Guide to the Francis G. Scheider Papers,
1940-1988

Collection Number: 4856

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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Cornell University
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Compiled by:

M.E. Warren

Date completed:

Mar. 1994

EAD encoding:

Martin Heggestad, Feb. 2002

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Francis G. Scheider papers, 1940-1988

Collection Number:

4856

Creator:

Francis G. Scheider, 1932-1989.

Quantity:

9.3 cubic ft.

Forms of Material:

Subject files, field records, reports, checklists, photographs, and other papers.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

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.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Francis G. Scheider was a birder, amateur ornithologist, and field collaborator of the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SUBJECTS

Names:

Scheider, Francis G., 1932-1989.

Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

Subjects:

Birds--Societies, etc.

Bird watchers--New York (State)

Ornithology.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Francis G. Scheider Papers, #4856. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Alphabetical subject files	Boxes 1-3, 10
Series II. Chronological records and reports	Boxes 3-12

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Series I. Alphabetical subject files
	Includes birding trips to Alaska and other states; New York State Breeding Bird Atlas Project; Kingbird; Christmas counts; New York State Avian Record Committee; correspondence with individuals.
1971	Alaska Trip	Box 1	Folder 1-2
1979	Alaska II Trip	Box 1	Folder 3-4
1981	Alaska II - Wings Inc. Trip	Box 1	Folder 5
	American Birds - Buteo	Box 1	Folder 6
1982	Attu	Box 1	Folder 7
1983	Attu - Fall Trip	Box 1	Folder 8
1985	Attu	Box 1	Folder 9
1986	Attu	Box 1	Folder 10
1987	Attu	Box 1	Folder 11-12
1975	"Birds of the World"	Box 1	Folder 13
1958-1962	Bird Papers and Reprints	Box 1	Folder 14
1961	Bird Programs	Box 1	Folder 15
1984-1986	Breeding Bird Atlas Project (New York State)	Box 1	Folder 16-42
1964	Burtt, Ben	Box 1	Folder 43
1971	Chincoteague	Box 1	Folder 44
	Christmas Count Maps - Central New York	Box 1	Folder 45-46
1971-1972	Christmas Counts	Box 1	Folder 47
1975-1979	Cornell Ornithology Lab Newsletter	Box 1	Folder 48
	Coronado National Forest - Cove Creek Canyon	Box 1	Folder 49
1971-1984	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 50
1983-1986	Delmarva	Box 1	Folder 51
1970	Derby Hill - Hawk Data	Box 1	Folder 52
n.d.	Derby Hill Spring Raptor Summary	Box 10	Folder 27
1971-1979	Florida Trip	Box 2	Folder 1
1983	Florida - Dry Tortugas	Box 2	Folder 2
1983	Florida	Box 2	Folder 3
1971	Genesee Ornithological Field Report	Box 2	Folder 4
1965	Gordon, Dave	Box 2	Folder 5
1984	Harper, Ed	Box 2	Folder 6
1965-1972	Haugh, John R.	Box 2	Folder 7
1986	Hawaii Material	Box 2	Folder 8
1964-1967	Johnson, H. McClure	Box 2	Folder 9-12
1961	Kingbird Reports - Summer	Box 2	Folder 13
1961	Kingbird - Fall	Box 2	Folder 14
1961-1962	Kingbird - Fall	Box 2	Folder 15-17
1961	Kingbird - Winter	Box 2	Folder 18
1962	Kingbird - Spring	Box 2	Folder 19
1962	Kingbird - Summer	Box 2	Folder 20
1962	Kingbird - Fall	Box 2	Folder 21
1962-1963	Kingbird - Winter	Box 2	Folder 22
1962-1963	Kingbird - Summer thru Spring	Box 2	Folder 23
