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Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology

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Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Jerry E. and Norma J. Stillwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2621
Abstract

Letters, diaries, and notes concerning the recording of bird calls, and other ornithology related work.

Dates: 1948-1964.

John James Audubon artwork

 Collection
Identifier: 6721
Abstract

Collection includes loose prints from Audubon books, The birds of America (double elephant folio of 1827-1838 and a subsequent octavo edition) and The viviparous quadrupeds of North America (1846-1854), as well as later reproductions of Audubon prints.

Dates: 1829-2002,-1829-1860 (bulk)

Laboratory of Ornithology artwork collection

 Collection
Identifier: 17-2-3522
Abstract

Artwork on deposit from the Lab of Ornithology. Includes works by George Miksch Sutton, Anna Botsford Comstock, Mark Catesby and others.

Dates: 1840-2000.

Laboratory of Ornithology records

 Collection — Manuscript box 21 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065306684]
Identifier: 21-18-2229
Abstract

Records of J.W. Spencer as chairman of the Administrative Board of the Laboratory of Ornithology include Administrative Board minutes, budgets, correspondence, and records about the search for a director. Also includes Bird-Watching Days Calendar and Postcards for Project Feeder Watch.

Dates: 1973-2011.

Lawrence I. Grinnell papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2649
Abstract

More than 70 motion picture films, photographic and written materials regarding ornithological trips taken by Lawrence Grinnell from 1938 to 1971; correspondence and a pamphlet, "The 1957-1958 New Zealand-Australia Expedition of the Laboratory of Ornithology"; materials pertaining to his dissertation A Study of the Common Redpoll, a notebook of Cornell ornithology seminars and Canoeable Waterways of New York State and Vicinity written by Grinnell.

Dates: 1930-1977.

Lyman K. Stuart papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112448075]
Identifier: 21-18-3757
Scope and content

Correspondence primarily with Arthur A. Allen relating to Stuart's interest in ornithology, especially bird photography, including letters relating to the Life Magazine photo-essay contest; correspondence with Allen, Gustav Swanson, and others relating to the Laboratory of Ornithology Council, to Lab operations, funding, and publishing projects; Council minutes; and correspondence with Peter Paul Kellogg about bird recordings published by the Lab.

Dates: 1952-1961.

Peter Paul Kellogg papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-18-893
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, manuscripts of articles, photographs, clippings, notes, memoranda, and printed material relating to Kellogg's career in the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University; the history of the Laboratory; the Albert R. Brand Bird Song Foundation; ornithological expeditions to central Africa, Manitoba, and elsewhere; and bird clubs.

Dates: 1934-1964.

Randolph S. Little papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065218061]
Identifier: 21-18-915
Scope and content

Correspondence with Peter Paul Kellogg, Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr., and research associates in the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; notes and records of ornithological expenditions; and observation records of birds in the Ithaca, New York, area.

Dates: 1955-1966.

Sally Hoyt Spofford papers

 Collection
Identifier: 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...
Dates: 1923-1982.

Virginia deMorat Smith Scheetz papers

 Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 31924079266023]
Identifier: 21-18-1108
Abstract Includes notes from classes in ornithology, floriculture, and conservation; Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology newsletter, printed and promotional material, newspaper clippings, photographs, two tapes of bird calls by Myles North, and correspondence, minutes, and balance sheets of the Advisory Council; notes and correspondence regarding Scheetz' speeches; correspondence, minutes, newsletter, and yearbook of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; material on the Garden Club of...
Dates: 1941-1968,-1947-1968 (bulk)

Additional filters:

Subject
Ornithology. 13
Photographs 10
Ornithologists. 7
Ornithology -- Study and teaching. 5
Birds -- Societies, etc. 2
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Birds in art. 2
Birdsongs. 2
Field notes 2
Genealogies. 2
Lithographs. 2
Ornithological illustration. 2
Photography of birds. 2
Slides (photographs). 2
Women ornithologists. 2
Woodpeckers. 2
Academic freedom. 1
Alaska. 1
Amphibians -- New York (State) -- Cayuga Lake. 1
Animal behavior. 1
Bibliographies. 1
Bioacoustics. 1
Biographies. 1
Bird banding. 1
Bird lore. 1
Bird refuges -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Bird refuges. 1
Bird songs: the adventure and techniques in recording the songs of the American birds. 1
Bird watchers -- New York (State) 1
Bird-song -- Recording and reproducing. 1
Birds -- Breeding. 1
Birds -- Migration. 1
Birds -- New York (State) -- Cayuga Lake. 1
Birds -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Birds -- North America -- Pictorial works. 1
Birds -- Research. 1
Birds -- United States. 1
Birdsongs -- Recording and reproducing. 1
Cayuga Lake (N.Y.) 1
Christmas -- Exercises, recitations, etc. 1
Christmas stories. 1
Chromolithographs. 1
College teachers 1
Diaries 1
Drawings, 1
Engravings -- United States -- 19th century. 1
Etchings. 1
Families -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Film 1
Floriculture. 1
Fund raising 1
Glass plate negatives 1
Hand coloring. 1
Horticulture. 1
Hudson Bay (Canada). 1
Hummingbirds. 1
Ichthyology -- Study and teaching. 1
Ivory-billed woodpecker. 1
Labrador. 1
Lantern slides. 1
Lawyers 1
Lovebirds. 1
Mammals -- New York (State) -- Cayuga Lake. 1
Mammals -- North America -- Pictorial works. 1
Maps. 1
Mexico. 1
Motion pictures (visual works). 1
Natural history illustration. 1
Naturalists. 1
Neurobiology. 1
Ornithologists -- United States. 1
Ornithology -- United States. 1
Paintings. 1
Panama. 1
Phenology. 1
Reptiles -- New York (State) -- Cayuga Lake. 1
Ruffed grouse. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Africa. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Alaska. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Amazon River Region. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Antarctica. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Australia. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Brazil. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Colombia. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Guatemala. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Guiana. 1
Scientific expeditions -- India. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Manitoba -- Churchill. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Mexico. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Nepal. 1
Scientific expeditions -- New Zealand. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Panama. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Peru. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Saint Lawrence, Gulf of. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Tobago. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad. 1
Scientific expeditions -- United States. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Venezuela. 1
Scientific expeditions -- West Indies. 1
Scientific expeditions. 1
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