American Nature Study Society records, 1908-1997.
Collection Number: 2195
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
American Nature Study Society records, 1908-1997.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2195
Abstract:
Includes correspondence of society secretary-treasurers Nellie Matlock and Richard
L. Weaver and the Conservation Committee; correspondence with the U.S. Department
of the Interior, senators and congressmen, and other groups concerning legislation
on national parks, grazing lands, irrigation and reclamation projects, and other aspects
of forest, soil, and wildlife conservation and national land use policy; letters dealing
with annual meetings and with the printing and distribution of Canadian Nature, the
society's publication.
Creator:
American Nature Study Society
Quanitities:
5.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Includes correspondence of society secretary-treasurers Nellie Matlock (1937-1940)
and Richard L. Weaver (1943-1949) and the Conservation Committee (1947-1949); correspondence
(1947-1948) with the U.S. Department of the Interior, senators and congressmen, Izaak
Walton League, Ecologists Union, National Council of State Garden Clubs, and other
groups concerning legislation on national parks, grazing lands, irrigation and reclamation
projects, and other aspects of forest, soil, and wildlife conservation and national
land use policy; letters dealing with annual meetings and with the printing and distribution
of Canadian Nature, the official publication of the society. Also, newsletters, membership lists, marked
ballots, minutes, reports, memoranda, offprints, pamphlets, programs, accounts, constitutions
and other printed items. Also, correspondence, announcements, and membership and mailing
lists of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Natural Resources
Council of America and resolutions and press releases of the National Parks Association.
Also, correspondence of Ephraim Laurence Palmer, professor of rural education at
Cornell University, officer and active member of the society, with Bertha Chapman
Cady, William L. Finley, George R. Green, Edith Patch, Ellen Eddy Shaw, Otis W. Caldwell,
C. Girard Davidson, George Free, Ruth Miriam Gillmore, Samuel H. Ordway, Jr., L.B.
Sharp, Dwight E. Solberger, Edwin Way Teale, William Gould Vinal, Richard W. Westwood,
and Farida Wiley.
Files and miscellany from Howard Weaver's term as president of the Nature Study Society
in 1966 and later.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
American Nature Study records, #2195. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Cady, Bertha Chapman.
Caldwell, Otis W.
Davidson, C. Girard.
Finley, William L.
Free, George.
Gillmore, Ruth Miriam.
Green, George R.
Matlock, Nellie F.
Ordway, Samuel H., Jr.
Palmer, E. Laurence (Ephraim Laurence), 1888-1970.
Patch, Edith.
Sharp, L. B.
Shaw, Ellen Eddy.
Sollberger, Dwight E.
Teale, Edwin Way, 1899-
Vinal, William Gould.
Weaver, Howard.
Weaver, Richard L.
Westwood, Richard W.
Wiley, Farida.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Nature Study Society (Title of work: Canadian nature..)
American Nature Study Society. Conservation Committee
Ecologists Union (U.S.)
Izaak Walton League of America
National Council of State Garden Clubs
National Parks Association (U.S.)
Natural Resources Council of America
United States. Department of the Interior
Subjects:
Wildlife conservation.
Soil conservation.
Science -- Study and teaching.
Nature study.
Land use -- Law and legislation.
Forest conservation.
Conservation of natural resources.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Nellie F. Matlock files
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
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1924-1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
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1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
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1937 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
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January-July 1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
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September-December 1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
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January-March 1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
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April-September 1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence
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October 1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence
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November 1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
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December 1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
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January-February 1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence
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March-June 1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence
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July-October 1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence
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November 1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence
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December 1940-May 1941 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence
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n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
n.d.
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R.L. Weaver files
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence with Ralph Dexter and misc.
