DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Cayuga Bird Club records,
1913-1997
1996
Cayuga Bird Club.
1.4 cubic ft.
Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material.
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material concerning the Cayuga Bird Club. Includes the club's constitution (ca. 1913) and papers of incorporation (1914); Arthur Allen's article "Cayuga Bird Club"; and correspondence of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the club's first president, including letters to him from Jared T. Newman concerning Renwick Woodland improvement.
Collection material in English
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The Cayuga Bird Club was founded ca. 1913. Its first secretary was Arthur A. Allen; Louis Agassiz Fuertes served as the first president. Charter members included Liberty Hyde Bailey, Martha Van Rensselaer, Prof. William A. Stocking, Mynderse Van Cleef, and Prof. Walter F. Willcox.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material concerning the Cayuga Bird Club. Includes the club's constitution (ca. 1913) and papers of incorporation (1914); Arthur Allen's article "Cayuga Bird Club," which provides an early history of the Club and was probably published in
Bird Lore; and correspondence of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the club's first president, including letters to him from Jared T. Newman concerning Renwick Woodland improvement. Also, newsletters, 1989-1997, by-laws, newspaper clippings, membership lists, and receipts.
SUBJECTS
Names:
Cayuga Bird Club.
Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964.
Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927.
Newman, Jared T. (Jared Treman), 1855-1937.
Subjects:
Ornithology.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:
Cayuga Bird Club Records, #1996. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
PROVENANCE
The papers of the Cayuga Bird Club were part of the original Arthur A. Allen accession.
RELATED MATERIAL
Related collections: Hugh Daniel Reed Papers, #21\18\33 and Arthur A. Allen Papers, #21\18\1255.
CONTAINER LIST
1
1
Correspondences
1913
1
2
Financial Records and Statements
1913-1918, 1923, 1931
1
3
Cayuga Bird Club (CBC) Constitution
1914
1
4
Certificate of Incorporation
1914
1
5
Correspondences
1914
1
6
Newspaper Clippings
1915-1917
1
7
Correspondences
1915-1933
1
8
Meeting Announcements
1916-1923
1
9
Financial Records
1916-1930
1
10
Yearly Reports
1918-1929
1
11
Bills and Statements
1926-1937
1
12
National Audubon News Releases
1931
1
13
CBC Committee Reports
1932
1
14
Audubon
1934-1935
1
15
Receipts and Misc. Correspondences
1940-1994
1
16
Bank Statements
1974-1978
1
17
CBC Treasurer Report
1974-1996
1
18
CBC Ledger Sheets
1974-1996
1
19
Federation of NY Bird Clubs
1978-1984
1
20
Bank Statements
1979-1985
1
21
CBC Address List
1979-1985
1
22
Federation of NY Bird Clubs - 37th Annual Meeting
1984
1
23-25
Federation of NY Bird Clubs - 37th Annual Meeting - Registration
1984
1
26
Federation of NY Bird Clubs - 37th Annual Meeting - Sheraton and Forms
1984
1
27-30
Federation of NY Bird Clubs - 37th Annual Meeting - Miscellaneous
1984
1
31-32
CBC Miscellaneous
1984
1
33
Federation of NY Bird Clubs - 37th Annual Meeting Accounts
1985
1
34
Federation of NY Bird Clubs - 37th Annual Meeting Finances
1985
1
35
Bank Statements
1986-1991
1
36
Richard Evans Memorial
1990
1
37
CBC Miscellaneous
1990
1
38
Bank Statements
1991-1996
1
39
CBC President's File
1991
1
40
CBC President's File
1992
1
41
CBC President's File
1993
1
42
CBC President's File
1994
1
43
CBC President's File
1995
1
44
Cayuga Bird Club Pamphlet
1
45
Newsletter
1974-1975
1
46
Newsletters
1976
1
47
Newsletters
1977
1
48
Newsletters
1978
1
49
Newsletters
1979-1980
1
50
Newsletters
1981
1
51
Newsletters
1982
1
52
Newsletters
1983
1
53
Newsletters
1984
2
1
Newsletters
1985
2
2
Newsletters
1986
2
3
Newsletters
1987
2
4
Newsletters
1988
2
5
Newsletters
1989
2
6
Newsletters
1990
2
7
Newsletters
1991
2
8
Newsletters
1992
2
9
Newsletters
1993
2
10
Newsletters
1994
2
11
Newsletters
1995-1997
2
12
Membership Book
1913-1914
2
13
Book of Minutes
1913-1914
2
14
Ledger
1913-1914
2
15
Daybook
1913-1936
2
16
Miscellaenous
1916, 1976, n.d.