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• CONTAINER LIST

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Margaret Morse Nice papers, 1917-1968
Collection Number: 2993

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Series I. Personal papers
		Correspondence
Box 1	Folder 1	Personal Correspondence	1917-1925
Box 1	Folder 2	Personal Correspondence	1926-1929
Box 1	Folder 3	Personal Correspondence	1930-1936
Box 1	Folder 4	Personal Correspondence	1937
Box 1	Folder 5	Personal Correspondence	1938
Box 1	Folder 6	Personal Correspondence	1939
Box 1	Folder 7	Personal Correspondence	1940-1943
Box 1	Folder 8	Personal Correspondence	1944-1945
Box 1	Folder 9	Personal Correspondence	1946- May 1946
Box 1	Folder 10	Personal Correspondence	May 1946-Dec. 1946
Box 1	Folder 11	Personal Correspondence	Apr. 1947-Nov. 1947
Box 1	Folder 12	Personal Correspondence	Jan. 1947-Mar. 1947
Box 1	Folder 13	Personal Correspondence	Aug.-Nov. 1947
Box 1	Folder 14	Personal Correspondence	Jan. 1948-June 1948
Box 1	Folder 15	Personal Correspondence	July 1948-Dec. 1948
Box 1	Folder 16	Personal Correspondence	June 1949-Mar. 1949
Box 1	Folder 17	Personal Correspondence	Mar. 1949-May 1949
Box 1	Folder 18	Personal Correspondence	June 1949-Sept. 1949
		Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with Louise de Kiriline Lawrence of Rutherglen, Ontario.
Box 1	Folder 19	Personal Correspondence	Oct. 1949-Dec. 1949
Box 1	Folder 20	Personal Correspondence	Jan. 1950-Feb. 1950
Box 2	Folder 1	Personal Correspondence	Mar. 1950
Box 2	Folder 2	Personal Correspondence	Apr. 1950-Dec. 1950
Box 2	Folder 3	Personal Correspondence	Aug. 1950-Dec. 1950
Box 2	Folder 4	Personal Correspondence	1951
Box 2	Folder 5	Personal Correspondence	1952-Mar. 1952
Box 2	Folder 6	Personal Correspondence	Mar. 1952-Apr. 1952
Box 2	Folder 7	Personal Correspondence	May 1952-Aug. 1952
Box 2	Folder 8	Personal Correspondence	Aug. 1952
Box 2	Folder 9	Personal Correspondence	Sept. 1952-Oct. 1952
Box 2	Folder 10	Personal Correspondence	Oct. 1952-Dec. 1952
Box 2	Folder 11	Personal Correspondence	Jan. 1953-June 1953
Box 2	Folder 12	Personal Correspondence	June 1953-Dec. 1953
Box 2	Folder 13	Personal Correspondence	Jan. 1954-Apr. 1954
Box 2	Folder 14	Personal Correspondence	May 1954-Dec. 1954
Box 2	Folder 15	Personal Correspondence	Jan. 1955-Mar. 1956
Box 2	Folder 16	Personal Correspondence	Apr. 1956-Aug. 1958
Box 2	Folder 17	Personal Correspondence	Apr. 1960-June 1968
Box 2	Folder 18	Personal Correspondence	undated
Box 19		Additional Correspondence	1946-1967
		Non-ornithological manuscripts
Box 3	Folder 18	"Fairy Tales from Celtic Lands. Selected and Adapted by Margaret Morse Nice"
Box 3	Folder 19	Non-ornithological activities Defense of National Parks and Monument
Box 3	Folder 20	Photographs of some foreign ornithologists
Box 3	Folder 21	Fire-ants and pesticides
		Series II. Professional papers
		Associate editor, Bird Banding
Box 3	Folder 1	Letters to the Editor of Bird Banding (Dove letter)
Box 3	Folder 2	Bird Banding correspondence	1939-1941
Box 3	Folder 3	Bird Banding correspondence	1941-1950
