Sally Hoyt Spofford papers, 1923-1982.
Collection Number: 21-18-2374
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Sally Hoyt Spofford papers, 1923-1982.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-18-2374
Abstract:
Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and memoranda pertaining to the administration
of the Laboratory of Ornithology and her other interests in ornithology; rough drafts
of Arthur A. Allen correspondence and writings; Edna Lane's Bird and Flying Squirrel
field notes; Christmas newsletters with photographs from Peter Paul Kellogg; and J.
Southgate Hoyt field notes, manuscripts, drawings, a draft of his Ph.D. thesis, and
photographs, primarily relating to the pileated woodpecker. Also, Arthur Allen slides
that match Bird Song records and files relating to the Federation of New York State
Bird Clubs.
Creator:
Spofford, Sally Hoyt.
Quanitities:
3.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Ornithologist, Administrative Assistant at the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology.
Series I. Laboratory of Ornithology and Personal Correspondence | Box 1 |
Series II. Arthur A. Allen Drafts | Box 1 |
Series III. Southgate Y. Hoyt and Sally Hoyt Spofford Papers | Boxes 1-4 |
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Sally Hoyt Spofford Papers, #21-18-2374. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and memoranda pertaining to the administration
of the Laboratory of Ornithology and her other interests in ornithology; rough drafts
of Arthur A. Allen correspondence and writings; Edna Lane's Bird and Flying Squirrel
field notes; Christmas newsletters with photographs from Peter Paul Kellogg; and J.
Southgate Hoyt field notes, manuscripts, drawings, a draft of his Ph.D. thesis, and
photographs, primarily relating to the pileated woodpecker. Also, Arthur Allen slides
that match Bird Song records and files relating to the Federation of New York State
Bird Clubs.
Names:
Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964.
Kellogg, Peter Paul, 1899-1975.
Hoyt, John Southgate Yeaton, 1913-1951.
Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology
Subjects:
Woodpeckers.
Bird refuges -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Ornithology -- Study and teaching.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Laboratory of Ornithology and Personal Correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Arthur A. Allen
|
Sept. 1956-Aug. 1982 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Arthur A. Allen; Peter Paul Kellogg
|
Sept.-Dec. 1955 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
William C. Dilger
|
Jan. 1956-Oct. 1965 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Erma J. Fisk (Mrs. Bradley Fisk)
|
Dec. 1970-Oct. 1965 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Peter Paul Kellogg
|
May 1954-Nov. 1975 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Paul and Byrl Kellogg Christmas Cards
|
1945-1963 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
W. Keith Kennedy
|
Nov. 1969-Mar. 1971 |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Douglas A. Lancaster
|
Feb. 1968-Sept. 1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Art Lane
|
Apr.-May 1971 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Lewis F. Pearsall
|
Sept. 1967-July 1970 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Arthur G. Peterson
|
Feb. 1958-Apr. 1962 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Olin Sewell Pettingill
|
Apr. 1961-Dec. 1963 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Olin Sewell Pettingill
|
Mar. 1964-July 1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Virginia Scheetz (Mrs. Francis Scheetz)
|
Jan. 1957-Feb. 1971 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Charles G. Sibley
|
Nov. 1953-May 1964 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Lyman K. Stuart
|
July 1958-Sept. 1962 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Charles Sutherland
|
Apr.-July 1962 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Gustav A. Swanson
|
July 1959-Aug. 1961 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
James Tate, Jr.
