James Taylor Tanner papers, 1935-2012.
Collection Number: 2665
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
James Taylor Tanner papers, 1935-2012.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2665
Abstract:
Papers relating to James T. Tanner's career as an ornithologist.
Creator:
Tanner, James T. (James Taylor.)
Tanner, Nancy Burnham.
Quanitities:
1.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Ornithologist.
Cornell University Class of 1935.
Correspondence and typed articles relating to ornithology in general and the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker in particular; field notes on the Cornell University-American Museum of
Natural History Expedition, 1935; notes on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 1936-1968;
"The Ivory-billed Woodpecker: Research Report #1 of the National Audubon Society,"
by James T. Tanner, 1942, annotated by Dr. Tanner, 1989; and field notes on the Imperial
Woodpecker Expedition, 1962. Also locality records, indexed by species; notes and
a manuscript describing the birds of Cape May, NJ, with an emphasis on the protection
of hawks, 1936; notes and a manuscript about observations made in Cortland County,
NY, in 1933, as an undergraduate project for Arthur Allen; notes about melanism in
birds, including an original drawing, 1934 and 1948-49; field notes on Junco study
in the Great Smoky Mountains; notes on canoe trips; field notes for a Willet study
at Long Beach, NC, 1976; bird records from Long Beach, NC, 1961-1990; and data on
the birds of Tennessee. Also, birding records from Ithaca and Cortland areas (1933-36);
Glacier National Park (1934); Cape May, NJ (1936); Elk Lake, NY (1936 and 1945); Johnson
City, TN (1940-42); Chesapeake Bay (1943); St. Simons Island, GA (1943); Boston (1945);
Knoxville, TN (1947-1965); and Chiricahua, AZ (1956). Reprints of articles by Tanner,
slides and a manuscript on the Black-capped Chickadee. The collection also contains
notes, correspondence and articles collected by James Tanner's wife Nancy after James'
death in 1991.
Additional files, reprints, and slides. Also, files of Nancy Tanner relating to the
Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
The Arthur Augustus Allen papers, #21-18-1255 with whom he worked at the Laboratory of Ornithology and also took part in the 1935
Cornell-American Museum of Natural History Ornitholoical Expedition.
The Albert Rich Brand papers, #21-18-899 also contains material from the 1935 Expedition, including photographs of Tanner
and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in his book "Hunting with a Mike".
INFORMATION FOR USERS
James Taylor Tanner papers, #2665. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964.
Glacier National Park (Agency : U.S.)
Places:
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Subjects:
Imperial woodpecker.
Ornithologists.
Bird watching -- Arizona -- Chiricahua.
Bird watching -- Tennessee -- Knoxville.
Bird watching -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Bird watching -- Georgia -- St. Simons Island.
Bird watching -- Tennessee -- Johnson City.
Bird watching -- New York (State) -- Elk Lake.
Bird watching -- New Jersey -- Cape May.
Bird watching -- Montana.
Bird watching -- New York (State) -- Cortland.
Bird watching -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Scientific expeditions.
Ivory-billed woodpecker.
Woodpeckers.
Birds -- Research.
Ornithology -- Field work.
Ornithology.
Form and Genre Terms:
Field notes
Photographs.
Slides (photographs).
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence re: Ivory-bill material
|
1938-1942 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Ivory-bill reports
|
1937-1941 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Field notes Cornell-American Museum of Natural History Expedition
|
1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
"The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker," Research Report No. 1 of the National Audubon Society,
127 pp., published Oct. 1942
|
1942 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Notebook of field notes, includes South Carolina and Texas
|
1936-1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Manuscript map of Singer Tract, Madison Parish, LA
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence re: Ivory-billed Woodpecker
|
1981-1990 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence re: Ivory-billed Woodpecker
|
1942-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence of James T. Tanner on Cuban Ivory-billed woodpecker
|
1957, 1986-1988 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Congaree Swamp - James T. Tanner
|
1974-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
James Taylor Tanner
|
1914-1991 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence of James T. Tanner on the Imperial Woodpecker
|
1941-1991 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Birds of Tennessee
|
1925-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Bird observation log by family, life list
|
1932-1990 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Bird observation log by family
|
1931-1987 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Bird observation log by family
|
1932-1987 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Notes on Juncos in the Smokies
|
1951-1961 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Beach Book, Willet study, field notes at Long Beach, N.C.
|
1976-1977 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Long Beach
|
1975-1988 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Beach Book
|
1961-1976 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Bird Records from Boston - 1945, Chesapeake Bay - 1943, St. Simoni, Id. - 1943, Elk
Lake - 1945
|
1943, 1945 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Birds Cortland County [N.Y.]