Box 3	Folder 4	Bird Banding correspondence	1951-Mar. 1952
Box 3	Folder 5	Bird Banding correspondence	1952-1954
Box 3	Folder 6	Bird Banding correspondence	1955-Dec. 1956
Box 3	Folder 7	Bird Banding correspondence	Jan. 1957-1964
Box 3	Folder 8	Recent literature	1934
Box 3	Folder 9	Recent literature	1934
Box 3	Folder 10	Recent literature	1935
Box 3	Folder 11	Recent literature	1935
Box 3	Folder 12	Recent literature	1936
Box 3	Folder 13	Recent literature	1936
Box 3	Folder 14	Recent literature	1937
Box 3	Folder 15	Recent literature	1937
Box 3	Folder 16	Recent literature	1937
Box 3	Folder 17	Recent literature	1937
Box 4	Folder 1	Recent literature	1938
Box 4	Folder 2	Recent literature	1938
Box 4	Folder 3	Recent literature	1938
Box 4	Folder 4	Recent literature	1938
Box 4	Folder 5	Recent literature	1939
Box 4	Folder 6	Recent literature	1939
Box 4	Folder 7	Recent literature	1939
Box 4	Folder 8	Recent literature	1939
Box 4	Folder 9	Recent literature	1939
Box 4	Folder 10	Recent literature	1940
Box 4	Folder 11	Recent literature	1940
Box 4	Folder 12	Recent literature	1940
Box 4	Folder 13	Recent literature	1940
Box 4	Folder 14	Recent literature	1941
Box 4	Folder 15	Recent literature	1941
Box 4	Folder 16	Recent literature	1941
Box 4	Folder 17	Recent Literature	Oct. 1941
Box 4	Folder 18	Recent Literature	Jan. 1942
Box 4	Folder 19	Recent Literature	Apr. 1942
Box 4	Folder 20	Recent Literature	July 1942
Box 4	Folder 21	Recent Literature	Oct. 1942
Box 4	Folder 22	Bird Banding book reviews	1937-1942
Box 4	Folder 23	Bird Banding book reviews	1944-1945
Box 4	Folder 24	Bird Banding book reviews	Jan.-Apr. 1946
Box 4	Folder 25	Bird Banding book reviews	July-Oct. 1946
Box 4	Folder 26	Bird Banding book reviews	Jan. 1947
Box 4	Folder 27	Bird Banding book reviews	Feb.-Dec. 1947
Box 4	Folder 28	Bird Banding book reviews	Jan.-Apr. 1948
Box 5	Folder 13	Misc. articles published in Bird Banding
Box 5	Folder 14	Misc. articles published in Bird Banding
Box 5	Folder 15	Bird Banding book reviews	July 1948-Dec. 1948
Box 5	Folder 16	Bird Banding book reviews	Oct. 1948
Box 5	Folder 17	Bird Banding book reviews	July &amp, Oct. 1948
Box 5	Folder 18	Bird Banding book reviews	Jan. &amp, Apr. 1949
Box 5	Folder 19	Bird Banding book reviews	1950
Box 5	Folder 20	Bird Banding book reviews	1950
Box 5	Folder 21	Bird Banding book reviews	1951
Box 5	Folder 22	Bird Banding book reviews	Apr. 1952
Box 5	Folder 23	Bird Banding book reviews	July 1952-Dec. 1952
Box 5	Folder 24	Bird Banding book reviews	Jan. 1953
Box 5	Folder 25	Bird Banding book reviews	Apr. 1953
Box 5	Folder 26	Bird Banding book reviews	July 1953
Box 5	Folder 27	Bird Banding book reviews	Oct. 1953
Box 5	Folder 28	Bird Banding book reviews	1954
		Associate editor, Wilson Bulletin
Box 5	Folder 1	Althea Sherman letters, 1921-1932, draft notes for article
Box 5	Folder 2	Wilson Bulletin correspondence	1938
Box 5	Folder 3	Wilson Bulletin correspondence	1938
Box 5	Folder 4	Wilson Bulletin correspondence	1939
Box 5	Folder 5	Wilson Bulletin correspondence	1939
Box 5	Folder 6	Wilson Bulletin correspondence	1940-1942
Box 6	Folder 7	Wilson Bulletin articles