1963	Kingbird - Spring	Box 2	Folder 24
1963	Kingbird - Summer	Box 2	Folder 25
1963-1964	Kingbird - Winter	Box 2	Folder 25
1964	Kingbird - Spring	Box 2	Folder 26
1964	Kingbird	Box 2	Folder 27
1964	Kingbird - Spring and Summer	Box 2	Folder 28
1969-1970	Kingbird	Box 2	Folder 29
1980-1982	Leidwinger, Lou - letters from	Box 2	Folder 30
	Life Lists	Box 2	Folder 31
1940-1967	Life List - North America	Box 2	Folder 32
1979	Maine	Box 2	Folder 33
1977-1983	Massachussetts, Cape Ann Trips; Cumulative Totals	Box 2	Folder 34
1974-1987	Massachussetts, Cape Ann - Yearly Lists	Box 2	Folder 35
1984-1985	Massachussetts, Cape Ann Birdwatch	Box 2	Folder 36
1976	Massachussetts, Parker River	Box 2	Folder 37
1987	Massachussetts, Rockport	Box 2	Folder 38
1979	Massachussetts, Eateries and Hostelries	Box 2	Folder 39
1964-1974	Meade, Gordon M.	Box 2	Folder 40-42
n.d.	Minor, William and Maureen - Red-tailed hawk	Box 10	Folder 26
	New York, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	Box 2	Folder 43
1987-1989	New York State Avian Record Committee (NYSARC) - List for Regional Edition	Box 2	Folder 44
1987	NYSARC - Accepted	Box 2	Folder 45-46
1985-1986	NYSARC - Unresolved	Box 3	Folder 1
1979-1987	NYSARC	Box 3	Folder 2
1985-1986	NYSARC	Box 3	Folder 3
1985-1987	NYSARC	Box 3	Folder 4
1986-1988	NYSARC	Box 3	Folder 5
1987	NYSARC	Box 3	Folder 6
1959	New York State Federation of Bird Clubs	Box 3	Folder 7
1982-1989	Oswego-Fulton Christmas Count Material	Box 3	Folder 8
1981	North Carolina	Box 3	Folder 9
1965-1986	Nov. Cumulative Totals	Box 3	Folder 10
1974	Photographs	Box 3	Folder 11
1966-1968	Recher, Harry F.	Box 3	Folder 12
1977	San Diego Trip	Box 3	Folder 13
1987	San Diego and Southern California	Box 3	Folder 14-15
	Savoloja[?], Terry	Box 3	Folder 16
1972-1989	Skaneateles Christmas Count Material	Box 3	Folder 17
1979-1988	Smith, Gerald	Box 3	Folder 18
1966-1972	Smith, Robert J.	Box 3	Folder 19
1967-1987	Syracuse Christmas Count	Box 3	Folder 20
1953-1966	Tug Hill Material	Box 3	Folder 21
1986	VIREO	Box 3	Folder 22
1987-1989	Walcott, Charles	Box 3	Folder 23
	Wildlife Refuges	Box 3	Folder 24
1964-1965	Miscellany	Box 3	Folder 25
1966-1972	Miscellany	Box 3	Folder 26
1973-1980	Miscellany	Box 3	Folder 27
	Miscellany	Box 3	Folder 28-31
	Series II. Chronological records and reports
	Includes field records; regional reports; field checklists; birding notes; printed material.
1953-1954	Regional Reports	Box 3	Folder 32-36
1954-1955	Individual Reports - May-Feb.	Box 3	Folder 37
1954-1955	Individual Reports - Dec.-Mar.	Box 3	Folder 38
1954-1956	Field Records	Box 3	Folder 39
1955	Field Records - Apr.	Box 3	Folder 40
1955	Field Records - May	Box 3	Folder 41
1955	Field Records - June-July	Box 3	Folder 42
1955	Field Records - Aug.-Oct.	Box 3	Folder 43
1955-1956	Field Records - Winter Reports	Box 3	Folder 44
1956	Field Records - Spring	Box 3	Folder 45
1956	Field Records - Summer	Box 3	Folder 46
1956	Field Records - Fall	Box 3	Folder 47
1956-1957	Field Records - Winter	Box 3	Folder 48
1957	Field Records - Spring	Box 3	Folder 49
1957	Field Records - June 1-Aug. 15	Box 3	Folder 50
1957	Field Records - Aug. 15-Nov. 30	Box 3	Folder 51
1957	Field Records	Box 3	Folder 52
1957-1958	Field Records - Winter	Box 3	Folder 53
1958	Field Records	Box 4	Folder 1
1958	Field Records - Apr.-May	Box 4	Folder 2
1958	Field Records - June-Aug. 15	Box 4	Folder 3