|
1933, 1981 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Cape May Reports
|
1931-1937 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Miscellaneous Color Patterns
|
1933 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Old Bird Records: Ithaca, Cortland, N.Y. areas; Glacier National Park; Cape May; Elk
Lake and Paradox Lake, N.Y.
|
1933-1936 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Bird records, East Tennessee Area, Johnson City
|
1941-1942 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Bird records, Knoxville and vicinity, Tennessee, Jan. 1, 1947-Oct. 8, 1949
|
1947-1949 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Bird records, Knoxville, Tenn. and vicinity, Nov. 1, 1949-
|
1949-1988 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, June-July
|
1956 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Notes on canoe trips
|
1965-1980 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Other Correspondence including Ivory-billed
|
1945-1989 |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
A Postscript on Ivory-Bills
|
2000 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
A Forest Alive
|
2001 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
The Suwannee River
|
1890, 1973 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
The Population Implosion
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Symposium Summary: A Long-Term View of Old Growth Deciduous Forests
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
A Long-Term View of Old Growth Deciduous Forests James T. Tanner and Paul B. Hamel
|
1995 |
| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Changing Ranges of Birds in Tennesse
|
1988 |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Analysis of Phenological Events: The Start of Egg-layings by Birds
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Suggestions for Research on the Cuban Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Waterfowl on the ORNL Reservation
|
1987 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Comments on Land Use Planning
|
1973 |
| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Notes for Talks
|
1985-1990 |
| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Reprints
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Guide to the Study of Animal Populations: Publishing Agreement and Book Reviews
|
1977 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Clippings, Maps, Consultant Report, etc.
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
University of Tennessee Graduate Program in Ecology
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Letters, Papers, Articles about Tanner
|
|
| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker; Dover edition
|
2003 |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
"Preliminary Radioecological Study of the Crayfish" by James T. Tanner
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Report on the Search for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in Eastern Texas
|
January 1968 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Book reviews by James Tanner
|
1985-1990 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Negatives and Photos with Chris (hawk); Photos
|
1931-1932, 1974-1975 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence RE: Ivory-billed woodpecker
|
1968 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
John V. Dennis Recording, presumptive Ivory-billed woodpecker near Neches River, East
Texas
|
1967 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Eastman Lantern Slides - Singer Tract, Louisiana - Ivory-billed Woodpecker and related
subjects
|
March 1938 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Eastman Lantern Slides - Singer Tract, Louisiana; Mississippi River at Natchez; Natural
Bridge, Virginia
|
August 1938 |
| Box 4 |
Black and white prints
|
||
| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Singer Tract Material (Tansas River, NWR)
|
1991-2005 |
|
Scope and Contents
Mainly email correspondence with Nance Tanner regarding Jim Tanner's photographs of
the tract.
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Materials regarding Photographic Prints from Tansas
|
2005 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Notes, copies, and articles related to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
|
1934-2000 |
|
Scope and Contents
See also Singer Tract
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Cuban Ivory-bill
|
1995 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Imperial Woodpecker - Correspondence Record File
|
1996-1997 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes an article "Notes on the Birds of Durango, Mexico from 1963
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
McNair, Dougals - Correspondence
|
1993-1994 |
|
Scope and Contents
Regarding an article on the Black-capped Chickadee
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Tennessee Ornithological Society: 75th Anniversary Meeting
|
1990 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Reprints by James Tanner
|
1940S &, 1950s |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Reprints by James Tanner
|
1960s |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Reprints by James Tanner
|
1970s &, 1980s |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Drafts of manuscript and notes for "Analysis of Phenological Events: The Start of
Egg-laying by Birds"
|
1989(2001) |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Tanner, Nancy-Ivory-billed Correspondence
|
1991-2012 |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Tanner, Nancy-Ivory-billed Correspondence regarding publications
|
1991-2012 |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 |
Tanner, Nancy Notes
|
(1991)2000-2005 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and articles mainly regarding the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Tennessee Bird Records
|
1983-1990 |
|
Scope and Contents
Field Notebook
|
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| Box 5 |
Box of 35mm Slides
|
||
|
Scope and Contents
Chickadee Study, Junco First Egg, and data slides
|
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Bluebird notes and analysis
|
n.d. |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Junco data
|
n.d. |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Quantal response
|
n.d. |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
"Parus" notes
|
n.d. |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Phenological events - notes and data
|
n.d. |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Phenological events - draft
|
1986-1987 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Procedures
|
n.d. |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Reviews of book
|
n.d. |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Where is that vanished bird?, by Paul Hahn
|
1963 |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 |
American Ivory-billed Woodpecker, a bibliography, by Ruth Rehfus
|
1969 |
| Box 6 |
Past History, Habitats, and Present Status of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker In North
America, a final report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of work completed by Jerome
A. Jackson
|
1989 | |