Box 6	Folder 8	Wilson Bulletin correspondence	1942-1949
Box 6	Folder 9	Wilson Bulletin correspondence	1950-1954
Box 6	Folder 10	Wilson Bulletin correspondence	1955
Box 6	Folder 11	Wilson Bulletin correspondence	1955-1961, 1966
Box 6	Folder 12	Wilson Bulletin editing materials
Box 5	Folder 7	Vultures - incubation period
Box 5	Folder 8	Schantz on catbirds	1936-1940
Box 5	Folder 9	Wood Pewee sketches
Box 5	Folder 10	The aftermath of the Second World War re: European relief
Box 5	Folder 11	American Aid to European Ornithologists
Box 5	Folder 12	Chicago region -- spring warbler surveys
		Scholarly manuscripts
Box 6	Folder 1	Correspondence with other organizations: A
Box 6	Folder 2	Correspondence with other organizations: B-D
Box 6	Folder 3	Correspondence with other organizations: F-J
Box 6	Folder 4	Correspondence with other organizations: L-M
Box 6	Folder 5	Correspondence with other organizations: N-O
Box 6	Folder 6	Correspondence with other organizations: P-W
Box 6	Folder 13	Correspondence with other organizations: Z
Box 6	Folder 14	Song Sparrow- work sheets from observations
Box 6	Folder 15	Birds of Oklahoma
Box 6	Folder 16	Appendix material- Cowbirds, Vol. 1
Box 6	Folder 17	General outlines for Chapter 1, Vol. 1
Box 6	Folder 18	Song Sparrow- general outline, early material Chapters V, X, Vol. 1
Box 6	Folder 19	Song Sparrow- chapter subjects, Vol. 1 Behavior of the Song Sparrow
		Behavior of the Song Sparrow
Box 7	Folder 1	Table of Contents and Foreword
Box 7	Folder 2	Chapter I
Box 7	Folder 3	Chapter II
Box 7	Folder 4	Chapter III
Box 7	Folder 5	Chapter IV & V
Box 7	Folder 6	Chapter VI
Box 7	Folder 7	Chapter VII
Box 7	Folder 8	Chapter VIII
Box 7	Folder 9	Chapter IX & X
Box 7	Folder 10	Chapter XI
Box 7	Folder 11	Chapter XII
Box 7	Folder 12	Chapter XIII
Box 7	Folder 13	Chapter XIV
Box 7	Folder 14	Chapter XV
Box 7	Folder 15	Chapter XVI
Box 7	Folder 16	Chapter XVII
Box 7	Folder 17	Chapter XVIII
Box 7	Folder 18	Chapter XIX
Box 7	Folder 19	Chapter XX
Box 7	Folder 20	Chapter XXI
Box 7	Folder 21	Chapter XXII
Box 7	Folder 22	Table of Appendix (1)
Box 7	Folder 23	Table of Appendix (2)
Box 7	Folder 24	Bibliography (1)
Box 7	Folder 25	Bibliography (2)
Box 7	Folder 26	Population study of Song Sparrow review
Box 8	Folder 1	Song Sparrow abstracts, Song Sparrow II
Box 8	Folder 2	Song Sparrow, banding
Box 8	Folder 3	Song Sparrow, banding- smmaries and calculations
Box 8	Folder 4	The Cowbird
Box 8	Folder 5	Song Sparrow Diary	Apr.-June 1935
Box 8	Folder 6	Song Sparrow XVII- driving off other species
Box 8	Folder 7	Winter - individual, flocking
Box 8	Folder 8	Interpont II
Box 8	Folder 9	Song Sparrow, census maps	1936
Box 8	Folder 10	Maps, key table to males
Box 8	Folder 11	Map, cowbirds
Box 8	Folder 12	Genealogical maps, song sparrow territory
Box 8	Folder 13	Interpont census maps
Box 8	Folder 14	Song Sparrow, census maps	1930-1932
Box 8	Folder 15	Song Sparrow, census maps
Box 8	Folder 16	Census maps, spring and summer	1931
Box 8	Folder 17	Song Sparrow census maps	1932
Box 8	Folder 18	Song Sparrow, song plots, census maps	1935
Box 8	Folder 19	Song Sparrow, misc.	1930
Box 8	Folder 20	Song Sparrow II, misc.
