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

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

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.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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

Cite As:

Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. papers, #4047. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

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		Description	Date
		Series I. Research for Field Guides
		Alabama - Illinois
Box 1	Folder 1	Alabama	1949-1962
Box 1	Folder 2	Alaska
Box 1	Folder 3	Arizona(1)	1947-1980
Box 1	Folder 4	Arizona(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
Box 1	Folder 5	Arkansas	1947-1981
Box 1	Folder 6	Arkansas(2) - Manuscript
Box 1	Folder 7	California	1947-1979
Box 1	Folder 8	California(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Also includes a 1966 California Map
Box 1	Folder 9	Colorado	1947-1978
Box 1	Folder 10	Colorado(2) - Manuscript
Box 1	Folder 11	Connecticut	1947-1973
Box 1	Folder 12	Deleware	1947-1977
Box 1	Folder 13	Florida	1947-1977
Box 1	Folder 14	Georgia	1947-1975
Box 1	Folder 15	Hawaii	1955-1972
Box 1	Folder 16	Idaho	1947-1979
Box 1	Folder 17	Idaho(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Also includes a 1976-1977 Idaho Map
Box 1	Folder 18	Illinois	1947-1975
		Indiana - Montana
Box 2	Folder 1	Indiana	1947-1975
Box 2	Folder 2	Iowa	1947-1981
Box 2	Folder 3	Iowa(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1976-1977 Iowa roadmap and maps for De Soto National Wildlife Refuge
Box 2	Folder 4	Kansas	1947-1981
Box 2	Folder 5	Kansas(2)-Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1969-1970 Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge brochure
Box 2	Folder 6	Kentucky	1946-1976
Box 2	Folder 7	Louisiana	1947-1979
Box 2	Folder 8	Louisiana(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1979-1980 Louisiana road map
Box 2	Folder 9	Maine	1947-1981
Box 2	Folder 10	Maryland	1947-1976
Box 2	Folder 11	Massachusetts	1947-1975
Box 2	Folder 12	Michigan	1947-1976
Box 2	Folder 13	Minnesota	1947-1979
Box 2	Folder 14	Minnesota(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes 1976 and 1977-1978 Minnesota road maps, Hennepin map and Camping in Minnesota brochure
Box 2	Folder 15	Mississippi	1947-1975
Box 2	Folder 16	Missouri	1947-1977
Box 2	Folder 17	Missouri(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
Box 2	Folder 18	Montana	1947-1978
Box 2	Folder 19	Montana(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1975 Montana road map
		Nebraska - Oregon
Box 3	Folder 1	Nebraska	1947-1978
Box 3	Folder 2	Nebraska(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1976 Nebraska road map
Box 3	Folder 3	Nevada	1947-1980
Box 3	Folder 4	Nevada(2) - Manuscript	1980
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
Box 3	Folder 5	New Hampshire	1947-1973
Box 3	Folder 6	New Jersey	1947-1975
Box 3	Folder 7	New Mexico	1947-1980
Box 3	Folder 8	New Mexico(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a New Mexico road map
Box 3	Folder 9	New York	1947-1970
Box 3	Folder 10	New York City Area	1956-1976
Box 3	Folder 11	North Carolina	1947-1975
Box 3	Folder 12	North Dakota	1947-1978
Box 3	Folder 13	North Dakota(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1975 North Dakota road map
Box 3	Folder 14	Ohio	1947-1975
Box 3	Folder 15	Oklahoma	1947-1979
Box 3	Folder 16	Okalahoma(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1967, 1977 and an undated (with notations) Oklahoma City Street Map and a 1977 Oklahoma road map
Box 3	Folder 17	Oregon	1947-1979
Box 3	Folder 18	Oregon(2)- For column in Audubon Magazine	1966-1968
Box 3	Folder 19	Oregon(3)- Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1979 Oregon Road map and 1978 lists of state parks
		Pennsylvania - Washington
Box 4	Folder 1	Pennsylvania	1946-1975
Box 4	Folder 2	Rhode Island	1946-1980
Box 4	Folder 3	South Carolina	1947-1976
Box 4	Folder 4	South Dakota	1947-1977
Box 4	Folder 5	South Dakota(2) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1977-1978 South Dakota road map
Box 4	Folder 6	Tennessee	1947-1977
