indies to British Guiana
Box 5
1951-2
British Guiana no 2
Box 5
1954
Panama no 2
Box 5
Panama
Box 5
Slides: Colombia and New Zealand
Box 5
Research for PhD Dissertation
Box 5
1965
Lab Birds
Box 5
Birds of Monte
Box 5
1957-8
Ohio R and Pine Creek
Box 6
1961
Florida
Box 6
1958
Salmon River
Box 6
1960
Current River Trip
Box 6
1930
Misc. Articles
Box 6
1930
Zermatt Gorge Matterhorn
Box 6
Churchill Slides
Box 6
1949
Mexico-Yucatan #2
Box 6
1940
Birds of the Hudson Bay Tundra #1
Box 6
1940
Birds of the Hudson Bay Tundra #2
Box 6
1947
Guatemala #2
Box 6
1948
Colombia #3
Box 6
1948
Colombia #1
Box 6
1948
Colombia #2
Box 6
1955
Africa #2
Box 6
1955
Africa #3
Box 6
1955
Africa #4
Box 6
Birds of Eastern US #2
Box 6
1962
Europe (Sweden)
Box 6
1969
Patagonia
Box 6
1960
Southwestern US #2
Box 6
1960
Southwestern US #1
Box 6
1949
Mexico-Yucatan #3
Box 6
Tree-tops
Box 6
1967
Australia
Box 6
1958
Islands of Hawaii
Box 6
1963
Vislumbre Sud Mexicano
Box 6
Mountain Climbing
Box 6
Untitled Film
Box 6
1969
Mt. Kilimanjaro Madagascar
Box 6
1957 and 1959
Australia
Box 6
1951
Esopus Creek
Box 6
1949
Mexico-Yucatan #1
Box 6
1939
Birds of St Lawrence Gulf #1
Box 6
1939
Birds of St Lawrence Gulf #2
Box 6
1946
Trinidad #1
Box 6
1946
Trinidad #2
Box 6
1946
Trinidad #3
Box 6
1947
Guatemala #1
Box 6
1954
Panama #3
Box 6
1955
Florida
Box 6
Box 6
1955
Africa #1
Box 6
1966
Canoeing
Box 7
1957,1959
Australia
Box 7
1941-1942
Plant Slides - Alaska
Box 7
1965-1967
Venezule, British Guiana, Guatemala, India, Nepal
Box 7
1941
Alaska #1
Box 7
1941
Alaska #2
Box 7
August 1958
Salmon River
Box 7
Canoeing #4 Dinosaur
Box 7
1959-1960
East Australia and Southwest US
Box 7
Slides: Venezuela, Br. Guiana, Guatemala, India, Nepal
Box 7
Bird Slides: Ithaca, Trinidad, Guatemala, Colombia
Box 7
Slides: Africa, Amazon, Brazil, Venezuela
Box 7
1962
Iceland-Europe
Box 10
1971
New Guinea
Box 10
1965
Venezuela #2
Box 10
1968
Galapagos Islands
Box 10
1965
Venezuela #1
Box 10
1963-1964
Brazil #1
Box 10
1961
Africa #1
Box 10
1963-1964
Brazil #2
Box 10
1961
Africa #2
Box 10
1957
Australia
Box 10