Box 8	Folder 21	Song Sparrow, Misc. notes
Box 8	Folder 22	Molting
Box 9	Folder 1	Song Sparrow, nests
Box 9	Folder 2	nest building, incubation
Box 9	Folder 3	Song Sparrow banding, new key tables, nestlings distances from home
Box 9	Folder 4	Song Sparrow, stages of nesting cycle (re: young out of nest)
Box 9	Folder 5	Song Sparrow, success of nests depending on location
Box 9	Folder 6	Song Sparrow, voice of female, voice of male, pouncing	1929
Box 9	Folder 7	Song Sparrow, roosting
Box 9	Folder 8	Song Sparrow, development of song during nest building, etc.
Box 9	Folder 9	9 songs, answering songs	1929-1935
Box 9	Folder 10	Song Sparrow, awakening songs,	1934-1935
Box 9	Folder 11	Awakening songs, other species
Box 9	Folder 12	Awakening songs,	Jan.-June 1930-1934
Box 9	Folder 13	Awakening song, old material
Box 9	Folder 14	Awakening song, working sheet and charts
Box 9	Folder 15	Awakening, temperature thresholds
Box 9	Folder 16	Song Sparrow, song and temperature
Box 9	Folder 17	Song Sparrow, song development interpretation
Box 9	Folder 18	Song Sparrow, development of song
Box 9	Folder 19	XV, female song
Box 9	Folder 20	XIII or XIV, Song Sparrow, song inherited or learned
Box 9	Folder 21	Song Series	1929-1932
Box 9	Folder 22	Uno, song series
Box 9	Folder 23	Song Sparrow, IV, six seasons records of songs
Box 9	Folder 24	Spring, singing record
Box 9	Folder 25	Home records and song series, summaries and totals
Box 9	Folder 26	Song Sparrow in 1931, S.S. soul	1931
Box 9	Folder 27	Song Sparrow, summaries
Box 9	Folder 28	Survival on Interpont
Box 9	Folder 29	Territory
Box 9	Folder 30	Song Sparrow, young in nest, Uno and Una	1929
Box 9	Folder 31	Song Sparrow, young out of nest and Caruso
		Development of Behavior in Precocial and Altricial Birds
Box 10	Folder 1	Original outline
Box 10	Folder 2	Notes for chapter I and source material
Box 10	Folder 3	Chapter III notes
Box 10	Folder 4	Chapter IV notes
Box 10	Folder 5	Chapter V notes
Box 10	Folder 6	Chapter VI notes
Box 10	Folder 7	Chapter VIA notes
Box 10	Folder 8	Chapter VIA notes
Box 10	Folder 9	Chapter VIB notes
Box 10	Folder 10	Chapter VIC notes
Box 10	Folder 11	Chapter VII, notes, first draft
Box 10	Folder 12	Chapter VIIIa notes
Box 10	Folder 13	Chapter VIIIB
Box 10	Folder 14	Chapter VIIIB Virginias
Box 10	Folder 15	Chapter VIIIB
Box 10	Folder 16	Chapter VIIIC notes
Box 10	Folder 17	Chapter IX notes
Box 10	Folder 18	Chapter IX, gulls and terns notes
Box 10	Folder 19	Chapter X notes
Box 10	Folder 20	Chapter XIIB
Box 10	Folder 21	Chapter XIII notes
Box 10	Folder 22	Table of Contents
Box 10	Folder 23	Chapter I
Box 10	Folder 24	Chapter II, practically ready
Box 10	Folder 25	Chapter III
Box 10	Folder 26	Chapter IV
Box 10	Folder 27	Chapter V
Box 10	Folder 28	Chapter VIA
Box 10	Folder 29	Chapter VIB
Box 10	Folder 30	Chapter VIC
Box 10	Folder 31	Chapter VII
Box 11	Folder 1	Chapter VIIIA
Box 11	Folder 2	Chapter VIIIB
Box 11	Folder 3	Chapter IX
Box 11	Folder 4	Chapter X
Box 11	Folder 5	Chapter XI
Box 11	Folder 6	Chapter XII
Box 11	Folder 7	Chapter XIII
Box 11	Folder 8	Chapter XIV (prelim. Draft)
Box 11	Folder 9	Chapter XIV (second draft)
Box 11	Folder 10	General summary
