Web site Credits
The Beautiful Birds Web site was created in June 1999 by staff in Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections and Office of External Relations, and was produced in collaboration with the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
- The online guide to the ornithology collections at Cornell was written by Jeanne A. White, who also was the guest curator for the Beautiful Birds gallery exhibition. In addition, Ms. White transcribed the quotations from the ornithology books which appear with many of the online plate images in the database.
The bird songs on this site have been made available by the Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
- Funding for the Web site and the gallery exhibition was provided through an endowment established by Kenneth E. and Dorothy V. Hill.
Rare & Manuscript Collections Staff 
Web site design: Jennifer Conklin Database design & site interactivity: Noni Korf Vidal Database research: Jennifer Conklin HTML for online guide: Cheryl Stadel-Bevans Editing: Lucy Burgess, Margaret Nichols, Julia Parker, Mary Warren Photo research: Jennifer Conklin, Laura Linke External Relations Staff Project coordinator & editor: Elizabeth Fontana Laboratory of Ornithology Staff Project advisors: Steve Kelling, Scott Sutcliffe Cornell Library Staff Editing & scholarly advice: David Corson, Elaine Engst Photographs by Cornell University Photography. Please send us your questions or comments about this site! Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell Library Cornell University Cornell Lab of Ornithology