Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. papers, [ca. 1895-1990].
Collection Number: 4047
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. papers, [ca. 1895-1990].
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4047
Abstract:
Professional correspondence; photographic negatives of birds; notes and rsearch materials
relating to his book.
Creator:
Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr., 1907-
Quanitities:
13.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Olin Sewall Pettingill was born in Maine on October 30, 1907. He received a Ph.D.
from Cornell University in 1933. He was a college instructor of biology and ornithology
and in 1960 was appointed Director of the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University,
a post he held until his retirement in 1973. For 35 summers, beginning in 1938, he
taught ornithology at the University of Michigan Biological Station. He was secretary,
vice-president, and president of the Wilson Ornithological Society and secretary of
the American Ornithologists' Union, of which he was elected a life fellow in 1947.
He was elected a Director of the National Audubon Society in 1955. He edited several
books and magazines on ornithology. In 1974 he received the Arthur A. Allen Award
from Cornell University for distinguished service to ornithology.
Professional correspondence; photographic negatives coded by species of bird; notes
of places to see birds in each of the states in preparation for his book; some manuscript
material; correspondence about the book THE BIRD WATCHER'S AMERICA, edited by Pettingill;
vita, 1990; bibliography; and articles. Special projects include field work in the
Galapagos Islands, Grand Manan, and Mexico, and research on the whooping crane. Major
correspondents include W.J. Breckinridge, Maurice Brooks, Thornton W. Burgess, John
Henry Dick, Harvey I. Fisher, Alfred O. Gross, George Hall, Margaret Morse Nice, Roger
Tory Peterson, Maurice Rumboll, George M. Sutton (relating to a memorial), Gustav
A. Swanson, and William Zimmerman.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. papers, #4047. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr. (Title of work: The bird watcher\'s America..)
Breckinridge, W. J.
Brooks, Maurice.
Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo), 1874-1965.
Dick, John Henry, 1919-
Fisher, Harvey I.
Gross, Alfred Otto, 1883-1970.
Hall, George.
Nice, Margaret Morse, 1993-1974.
Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-
Rumboll, Maurice.
Sutton, George Miksch, 1898-
Swanson, Gustav Adolf, 1910-
Zimmerman, William.
Subjects:
College teachers.
Ornithologists.
Whooping crane.
Scientific expeditions -- Mexico.
Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands.
Scientific expeditions -- Argentina.
Birds -- Research.
Ornithology -- Field work.
Ornithology -- Study and teaching.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Negatives.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Research for Field Guides
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Alabama - Illinois
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Alabama
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1949-1962 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Alaska
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Arizona(1)
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1947-1980 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Arizona(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Arkansas
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1947-1981 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Arkansas(2) - Manuscript
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
California
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1947-1979 |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
California(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Also includes a 1966 California Map
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Colorado
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1947-1978 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Colorado(2) - Manuscript
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Connecticut
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1947-1973 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Deleware
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1947-1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Florida
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1947-1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Georgia
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1947-1975 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Hawaii
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1955-1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Idaho
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1947-1979 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Idaho(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Also includes a 1976-1977 Idaho Map
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Illinois
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1947-1975 |
Indiana - Montana
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Indiana
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1947-1975 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Iowa
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1947-1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Iowa(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1976-1977 Iowa roadmap and maps for De Soto National Wildlife Refuge
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Kansas
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1947-1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Kansas(2)-Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1969-1970 Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge brochure
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Kentucky
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1946-1976 |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Louisiana
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1947-1979 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Louisiana(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1979-1980 Louisiana road map
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Maine
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1947-1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Maryland
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1947-1976 |
Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Massachusetts
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1947-1975 |
Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Michigan
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1947-1976 |
Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Minnesota
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1947-1979 |
Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Minnesota(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes 1976 and 1977-1978 Minnesota road maps, Hennepin map and Camping in Minnesota
brochure
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Mississippi
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1947-1975 |
Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Missouri
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1947-1977 |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Missouri(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Montana
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1947-1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Montana(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1975 Montana road map
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Nebraska - Oregon
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Nebraska