Box 11	Folder 11	Bibliography
Box 11	Folder 12	Species index
Box 11	Folder 13	Index for Precocial Birds (Song Sparrow II) Index of Subjects
Box 11	Folder 14	Photos
Box 11	Folder 15	Drawings
Box 11	Folder 16	Drawings
Box 11	Folder 17	Extra tables
		Development of Behavior in Precocial Birds
Box 12	Folder 10	Chapter I, galleys
Box 12	Folder 11	Chapters II & III
Box 12	Folder 12	Chapters IV & V
Box 12	Folder 13	Chapter VI
Box 12	Folder 14	Chapter VII
Box 12	Folder 15	Chapter VIII
Box 12	Folder 16	Chapter IX & X
Box 12	Folder 17	Chapter XI
Box 12	Folder 18	Chapter XIII & XIV
Box 12	Folder 19	General summary, bibliography
Box 12	Folder 20	Illustrations of book
		Abstracts of books
Box 15	Folder 1	Mating
Box 15	Folder 2	Migration
Box 15	Folder 3	Population
Box 15	Folder 4	Psychology
Box 15	Folder 5	Sex
Box 15	Folder 6	Song
Box 15	Folder 7	Territory (1)
Box 15	Folder 8	Territory (2)
Box 15	Folder 9	Spring rivalry, territory, weight, longevity, molt, temperature
Box 15	Folder 10	Young dominance
Box 15	Folder 11	Behavior
Box 15	Folder 12	Abstracts of books: Cuckoo
Box 15	Folder 13	Abstracts of books: ecology, flocking
Box 15	Folder 14	Abstract of behavior: authors
Box 15	Folder 15	Abstracts of behavior, banding, misc.
Box 12	Folder 1	European articles ( ), golden orioles, hungary seven baby birds	1938
Box 12	Folder 2	European articles co-authored by Konrad Lorenz and Altenberg
Box 12	Folder 3	Articles on hares
Box 12	Folder 4	Review
Box 12	Folder 5	European relief, American Association of Advancement of Science Bulletin
Box 12	Folder 6	Auk abstracts
Box 12	Folder 7	Auk articles
Box 12	Folder 8	Auk articles
Box 12	Folder 9	Articles in different periodicals
Box 13	Folder 1	Propaganda, Joost article	1956-1957
Box 13	Folder 2	Migratory behavior in song sparrows
Box 13	Folder 3	Red-wing article
Box 13	Folder 4	Article "Late Spring in Arkansas"
Box 13	Folder 5	Miscellaneous articles from various ornithological publications
Box 13	Folder 6	Black and white warbler
Box 13	Folder 7	Article, wood pewees
Box 13	Folder 8	Various articles from other authors
Box 13	Folder 9	Articles, vultures
Box 13	Folder 10	Incubation periods III b, notes
Box 13	Folder 11	Incubation periods, articles, notes and tables
Box 13	Folder 1	Incubation periods notes (Ib)
Box 13	Folder 13	Incubation periods notes (articles)
Box 13	Folder 14	Incubation period--Renaissance (articles)
Box 13	Folder 15	Incubation period, birds of prey (articles)
Box 13	Folder 16	Incubation period, ten-day article (articles)
Box 13	Folder 17	Incubation periods (articles)
Box 13	Folder 18	Incubation periods, general history of ornithology
Box 13	Folder 19	New World incubation periods, historh of recording
Box 13	Folder 20	incubation periods, history, data
Box 13	Folder 21	Incubation periods, New World, (articles)	1954
Box 13	Folder 22	Incubation periods/factor influencing
Box 13	Folder 23	Articles--nesting success
Box 14	Folder 1	5 undated papers
Box 14	Folder 2	5 undated papers
Box 14	Folder 3	2 papers,	1931
Box 14	Folder 4	Broadcast,	1933
Box 14	Folder 5	Broadcast,	1933
Box 14	Folder 6	Lectures,	1933
Box 14	Folder 7	2 articles,	1934