Box 4	Folder 7	Texas	1947-1968
Box 4	Folder 8	Texas(2) Second Edition	1962-1979
Box 4	Folder 9	Texas(3) - Manuscript
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1977-1978 Oklahoma Texas road map and a 1973 Texas road map
Box 4	Folder 10	Utah	1949-1980
Box 4	Folder 11	Utah(2) - Zion National Park	1966-1967
Box 4	Folder 12	Utah(3) - Manuscript	1980
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1979 Utah road map
Box 4	Folder 13	Vermont	1947-1966
Box 4	Folder 14	Virginia	1947-1975
Box 4	Folder 15	Washington	1947-1980
Box 4	Folder 16	Washington(2) - Manuscript	1980
		Scope and Contents Proofs for book
		West Virginia - Wyoming
Box 5	Folder 1	West Viginia	1947-1973
Box 5	Folder 2	Wisconsin	1947-1976
Box 5	Folder 3	Wyoming(1)	1949-1952
Box 5	Folder 4	Wyoming(2)	1952-1978
Box 5	Folder 5	Wyoming(3) - Manuscript	1978-1979
		Scope and Contents Proofs for Book and Wyoming road maps
		Series II. Correspondence
		A-G
Box 8	Folder 1	A - Correspondence	1949-1984
Box 8	Folder 2	Argentine Field Trip	1964-1969
Box 8	Folder 3	B - Correspondence	1931-1961
Box 8	Folder 4	B - Correspondence	1962-1986
Box 8	Folder 5	Breckenridge	1947-1984
Box 8	Folder 6	Brooks	1947-1966
Box 8	Folder 7	Burgess, Thornton, W.	1928-1984
Box 8	Folder 8	C - Correspondence	1930-1973
Box 8	Folder 9	C - Correspondence	1974-1986
Box 8	Folder 10	D - Correspondence	1931-1987
Box 8	Folder 11	Dick, John Henry	1964-1975
Box 8	Folder 12	E - Correspondence	1932-1985
Box 8	Folder 13	F - Correspondence
Box 8	Folder 14	Fisher, Harvey I.	1964-1982
Box 8	Folder 15	G- Correspondence	1934-1974
Box 8	Folder 16	G - Correspondence	1975-1988
Box 8	Folder 17	Gallapagos Islands	1976
Box 8	Folder 18	Grand Manan	1932-1936
Box 8	Folder 19	Gross	1928-1971
		H-Q
Box 9	Folder 1	H - Correspondence	1931-1968
Box 9	Folder 2	H - Correpondence	1970-1985
Box 9	Folder 3	Hall, George
Box 9	Folder 4	J - Correspondence	1936-1988
Box 9	Folder 5	K - Correspondence	1928-1986
Box 9	Folder 6	L - Correspondence	1932-1949
Box 9	Folder 7	L - Correspondence	1950-1986
Box 9	Folder 8	M - Correspondence	1930-1949
Box 9	Folder 9	M - Correspondence	1950-1988
Box 9	Folder 10	Mc - Correspondence
Box 9	Folder 11	Mexican Expedition	1940-1941
Box 9	Folder 12	N - Correspondence	1930-1981
Box 9	Folder 13	Nice, Margaret	1938-1967
Box 9	Folder 14	O - Correspondence	1936-1983
Box 9	Folder 15	P - Correspondence	1931-1964
Box 9	Folder 16	P - Correspondence	1965-1988
Box 9	Folder 17	Peterson, Roger Tory
Box 9	Folder 18	Q - Correspondence	1953-1958
		R-Z
Box 10	Folder 1	R - Correspondence	1931-1958
Box 10	Folder 2	R - Correspondence	1960-1985
Box 10	Folder 3	Rumball, Maurice	1974-1984
Box 10	Folder 4	S - Correspondence	1931-1959
Box 10	Folder 5	S - Correspondence	1960-1985
Box 10	Folder 6	Sutton, George	1983-1986
		Scope and Contents Relating to Sutton's memorial and Pettingill's forward to Sutton's last book, "Birds Worth Knowing"
Box 10	Folder 7	Swanson, Gustav	1937-1986
Box 10	Folder 8	T - Correspondence
Box 10	Folder 9	U - Correspondence	1942-1983
Box 10	Folder 10	V - Correspondence	1933-1972
Box 10	Folder 11	W - Correspondence	1933-1985
Box 10	Folder 12	Whooping Crane	1945-1979
Box 14	Folder 1	Wilson Ornithological Club	1938-1993
Box 10	Folder 13	X,Y,Z - Correspondence	1944-1984
Box 10	Folder 14	Zimmerman, William	1972-1974
		Series III. Biographic Materials
Box 10	Folder 15	Bibliography, Biography and Memorials	1988-1990
Box 13		School diplomas, degrees and other certificates	1897-1974
		Scope and Contents For Pettingill, Olin S.; Rice, Eleanor; Norris, Luther; Pettingill, Marion G.; Bradbury, Marion
Box 14	Folder 2	Olin Sewall Pettingill, MD - American College of Physicians - Fellow Certificate	1937
Mapcase Folder 2		School diplomas, degrees and other certificates	1895-1940
		Scope and Contents For Pettingill, Olin S. and Pettingill, Sewall
Box 13	Folder 1	Pettingill Christmas Card Drawings
Box 14	Folder 3	Sewall Pettingill - Stationery	1901-1909
		Series IV. Photographs
		Negatives - Pettingill's Catalog of Bird Negatives. Note: there is a species index for this in Box 6-1.
Box 66-1		Negatives #100-1411	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.