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1947-1978 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Nebraska(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1976 Nebraska road map
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Nevada
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1947-1980 |
Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Nevada(2) - Manuscript
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1980 |
Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
New Hampshire
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1947-1973 |
Box 3 | Folder 6 |
New Jersey
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1947-1975 |
Box 3 | Folder 7 |
New Mexico
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1947-1980 |
Box 3 | Folder 8 |
New Mexico(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a New Mexico road map
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
New York
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1947-1970 |
Box 3 | Folder 10 |
New York City Area
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1956-1976 |
Box 3 | Folder 11 |
North Carolina
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1947-1975 |
Box 3 | Folder 12 |
North Dakota
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1947-1978 |
Box 3 | Folder 13 |
North Dakota(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1975 North Dakota road map
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Ohio
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1947-1975 |
Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Oklahoma
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1947-1979 |
Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Okalahoma(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1967, 1977 and an undated (with notations) Oklahoma City Street Map and
a 1977 Oklahoma road map
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Oregon
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1947-1979 |
Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Oregon(2)- For column in Audubon Magazine
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1966-1968 |
Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Oregon(3)- Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1979 Oregon Road map and 1978 lists of state parks
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Pennsylvania - Washington
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Pennsylvania
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1946-1975 |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Rhode Island
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1946-1980 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
South Carolina
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1947-1976 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
South Dakota
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1947-1977 |
Box 4 | Folder 5 |
South Dakota(2) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1977-1978 South Dakota road map
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Tennessee
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1947-1977 |
Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Texas
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1947-1968 |
Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Texas(2) Second Edition
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1962-1979 |
Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Texas(3) - Manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1977-1978 Oklahoma Texas road map and a 1973 Texas road map
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Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Utah
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1949-1980 |
Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Utah(2) - Zion National Park
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1966-1967 |
Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Utah(3) - Manuscript
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1980 |
Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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Scope and Contents
Includes a 1979 Utah road map
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Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Vermont
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1947-1966 |
Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Virginia
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1947-1975 |
Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Washington
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1947-1980 |
Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Washington(2) - Manuscript
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1980 |
Scope and Contents
Proofs for book
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West Virginia - Wyoming
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Box 5 | Folder 1 |
West Viginia
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1947-1973 |
Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Wisconsin
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1947-1976 |
Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Wyoming(1)
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1949-1952 |
Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Wyoming(2)
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1952-1978 |
Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Wyoming(3) - Manuscript
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1978-1979 |
Scope and Contents
Proofs for Book and Wyoming road maps
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Series II. Correspondence
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A-G
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Box 8 | Folder 1 |
A - Correspondence
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1949-1984 |
Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Argentine Field Trip
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1964-1969 |
Box 8 | Folder 3 |
B - Correspondence
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1931-1961 |
Box 8 | Folder 4 |
B - Correspondence
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1962-1986 |
Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Breckenridge
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1947-1984 |
Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Brooks
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1947-1966 |
Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Burgess, Thornton, W.
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1928-1984 |
Box 8 | Folder 8 |
C - Correspondence
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1930-1973 |
Box 8 | Folder 9 |
C - Correspondence
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1974-1986 |
Box 8 | Folder 10 |
D - Correspondence
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1931-1987 |
Box 8 | Folder 11 |
Dick, John Henry
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1964-1975 |
Box 8 | Folder 12 |
E - Correspondence
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1932-1985 |
Box 8 | Folder 13 |
F - Correspondence
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Box 8 | Folder 14 |
Fisher, Harvey I.
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1964-1982 |
Box 8 | Folder 15 |
G- Correspondence
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1934-1974 |
Box 8 | Folder 16 |
G - Correspondence
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1975-1988 |
Box 8 | Folder 17 |
Gallapagos Islands
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1976 |
Box 8 | Folder 18 |
Grand Manan
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1932-1936 |
Box 8 | Folder 19 |
Gross
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1928-1971 |