1958	Field Records - Aug. 15-Nov.	Box 4	Folder 4
1958-1959	Field Records - Winter	Box 4	Folder 5
1959	Field Records	Box 4	Folder 6
1959	Field Records - Jan. Waterfowl	Box 4	Folder 7
1959	Field Records - Apr.-May	Box 4	Folder 8
1959	Field Records - June-Aug.	Box 4	Folder 9
1959	Field Records - Aug. 15-Nov.	Box 4	Folder 10-11
1959	Field Records - Dec. 1-Mar.	Box 4	Folder 12
1960	Field Records	Box 4	Folder 13
1960	Field Records - Apr.-May	Box 4	Folder 14
1960	Field Records - Jan.-Aug. 15	Box 4	Folder 15
1960	Field Records - Aug. 15-Nov.	Box 4	Folder 16
1960-1961	Field Records - Dec.-Mar.	Box 4	Folder 17-18
1961	Field Records - Apr.-May	Box 4	Folder 19
1961	Region V Report - Aug.	Box 4	Folder 20
1961	Field Records	Box 4	Folder 21
1962-1963	Field Records - Summer thru Spring	Box 4	Folder 22
1963	Field Records - Fall	Box 4	Folder 23
1963	Kingbird - Summer	Box 4	Folder 24
1963-1964	Kingbird - Winter	Box 4	Folder 25
1963-1964	Winter Summary	Box 4	Folder 26
1964	Field Checklist	Box 4	Folder 27
1964-1969	Field Records	Box 7	Folder 1
1965	Field Checklist - Jan.-Aug.	Box 4	Folder 28
1965	Field Checklist - Sept.-Dec.	Box 4	Folder 29
1965	Fall Shorebird Migration in Central New York	Box 4	Folder 30
1965-1966	Field Checklist, Field Records, Region V Summary	Box 4	Folder 31-32
1965-1968	Regional Lists	Box 7	Folder 2
1966	Field Records - Big Run	Box 4	Folder 33
1966	Region V - Apr.-May	Box 4	Folder 34
1966	Region V - June-Aug.	Box 4	Folder 35
1966	Region V - Aug.-Nov.	Box 4	Folder 36-37
1966	Field Checklist - Jan.-Aug.	Box 4	Folder 38
1966	Field Checklist - Sept.-Dec.	Box 4	Folder 39
1966-1967	Field Records - Dec.-Mar.	Box 4	Folder 40
1967	Field Checklist - Jan.-May	Box 4	Folder 41
1967	Field Records - Apr.-May	Box 5	Folder 1
1967	Field Checklist - June-Aug.	Box 5	Folder 2
1967	Field Records - June-Aug.	Box 5	Folder 3
1967	Field Records - Aug.-Nov.	Box 7	Folder 3-4
1967	Field Checklist - Sept.-Dec.	Box 5	Folder 4
1967-1968	Field Records - Dec.-Mar.	Box 7	Folder 5-6
1968	Field Checklist - Jan.-June	Box 5	Folder 5
1968	Field Records - Spring	Box 7	Folder 7
1968	Big Run - May	Box 7	Folder 8
1968	Field Records - June-Aug.	Box 7	Folder 9
1968	Field Checklist - July-Sept.	Box 5	Folder 6
1968	Field Records - Aug.-Nov.	Box 7	Folder 10-11
1968-1969	Field Records - Dec.-Mar.	Box 5	Folder 12-13
1968-1974	Field Records	Box 5	Folder 14
1968	Field Checklist - Oct.-Dec.	Box 5	Folder 7
1969	Field Checklist - Jan.-May	Box 5	Folder 8
1969	Field Records - Spring	Box 7	Folder 15-16
1969	Field Checklist - May	Box 5	Folder 9
1969	Field Records - June-Aug.	Box 7	Folder 17
1969	Field Checklist - June-Sept.	Box 5	Folder 10
1969	Field Records - Aug.-Nov.	Box 7	Folder 18
1969	Field Checklist - Oct.-Dec.	Box 5	Folder 11
1969-1970	Field Records - Winter	Box 7	Folder 19-20
1970	Field Checklist - Jan.-May	Box 5	Folder 12
1970	Field Records - Apr.-May	Box 7	Folder 21-22
1970	Field Records - June-Aug.	Box 7	Folder 23-24
1970	Field Checklist - June-Aug.	Box 5	Folder 13
1970	Regional Reports - Summer	Box 5	Folder 14
1970	Field Checklist - Sept.-Oct.	Box 5	Folder 15
1970	Field Records - Fall	Box 7	Folder 25
1970	Regional Reports - Fall	Box 5	Folder 16
1970	Field Checklist -Nov.-Dec.	Box 5	Folder 17
1970	Regional Reports - Winter	Box 5	Folder 18
1970-1971	Winter	Box 7	Folder 26-27
1971	Field Checklist	Box 5	Folder 19
1971	Regional Reports - Spring	Box 7	Folder 28
1971	Field Records - May	Box 7	Folder 29