Box 66-2		Negatives #1500-4312	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.
Box 77-1		Negatives #4400-5115	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.
Box 77-2		Negatives #5201-6345	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.
Box 1515-1		Negatives #6400-8311	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.
Box 1515-2		Negatives #8400-10218	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.
Box 1616-1		Negatives #10300-14519	-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.
Box 1616-2		Negatives #14520-16308. Also includes #3-112, misc bird photos and photos of mammals not included in index	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
		Prints - Birds taken by Pettingill
Box 11		22 16"x20" matted photographs for exhibition
		Scope and Contents Includes bird names
Box 11		2 14"x15" matted photographs
Box 11		1 13"x16" matted photograph
Box 11	Folder 1	Loose Photographs
Box 11	Folder 2	Information on Olin S. Pettingill for Exhibition
Box 13		5 13.5"x18" hand colored black and white prints
Box 14	Folder 15	Penguins and Seagull
Box 14	Folder 16	Hoary Redpoll on Nest
Box 14	Folder 17	American Woodcock - Ithaca, NY
Box 14	Folder 18	Bonaparte's Gull Chick
Box 14	Folder 19	Bonaparte's Gull - Hudson Bay
Box 14	Folder 20	Stilt Sandpiper
Box 14	Folder 21	Willow Ptarmigan, Strutting
Box 14	Folder 22	King Penguin - Falklands
		Prints - Birds taken by others
Box 11		Eagle by Fred Kent Truslow
		Scope and Contents Signed by photographer
		Prints - Ornithologists and Ornithology Organizations
Box 14	Folder 4	Great Lakes Ornithological Club	1909
Box 14	Folder 5	Allen, Arthur A.
Box 14	Folder 6	Breckenridge, Walter J.	1930
Box 14	Folder 7	Chapman, Fran	1939
Box 14	Folder 8	Gross, Alfred	1940
		Scope and Contents Bowdoin College Professor
Box 14	Folder 9	Peterson, P.T.
Box 14	Folder 10	Pettingills, Mr. and Mrs.
Box 14	Folder 11	Roberts, Thomas S.	1939
Box 14	Folder 12	Sutton, George Miksch
Box 14	Folder 13	Swanson, Gustav	1947
Box 14	Folder 14	Van Tyne, Josselyn and Gould, Lawrence McKinley
Mapcase Folder 1		Allen Award Dinner	October 1970
		Scope and Contents Wentmore, Alexander and Treman, Margo
Mapcase Folder 2		University of Michigan Biological Station	1928
Mapcase Folder 2		University of Michigan Biological Station	1929
Mapcase Folder 2		3 photographs of the 96th Convention of Psi Upsilon Frat	1929
Mapcase Folder 2		American Ornithologist Union	1940, 1941, 1954, 1957
Mapcase Folder 2		Joint Meeting of the American Trudeau Society - Tuberculosis Sanitoring Conference
		Series V. Illustration Collection
		Pamphlets and Bound Materials
Box 12	Folder 1	Bird and Wildlife Illustrations - Series and Pamphlets
Box 13	Folder 2	Magazines	1935-1987
		Scope and Contents Includes a 1936 The Sportsman with an article by Pettingill
Box 13	Folder 4	Bird and Outdoor Illustrations - Series and Pamphlets	1949-1952
		Scope and Contents Includes a series of reproductions of "Exoctic Birds" by John Gould
Box 14	Folder 23	Pamphlets and booklets relating to birding and other wildlife
		Scope and Contents Includes a booklet entitled "History of Birds: For the Use of Children" from 1843
		Loose Illustrations
Box 12	Folder 2	Bird Illustrations - Prints from the Riegel Portfolio of Carolina Birds	1965-1966
		Scope and Contents Reproductions of Arthur Singer paintings
Box 12	Folder 3	Bird Illustrations	1936-1984
Box 12	Folder 4	Bird Illustrations - Oversize
Box 12	Folder 5	Posters
Box 13	Folder 3	Bird Illustrations
Box 14	Folder 24	Monographs, Clippings and Postcards of Birds
Mapcase Folder 1		Article about Olin Pettingill	1948
		Scope and Contents Includes reproductions of his photographs
Mapcase Folder 2		Posters
		Scope and Contents Uruguay and Walt Disney's "Water Birds"
		Series VI. Bird Related Ephemera
Box 13	Folder 5	Lecture Flyers and Sheet Music

Contents

Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. papers, [ca. 1895-1990]. Collection Number: 4047

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. papers, [ca. 1895-1990].
Collection Number: 4047

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library