H-Q
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Box 9 | Folder 1 |
H - Correspondence
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1931-1968 |
Box 9 | Folder 2 |
H - Correpondence
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1970-1985 |
Box 9 | Folder 3 |
Hall, George
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Box 9 | Folder 4 |
J - Correspondence
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1936-1988 |
Box 9 | Folder 5 |
K - Correspondence
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1928-1986 |
Box 9 | Folder 6 |
L - Correspondence
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1932-1949 |
Box 9 | Folder 7 |
L - Correspondence
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1950-1986 |
Box 9 | Folder 8 |
M - Correspondence
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1930-1949 |
Box 9 | Folder 9 |
M - Correspondence
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1950-1988 |
Box 9 | Folder 10 |
Mc - Correspondence
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Box 9 | Folder 11 |
Mexican Expedition
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1940-1941 |
Box 9 | Folder 12 |
N - Correspondence
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1930-1981 |
Box 9 | Folder 13 |
Nice, Margaret
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1938-1967 |
Box 9 | Folder 14 |
O - Correspondence
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1936-1983 |
Box 9 | Folder 15 |
P - Correspondence
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1931-1964 |
Box 9 | Folder 16 |
P - Correspondence
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1965-1988 |
Box 9 | Folder 17 |
Peterson, Roger Tory
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Box 9 | Folder 18 |
Q - Correspondence
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1953-1958 |
R-Z
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Box 10 | Folder 1 |
R - Correspondence
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1931-1958 |
Box 10 | Folder 2 |
R - Correspondence
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1960-1985 |
Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Rumball, Maurice
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1974-1984 |
Box 10 | Folder 4 |
S - Correspondence
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1931-1959 |
Box 10 | Folder 5 |
S - Correspondence
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1960-1985 |
Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Sutton, George
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1983-1986 |
Scope and Contents
Relating to Sutton's memorial and Pettingill's forward to Sutton's last book, "Birds
Worth Knowing"
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Box 10 | Folder 7 |
Swanson, Gustav
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1937-1986 |
Box 10 | Folder 8 |
T - Correspondence
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Box 10 | Folder 9 |
U - Correspondence
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1942-1983 |
Box 10 | Folder 10 |
V - Correspondence
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1933-1972 |
Box 10 | Folder 11 |
W - Correspondence
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1933-1985 |
Box 10 | Folder 12 |
Whooping Crane
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1945-1979 |
Box 14 | Folder 1 |
Wilson Ornithological Club
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1938-1993 |
Box 10 | Folder 13 |
X,Y,Z - Correspondence
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1944-1984 |
Box 10 | Folder 14 |
Zimmerman, William
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1972-1974 |
Series III. Biographic Materials
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Box 10 | Folder 15 |
Bibliography, Biography and Memorials
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1988-1990 |
Box 13 |
School diplomas, degrees and other certificates
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1897-1974 | |
Scope and Contents
For Pettingill, Olin S.; Rice, Eleanor; Norris, Luther; Pettingill, Marion G.; Bradbury,
Marion
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Box 14 | Folder 2 |
Olin Sewall Pettingill, MD - American College of Physicians - Fellow Certificate
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1937 |
Mapcase Folder 2 |
School diplomas, degrees and other certificates
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1895-1940 | |
Scope and Contents
For Pettingill, Olin S. and Pettingill, Sewall
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Box 13 | Folder 1 |
Pettingill Christmas Card Drawings
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Box 14 | Folder 3 |
Sewall Pettingill - Stationery
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1901-1909 |
Series IV. Photographs
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Negatives - Pettingill's Catalog of Bird Negatives. Note: there is a species index
for this in Box 6-1.
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Box 66-1 |
Negatives #100-1411
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1929-1940 | |
Scope and Contents
Negatives of birds in individual envelopes. Bird name, geographic location and date
given. Some include printed photographs.
There is an index for the bird catalog in Box 6-1.
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Box 66-2 |
Negatives #1500-4312
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1931-1945 | |
Scope and Contents
Negatives of birds in individual envelopes. Bird name, geographic location and date
given. Some include printed photographs.
There is an index for the bird catalog in Box 6-1.
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Box 77-1 |
Negatives #4400-5115
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1930-1942 | |
Scope and Contents
Negatives of birds in individual envelopes. Bird name, geographic location and date
given. Some include printed photographs.
There is an index for the bird catalog in Box 6-1.
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Box 77-2 |
Negatives #5201-6345
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1931-1936 | |
Scope and Contents
Negatives of birds in individual envelopes. Bird name, geographic location and date
given. Some include printed photographs.
There is an index for the bird catalog in Box 6-1.
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Box 1515-1 |
Negatives #6400-8311
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1933-1941 | |
Scope and Contents
Negatives of birds in individual envelopes. Bird name, geographic location and date
given. Some include printed photographs.
There is an index for the bird catalog in Box 6-1.
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Box 1515-2 |
Negatives #8400-10218
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1929-1948 | |
Scope and Contents
Negatives of birds in individual envelopes. Bird name, geographic location and date
given. Some include printed photographs.
There is an index for the bird catalog in Box 6-1.
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Box 1616-1 |
Negatives #10300-14519
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-1944 | |
Scope and Contents
Negatives of birds in individual envelopes. Bird name, geographic location and date
given. Some include printed photographs.
There is an index for the bird catalog in Box 6-1.
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Box 1616-2 |
Negatives #14520-16308. Also includes #3-112, misc bird photos and photos of mammals
not included in index
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1929-1949 | |
Scope and Contents
Negatives of birds in individual envelopes. Bird name, geographic location and date
given. Some include printed photographs.