1971	Field Checklist - Spring	Box 7	Folder 30-32
1971	Regional Reports - Summer	Box 7	Folder 33
1971	Field Records - Aug.-Dec.	Box 7	Folder 34
1971	Field Records - Fall	Box 7	Folder 35
1971	Onondaga Audubon Society	Box 5	Folder 20
1971	Field Checklist - June-Sept.	Box 5	Folder 21
1971	Field Checklist - Oct.-Dec.	Box 5	Folder 22
1971	Fall Regional Reports	Box 5	Folder 23
1971-1972	Field Records - Winter	Box 8	Folder 1
1971-1972	Regional Reports - Winter	Box 8	Folder 2
1972	Winter - Waterfowl Census	Box 8	Folder 3
1972	Field Records - Spring	Box 8	Folder 4
1972	Regional Reports - Spring	Box 8	Folder 5
1972	Field Records - Summer	Box 8	Folder 6
1972	Regional Reports - Summer	Box 8	Folder 7
1972	Field Records - Fall	Box 8	Folder 8
1972	Regional Reports - Fall	Box 8	Folder 9
1972	Field Checklist - Jan.-Apr.	Box 5	Folder 24
1972	Field Checklist - May-Sept.	Box 5	Folder 25
1972	Field Checklist - Oct.-Dec.	Box 5	Folder 26
1972-1973	Field Records - Winter	Box 8	Folder 10
1972-1973	Regional Reports - Winter	Box 8	Folder 11
1973	Field Records - Apr.-May	Box 8	Folder 12
1973	Big Run - May 19	Box 8	Folder 13
1973	Regional Reports - Spring	Box 8	Folder 14
1973	Field Checklist - Jan.-May	Box 5	Folder 27
1973	Field Checklist - June-Aug.	Box 5	Folder 28
1973	Field Records - June-Aug.	Box 8	Folder 15
1973	Regional Reports - Summer	Box 8	Folder 16
1973	Regional Reports - Fall	Box 8	Folder 17
1973	Field Records - Fall	Box 8	Folder 18
1973	Field Checklist - Sept.-Dec.	Box 5	Folder 29
1973-1974	Regional Reports - Winter	Box 8	Folder 19
1973-1974	Field Records - Dec.-Mar.	Box 8	Folder 20
1974	Field Checklist	Box 5	Folder 30
1974	Regional Reports - Spring	Box 8	Folder 21
1974	Field Records - Apr.-May	Box 8	Folder 22
1974	Big Run - May 18	Box 8	Folder 23
1974	Field Records - June 1-Aug. 15	Box 8	Folder 24
1974	Field Records - Aug. 15-Nov. 30	Box 8	Folder 25
1974	Region V, Oneida Lake Basin - Fall	Box 8	Folder 26
1974	Region V - Waterfowl	Box 8	Folder 27
1974-1975	Field Records - Winter (includes Christmas Counts)	Box 8	Folder 28
1974-1975	Region V, Oneida lake Basin - Winter	Box 8	Folder 29
1975	Field Checklist - Jan.-Oct.	Box 5	Folder 31
1975	Region V Material - Apr.-May	Box 8	Folder 30
1975	Field Records - Summer	Box 8	Folder 31
1975	Field Records - Sept.-Dec.	Box 8	Folder 32
1975	Field Checklist - Nov.-Dec.	Box 5	Folder 32
1975-1976	Field Records - Winter	Box 8	Folder 33
1976	Field Checklist - Jan.-May	Box 5	Folder 33
1976	Field Records - Spring	Box 9	Folder 1
1976	Field Records - June-Aug.	Box 9	Folder 2
1976	Field Checklist - June-Sept.	Box 5	Folder 34
1976	Field Records - Region V - Sept.-Nov.	Box 9	Folder 3
1976	Field Checklist - Oct.-Dec.	Box 9	Folder 35
1976-1977	Field Records - Dec.-Feb.	Box 9	Folder 4
1977	Field Checklist - Jan.-June	Box 9	Folder 36
1977	Field Records - Region V - Mar.-May	Box 9	Folder 5
1977	Field Records - June-Aug.	Box 9	Folder 6
1977	Field Checklist - July-Dec.	Box 9	Folder 37
1977	Field Records - Nov.-Dec.	Box 9	Folder 7
1977-1978	Field Records - Dec.-Feb.	Box 9	Folder 8
1978	Waterfowl Census - Jan.	Box 9	Folder 9
1978	Field Records - Spring	Box 9	Folder 10
1978	Field Records - June-Aug.	Box 9	Folder 11
1978	Field Records - Sept.-Oct.	Box 9	Folder 12
1978	Region V - Big Run - Sept.-Nov.	Box 9	Folder 13
1978	Region V	Box 5	Folder 38
1978	Field Checklist - Jan.-June	Box 5	Folder 39