Box 14	Folder 8	Role of territory in bird life, abstract, article to p. 20
Box 14	Folder 9	Territory, pp. 21-50,	1939
Box 14	Folder 10	Paper: Carolina Wren, undated ( ?)	1946
Box 14	Folder 11	Desert and mountain in South Arizona,	1948
Box 14	Folder 12	AOU abstracts, Incubation Periods throughout the Ages,	1951-1952
Box 14	Folder 13	Injury feigning, articles,	1956
Box 14	Folder 14		1956
Box 14	Folder 15	misc. lectures given by ornithological authors
Box 14	Folder 16	Schantz, photos
Box 14	Folder 17	Bibliography of Territory, (1)	1933
Box 14	Folder 18	Bibliography of Territory, (2)	1933
Box 14	Folder 19	Bibliography of Territory, (3)	1933
Box 14	Folder 20	Aristotle & Territory, the earliest mention ( )	1933
Box 14	Folder 21	Schantz, photos, robin's nest, warblers
Box 15	Folder 16	Cowbird
Box 15	Folder 17	Drawings
Box 15	Folder 18	Drawings
Box 15	Folder 19	Aristotle
Box 15	Folder 20	Sources, awakening songs for article,	Apr. 1938
Box 15	Folder 21	Ducklings
Box 15	Folder 22	Ducks, incubation periods
Box 16	Folder 1	ornithological articles, Evans ( ) to present ( )	1891, 1957
Box 16	Folder 2	Articles, enemy recognition, outline for articles, Joost, charts
Box 16	Folder 3	Gnatcatcher
Box 16	Folder 4	Handbooks
Box 16	Folder 5	Handbook notes (nesting notes)
Box 16	Folder 6	Miscellaneous notes
Box 16	Folder 7	Incubation periods of ovipaous animals
Box 16	Folder 8	Martins, miscellaneous notes
Box 16	Folder 9	Martins, notes
Box 16	Folder 10	Nesting success records (1)
Box 16	Folder 11	Nesting success records (2)
Box 16	Folder 12	Miscellaneous notes
Box 16	Folder 13	Miscellaneous notes
Box 16	Folder 14	Owls, miscellaneous notes
Box 16	Folder 15	Raven, notes
Box 16	Folder 16	Raven, miscellaneous notes
Box 16	Folder 17	References
Box 16	Folder 18	Robins, miscellaneous notes
Box 16	Folder 19	Respiration data
Box 16	Folder 20	Swallows
Box 16	Folder 21	Red-eyed Vireos
Box 16	Folder 22	Weather data,	1929-1931
Box 16	Folder 23	Weight records
Box 16	Folder 24	Weight records (1)
Box 16	Folder 25	Weight records (2)
Box 16	Folder 26	Weight records (3)
Box 16	Folder 27	White Throat, weight records
Box 16	Folder 28	Photographs from publications
Box 16	Folder 29	White Throat, miscellaneous notes and maps
Box 18	Folder 1	Auklets
Box 18	Folder 2	Biographical material, "A Partial Bibliography of Margaret Morse Nice" (2 copies)
		Notebooks
Box 17		Series of Song Sparrow notes
		1 series--30 vols.
		1 series--8 vols.
Box 17		Series of bird sighting notebooks
Box 17		Series of Ohio Olentangy Birds (5 vols.)
Box 17		Red-eyed Vireo
Box 17		Robin
Box 17		Ohio Doves
Box 17		Myrtle Warbler
Box 17		Carolina Wren
Box 17		Ovenbirds (2 vols.)
Box 17		Least Flycatcher
Box 17		Interpont data
Box 17		Black Throated Green Warbler
Box 17		Summer Birds of Pelham, Mass.
Box 17		Arkansas
Box 17		Miscellaneous others
Box 18		Bird Census	1952
Box 18		Ohio 1, Columbus, Ohio	Jan. 1928-June 1929
Box 18		Ohio 2, Columbus, Ohio	Sept. 1929-Aug. 1930
Box 18		Ohio 3	Sept. 1930-Oct. 1931
Box 18		Ohio 4	Nov. 1911-Dec. 1932
Box 18		Ohio 6, Bird Census	Jan. 1934-Apr. 1935
Box 18		Ovenbirds III	1927
		Series III. Reprints
Box 20		Reprints on ornithological topics, by Margaret Morse Nice	1938-1946