There is an index for the bird catalog in Box 6-1.
This box includes oversize negatives from Box 6-1 and 7-1
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Prints - Birds taken by Pettingill
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Box 11 |
22 16"x20" matted photographs for exhibition
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Scope and Contents
Includes bird names
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Box 11 |
2 14"x15" matted photographs
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Box 11 |
1 13"x16" matted photograph
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Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Loose Photographs
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Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Information on Olin S. Pettingill for Exhibition
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Box 13 |
5 13.5"x18" hand colored black and white prints
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Box 14 | Folder 15 |
Penguins and Seagull
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Box 14 | Folder 16 |
Hoary Redpoll on Nest
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Box 14 | Folder 17 |
American Woodcock - Ithaca, NY
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Box 14 | Folder 18 |
Bonaparte's Gull Chick
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Box 14 | Folder 19 |
Bonaparte's Gull - Hudson Bay
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Box 14 | Folder 20 |
Stilt Sandpiper
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Box 14 | Folder 21 |
Willow Ptarmigan, Strutting
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Box 14 | Folder 22 |
King Penguin - Falklands
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Prints - Birds taken by others
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Box 11 |
Eagle by Fred Kent Truslow
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Scope and Contents
Signed by photographer
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Prints - Ornithologists and Ornithology Organizations
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Box 14 | Folder 4 |
Great Lakes Ornithological Club
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1909 |
Box 14 | Folder 5 |
Allen, Arthur A.
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Box 14 | Folder 6 |
Breckenridge, Walter J.
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1930 |
Box 14 | Folder 7 |
Chapman, Fran
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1939 |
Box 14 | Folder 8 |
Gross, Alfred
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
Bowdoin College Professor
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Box 14 | Folder 9 |
Peterson, P.T.
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Box 14 | Folder 10 |
Pettingills, Mr. and Mrs.
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Box 14 | Folder 11 |
Roberts, Thomas S.
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1939 |
Box 14 | Folder 12 |
Sutton, George Miksch
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Box 14 | Folder 13 |
Swanson, Gustav
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1947 |
Box 14 | Folder 14 |
Van Tyne, Josselyn and Gould, Lawrence McKinley
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Allen Award Dinner
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October 1970 | |
Scope and Contents
Wentmore, Alexander and Treman, Margo
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Mapcase Folder 2 |
University of Michigan Biological Station
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1928 | |
Mapcase Folder 2 |
University of Michigan Biological Station
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1929 | |
Mapcase Folder 2 |
3 photographs of the 96th Convention of Psi Upsilon Frat
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1929 | |
Mapcase Folder 2 |
American Ornithologist Union
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1940, 1941, 1954, 1957 | |
Mapcase Folder 2 |
Joint Meeting of the American Trudeau Society - Tuberculosis Sanitoring Conference
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Series V. Illustration Collection
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Pamphlets and Bound Materials
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Box 12 | Folder 1 |
Bird and Wildlife Illustrations - Series and Pamphlets
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Box 13 | Folder 2 |
Magazines
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1935-1987 |
Scope and Contents
Includes a 1936 The Sportsman with an article by Pettingill
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Box 13 | Folder 4 |
Bird and Outdoor Illustrations - Series and Pamphlets
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1949-1952 |
Scope and Contents
Includes a series of reproductions of "Exoctic Birds" by John Gould
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Box 14 | Folder 23 |
Pamphlets and booklets relating to birding and other wildlife
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Scope and Contents
Includes a booklet entitled "History of Birds: For the Use of Children" from 1843
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Loose Illustrations
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Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Bird Illustrations - Prints from the Riegel Portfolio of Carolina Birds
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1965-1966 |
Scope and Contents
Reproductions of Arthur Singer paintings
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Box 12 | Folder 3 |
Bird Illustrations
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1936-1984 |
Box 12 | Folder 4 |
Bird Illustrations - Oversize
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Box 12 | Folder 5 |
Posters
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Box 13 | Folder 3 |
Bird Illustrations
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Box 14 | Folder 24 |
Monographs, Clippings and Postcards of Birds
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Article about Olin Pettingill
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1948 | |
Scope and Contents
Includes reproductions of his photographs
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Mapcase Folder 2 |
Posters
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Scope and Contents
Uruguay and Walt Disney's "Water Birds"
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Series VI. Bird Related Ephemera
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Box 13 | Folder 5 |
Lecture Flyers and Sheet Music
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