1978	Field Checklist - July-Dec.	Box 5	Folder 40
1978-1979	Region V - Oneida Lake Basin - Dec.-June	Box 9	Folder 14
1978-1979	Field Records - Dec.-Feb.	Box 9	Folder 15
1978-1979	Onondaga Audubon Society - Minutes, etc.	Box 9	Folder 16
1978-1979	Field Records - Winter	Box 9	Folder 17
1979	Field Checklist - Jan.-June	Box 5	Folder 41
1979	Field Records - Region V - June-Aug.	Box 9	Folder 18
1979	Field Checklist - July-Dec.	Box 5	Folder 42
1979	Field Records - Sept.-Nov.	Box 9	Folder 19
1979-1980	Field Records - Region V - Dec.-Feb.	Box 9	Folder 20
1979-1981	Onondaga Audubon Society	Box 9	Folder 21
1980	Field Records	Box 9	Folder 22
1980	Big Bend Trip Material	Box 9	Folder 23
1980	Field Checklist - Jan.-May	Box 5	Folder 43
1980	Field Records - Spring (Mar.-May)	Box 9	Folder 24
1980	Field Records - Summer (June-Aug.)	Box 9	Folder 25
1980	Field Checklist - June-Aug.	Box 6	Folder 1
1980	Field Records - Fall	Box 9	Folder 26
1980	Field Checklist - Sept.-Dec.	Box 6	Folder 2
1980-1981	Field Records - Winter	Box 9	Folder 27
1980-1984	Field Records	Box 9	Folder 28-29
1981	Field Checklist - Jan.-June	Box 6	Folder 3
1981	Field Records - Spring	Box 9	Folder 30
1981	Field Records - Summer	Box 9	Folder 31
1981	Field Checklist - July-Sept.	Box 6	Folder 4
1981	Field Records - Fall	Box 9	Folder 32
1981	Field Checklist - Oct.-Dec.	Box 6	Folder 5
1981-1982	Field Records - Winter	Box 9	Folder 33-34
1982	Field Checklist - Jan.-June	Box 6	Folder 6
1982	Field Records - Spring	Box 9	Folder 35
1982	Field Records - Summer	Box 10	Folder 1
1982	Field Checklist - July- Sept.	Box 6	Folder 7
1982	Field Records - Fall	Box 9	Folder 36
1982	Field Checklist - Oct.-Dec.	Box 6	Folder 8
1982-1983	Field Records - Winter	Box 9	Folder 37
1983	Field Records - Spring	Box 10	Folder 2
1983	Field Checklist - Jan.-May	Box 6	Folder 9
1983	Field Checklist - June-July	Box 6	Folder 10
1983	Field Records - Summer	Box 10	Folder 3
1983	Field Checklist - Aug.-Dec.	Box 6	Folder 11
1983	Field Records - Fall	Box 10	Folder 4
1983-1984	Kingbird - Winter	Box 10	Folder 5-6
1984	Field Checklist - Jan.-May	Box 6	Folder 12
1984	Kingbird - Spring	Box 10	Folder 7-9
1984	Field Records - Nesting Season	Box 10	Folder 10
1984	Field Checklist - June-Aug.	Box 6	Folder 13
1984	Field Checklist - Sept.-Dec.	Box 6	Folder 14
1984-1985	Field Records - Winter	Box 10	Folder 11-13
1985	Field Checklist - Jan.-July	Box 6	Folder 15
1985	Field Records - Spring	Box 10	Folder 14-15
1985	Field Records - Summer	Box 10	Folder 16-17
1985	Field Checklist - Aug.-Dec.	Box 6	Folder 16
1985	Field Records - Fall	Box 10	Folder 18-19
1986	Field Checklist - Jan.-June	Box 6	Folder 17
1985-1986	Field Records - Winter	Box 10	Folder 20-21
1986	Field Records - Spring	Box 10	Folder 22-23
1986	Field Records - Summer	Box 10	Folder 24-25
1986	Field Checklist - July-Dec.	Box 6	Folder 18
1987	Field Checklist - Jan.-June	Box 6	Folder 19
1987	Field Checklist - July-Dec.	Box 6	Folder 20
1988	Field Checklist - Jan.-May	Box 6	Folder 21
1988	Field Checklist - June-Dec.	Box 6	Folder 22
	Birding notes; printed material, including Birding, 1972	Box 11-12

Guide to the Francis G. Scheider Papers, 1940-1988

Collection Number: 4856

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

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

Guide to the Francis G. Scheider Papers,
1940-1988

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library