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence with Dr. Otis Caldwell
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence with George Free
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence with Charles E. Mohr
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence with E.L. Palmer
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence with L.B. Sharp
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| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence with Ellen Eddy Shaw
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| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence of Ellen Eddy Shaw - E.L. Palmer
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| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence with Dr. Dwight E. Sollberger
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| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence with Dr. Dwight E. Sollberger
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| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence with Edwin Way Teale
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| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Correspondence with William Gould Vinal
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| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Correspondence with R.W. Westwood
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| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Correspondence with Farida Wiley
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| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Correspondence "N-P"
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| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Correspondence "R"
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| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Correspondence "S"
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| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Correspondence "T"
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| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Correspondence "W"
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| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Correspondence "U-Z"
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| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Correspondence Subscriptions
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| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Correspondence
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1943 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Correspondence
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1944 |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Correspondence
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1945 |
| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Correspondence
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1946 |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Correspondence
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1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Correspondence
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1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Correspondence
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January-April 1948 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Correspondence
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May-December 1948 |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 |
Correspondence
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January-February 1949 |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Correspondence
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March-December 1949 |
| Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Correspondence
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n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Photographs, envelope
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E.L. Palmer files
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Commander E. Breck
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Bertha Chapman Cady
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
L. Lenore Conover
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Cornell University - misc. correspondence
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1938 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Victor L. Crowell
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
C.E. Douglas
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Elizabeth Downhour
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
William L. Finley
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
George R. Green
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Theodosia Hadley
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Jennie Hall
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1933 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Jennie Hall
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1934 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Russell F. Lund
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| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Harold I. O'Bryne
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1941-1942 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Edith Patch
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
P. Victor Peterson
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
H. Radcliff
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| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence
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1943-1950 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence
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1951-1959 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Miscellaneous correspondence
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1964-1966 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence
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n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Miscellaneous correspondence
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Miscellaneous
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1925-1935, n.d. |
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A.N.S.S. general files
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| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
AAAS - correspondence and announcements
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1942-1944 |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
AAAS - correspondence and announcements
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1945-1947 |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Form letters to members, officers, and directors
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Conservation Committee
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Natural Resources Council of America
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| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Natural Parks Association Release
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| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Congressional letters: Land Grab Fight, etc.
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| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Canadian Nature - A.R. Whitemore-Mary Light
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1942-1944 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Canadian Nature - A.R. Whitemore-Mary Light
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1945-1948 |
| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
New York chapter
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| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Bangor Bird Conservation Club
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| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Pittsburgh Club
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| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Watchung Nature Club: New Jersey section
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| Box 2 | Folder 37 |
St. Louis Nature Club
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| Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Webster Groves Nature Club
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| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Eastern Nazarene College Club
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| Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Mailing list and other misc.
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1928-1936 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
Membership lists
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1941-1944 |
| Box 2 | Folder 42 |
Membership lists
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1945 |
| Box 2 | Folder 43 |
Membership lists
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1946 |
| Box 2 | Folder 44 |
Mailing lists
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1947 |
| Box 2 | Folder 45 |
Newspaper clippings
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| Box 2 | Folder 46 |
Photographs
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| Box 2 | Folder 47 |
Financial accounts (notebook)
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| Box 2 | Folder 48 |
Minutes (notebook)
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1951-1956 |
| Box 2 | Folder 49 |
Report of Secretary (notebook)
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| Box 2 | Folder 50 |
Treasurer's Report (notebook)
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| Box 2 | Folder 51 |
Special Reports (notebook)
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| Box 2 | Folder 52 |
Programs: Annual Meetings (notebook)
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| Box 2 | Folder 53 |
Elections - ballots (notebook)
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| Box 2 | Folder 54 |
Announcements, letters, and ballots (notebook)
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Ballots
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1944-1945 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Ballots, letters, statements
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1946 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Ballots
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1947 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Nominations
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1948 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Ballots
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1948 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Reports and minutes
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1926-1932 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Reports and minutes
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1926-1932, 1963-1965 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Boston Meeting
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1946 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Boston Meeting
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1946 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Boston Meeting
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1946 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
St. Louis Meeting - AAAS-ANSS
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1946 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Chicago papers
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1947 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Business Meeting - Chicago
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1947 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Chicago Meeting - correspondence
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1947 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Chicago Meeting - correspondence
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1947 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Washington - Joint meeting - ANSS, NABT, NSTA
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1948 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Washington, DC
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1948 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Washington, DC (and general)
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1948 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
New York
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1949 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Speeches and writings
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| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Original drawings
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| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Certificate of Incorporation
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| Box 3 | Folder 23 |
President - signatures
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| Box 3 | Folder 24 |
Constitutions
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1931-1939, 1961 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Printed matter and reprints
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| Box 3 | Folder 26 |
Pamphlets
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| Box 3 | Folder 27 |
Programs
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1926-1938, 1964 |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Newsletter msss. ANSS
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| Box 3 | Folder 29 |
Newsletter
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1946-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Summer and Fall of 1946; February, May, October of 1947; February, May, August of
1948.