|
Apr. 1970-Sept. 1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Fred Kent Truslow
|
Apr.-Aug. 1968 |
Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Miscellaneous
|
Jan. 1957-Dec. 1959 |
Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Miscellaneous
|
Jan.-Dec. 1960 |
Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Miscellaneous
|
Jan. 1964-Dec. 1975 |
Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Miscellaneous
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Search for director
|
Mar.-Oct. 1972 |
Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Lab job
|
May 1967-Dec. 1968 |
Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Response to J. Southgate Y. Hoyt broadcast
|
Mar. 1960 |
Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Income/expense statements and related material
|
July 1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Accounting notes, letters
|
Nov. 1958-Jan. 1959 |
Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Newspaper clippings
|
Undated |
Series II. Arthur A. Allen Drafts
|
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Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Handwritten letters
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Drafts, #1
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Drafts, #2
|
Undated |
Series III. J. Southgate Y. Hoyt and Sally Hoyt Spofford Papers
|
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Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Draft of Ph.D. thesis
|
1948 |
Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Photos of Pileated Woodpecker
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Photos of Pileated Woodpecker development
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Miscellaneous photos and negatives
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Articles, reprints, publications
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Carbon manuscript-Published,
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Elsa Guerdrum Allen
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Correspondence
|
1923-1950 |
Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Correspondence
|
1951-1975 |
Box 1 | Folder 43 |
New York upstate birds - Hoyt and Pettingill - Early drafts
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Pileated Woodpecker material
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Pileated Woodpecker
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Bird Study Class (Campus Club)
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 47 |
Key to North America Bird Eggs - Manuscript
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Women's Committee - International Ornithological Congress (IOC)
|
Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 49 |
(IOC)
|
1962 |
Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Newspaper clippings
|
Undated |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Laboratory of Ornithology correspondence, S. H. Spofford
|
1963-1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Miscellaneous ornithology and lab correspondence
|
1956-1966 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Nature Study Course, Cold Spring Harbor - Long Island Biological Association
|
1942-1951 |
Box 2 | Folder 4-7 |
Lecture correspondence
|
1947-1973 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Ornithology class quizzes, reports
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Lab matters
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Laboratory directorship
|
1972-1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence concerning Pileated Woodpecker
|
1955-1956 |
Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence, Natural History
|
1946-1953 |
Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Extension releases
|
1969-1972 |
Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Encyclopedia Americana
|
1967 |
Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence concerning sightings
|
1960-1961 |
Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Thesis, charts, drawings
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Civil Service
|
1933-1934 |
Box 2 | Folder 18-19 |
Published manuscripts
|
1954-1961 |
Box 2 | Folder 20-23 |
"Edna Lane's Bird and Flying Squirrel Notes"
|
1939-1956 |
Box 2 | Folder 24 |
A. A. Allen lecture notes
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 25 |
J. S. Y. Hoyt thesis
|
1948 |
Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Hoyt notes and observation records
|
1939-1947 |
Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Cyclops material
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Ornithology synopsis and key to birds
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Pileated Woodpecker field notes, Hoyt
|
1941 |
Box 2 | Folder 30 |
The Migration of Birds, S. Y. Hoyt
|
1934 |
Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Drawings - Pileated Woodpecker Anatomy, J. Southgate Hoyt
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Notes on 1941 Pileated Woodpecker nest, Phloeo
|
1941-1952 |
Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Manuscripts - Hoyt
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Student photographs in South's course, Hoyt
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Map, Pileated Woodpecker locations, Hoyt
|
1928-1932 |
Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Conservation 131 lecture notes, Hoyt
|
1949 |
Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Pileated Woodpecker correspondence
|
1938-1949 |
Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Birds of the World by A. A. Allen; lecture and laboratory notes, Ornithology 126
|
1946-1947 |
Box 3 |
Annual bird lists
|
1933-1939 | |
Box 3 |
Photograph album
|
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Box 3 |
Photograph album
|
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
|
1942-1955 |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Field List of Birds
|
1940 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
"Example of Recent American Bird Art" by Harry Harris
|
1926 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
"Bird Life in America" Series II (2 complete sets)
|
|
Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Laboratory of Ornithology History by Spofford
|
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
"The Southgate Y. Hoyt Dispatch"
|
1946-1949 |
Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Journal notes (loose)
|
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Scripts for lectures
|
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Box 4 | Folder 9-10 |
Old rough drafts, minutes
|
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Box 4 | Folder 11-12 |
Laboratory information, brochures, flyers, etc.
|
|
Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Laboratory financial statements, etc.,
|
1957-1962 |
Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Laboratory financial statements, etc.,
|
1962-1963 |
Box 4 |
Daybooks,
|
1957-1966 | |
Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Laboratory of Ornithology newsletters and meeting minutes
|
1956-1969 |
Scope and Contents
Includes a note to Charles Smith from "Sally and Spoff" from 1991
|
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Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Laboratory of Ornithology newsletters
|
1970-1977 |
Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Photograph of Federation Bird Group
|
1954 |
Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Federation of New York State Bird Clubs (1)
|
1954-1961 |
Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Federation of New York State Bird Clubs (2)
|
1954-1961 |
Box 5 | Folder 6 |
State Bird Book
|
1954-1956 |
Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Arthur Allen's discarded conservation lecture notes
|
1936-1948 |
Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Bird sighting notes
|
1938-1941 |
Scope and Contents
Includes an hand-drawn map of Sapsucker Woods with notations of bird sighting from
1935-1941
|
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Box 5 | Volume 1 |
The 1957-1958 New Zealand-Australia Expedition of the Laboratory of Ornithology
|
1958 |
Box 6 |
Arthur Allen slides that match bird song records
|
undated | |
Box 7 |
Arthur Allen slides that match bird song records; other Arthur Allen slides
|
undated | |
Box 8 |
Negatives of Pileated Woodpecker work by J.S. Hoyt; other bird species; copies of
famous prints
|
1930s-1950 | |
Box 8 | F-601 |
Pileated film from man in Ohio
|
1959 |