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| Box 3 | Folder 30 |
Newsletter
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1943 |
| Box 3 | Folder 31 |
Newsletter
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1944 |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 |
Newsletter
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Spring 1945 |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 |
Newsletter
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Summer 1945 |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Newsletter
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Fall 1945 |
| Box 3 | Folder 35 |
Newsletter
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Fall-Winter 1945 |
| Box 3 | Folder 36 |
Newsletter
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Spring and Fall of 1946 |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 |
Newsletter
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Winter 1946 |
| Box 4 |
ANSS Newsletters (bound)
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1937-1946 | |
| Box 4 |
ANSS Newsletters (loose leaf)
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1947-1961 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 33 |
Newsletters
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1955-1963 |
| Box 3 | Folder 39 |
Newsletters
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1987-1999 |
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Scope and Contents
Volume 8, no.1-4; Volume 9, No.1, No.4; Volume 10, No.1-2; Volume 11, No.1; Volume
12, No.1; Volume 13, No.1, No.4; Volume 14, No.1-4; Volume 15, No.2; Volume 17, No.2;
Volume 18, No.1; Volume 19, No.1-3.
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| Box 3 | Folder 40 |
Teaching Tips newsletters and journals
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1987-2002 |
| Box 4 |
ANSS Minutes and Records (loose leaf)
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1925-1941 | |
| Box 5 |
Gavel, scroll made from Liberty Hyde Bailey's walking stick and remaining top of stick;
pen
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| Box 6 |
Nature-Study Review issues
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January 1905-December 1919 | |
| Box 8 |
The Naturalists Diary for Outdoor Use - by William Gould Vinal
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1930 | |
| Box 8 |
Common Water Insects: A Field Study Guide - by Ann H. Morgan
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| Box 3 | Folder 38 |
Bills, accounts, bank statements, tax exempt status
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1925-2015 |
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A.N.S.S. files, ca. 1960-ca. 1980
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| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Historical
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1953-2008 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 |
Historical
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1957-1982 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 |
Promotional materials
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1954-1991 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 |
Consolidated Edison proposal
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1982 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 |
Urban Workshops
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1974-1977 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 |
Activities
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1973-1990 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 |
Trinidad & Tobago trip
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1979 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 |
Ballots and officers
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1975-1998 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 |
Membership correspondence
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1962-1974 |
| Box 7 | Folder 10 |
Membership directories
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1971-1990 |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 |
Meeting agenda and minutes
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1963-1983 |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 |
Meeting agenda and minutes
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1984-1990 |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 |
Treasurer's reports
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1963-1989 |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 |
Legal documents
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1938-1982 |
| Box 7 | Folder 15 |
Richard J. Baldauf file
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1975-1990 |
| Box 7 | Folder 16 |
Kathleen Blanchard file
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1963-1989 |
| Box 7 | Folder 17 |
Kathleen Blanchard file
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1976-1991 |
| Box 7 | Folder 18 |
John A. Gustafson file (1)
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1962-1983 |
| Box 7 | Folder 19 |
John A. Gustafson file (2)
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1962-1977 |
| Box 7 | Folder 20 |
John A. Gustafson file (3)
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1962-1990 |
| Box 7 | Folder 21 |
John A. Gustafson file (4)
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1964-1983 |
| Box 7 | Folder 22 |
Publications Committee file
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1964-1965 |
| Box 7 | Folder 23 |
Publications Committee file
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1964-1965 |
| Box 7 | Folder 24 |
Publications Committee file
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1965-1968 |
| Box 7 | Folder 25 |
Publications Committee file
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1965-1968 |
| Box 7 | Folder 26 |
Publications Committee file
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1968-1970 |
| Box 7 | Folder 27 |
Publications Committee file
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1975-1980 |
| Box 7 | Folder 28 |
Nature Study special issue on William Gould Vinal
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1966-1980 |
| Box 7 | Folder 29 |
Nature Study special issue on William Gould Vinal
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1974-1977 |
| Box 7 | Folder 30 |
Nature Study special issue on Robert Frost (his centennial, 1974)
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1974 |
| Box 7 | Folder 31 |
Nature Study issue "Youth and Environment"
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| Box 7 | Folder 32 |
"News & Notes" materials
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1975-1977 |
| Box 7 | Folder 34 |
"City Critters" correspondence
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1976-1980 |
| Box 7 | Folder 35 |
"City Critters" project
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1976-1977 |
| Box 7 | Folder 36 |
John Brainerd's offprints
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1965 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
"Liberty Hyde Bailey Award"
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| Box 8 | Folder 2 |
"Eva L. Gordon Award"
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| Box 8 | Folder 3 |
Program and speakers for Annual Meeting (Philadelphia)
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1962 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Photographs (1)
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| Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Photographs (2)
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| Box 8 | Folder 6 |
NAAS Leaflets project
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| Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Girl Scout Bird Project booklet and Naturalists Diary
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1922, 1930 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 |
Nature Study - A Sampler of Tips, Vol. 48, No. 1-4
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1997 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 |
Howard Weaver files
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1957-1992 |