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Ornithology.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Louis Agassiz Fuertes and the singular beauty of birds papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1535
Scope and content

Frederick G. Marcham's correspondence file for publication of his book LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES AND THE SINGULAR BEAUTY OF BIRDS; a negative of a Fuertes photograph, ca.1900-1910; Ektachrome transparencies used in the book; negatives and slides; galley proofs; other material related to the book; and book reviews.

Dates: 1964-1970.

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Artwork Project records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924079050294]
Identifier: 13-6-2145
Scope and content

Photocopies of published drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, compiled as part of a project to provide improved control and access to Fuertes' paintings and drawings in the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives.

Dates: 1982-1983.

Louis Agassiz Fuertes drawings

 Collection
Identifier: 4128
Abstract

Pencil and ink drawings.

Dates: [ca. 1900-1927]

Louis Agassiz Fuertes exhibit items

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4069
Scope and content

Exhibit broadsides, postcards, note paper, reviews, and clippings concerning the 1980 Cornell University Library exhibit "Growth of an Artist: Louis Agassiz Fuertes," and the 1983 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia exhibit, "Celebration of Birds: Louis Agassiz Fuertes and His Art."

Dates: 1982-1983.

Ludlow Griscom papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2701
Abstract

Correspondence concerning activities at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, as well as field notes, reports, and biographical information about Griscom.

Dates: 1918-1961.

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.

Ornithology print collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924088346840]
Identifier: 6510
Scope and content

Four hand-colored ornithological engravings: "The Laughing Gull," Mark Catesby, from Birds of Colonial America, London 1784; "The Oyster Catcher," Mark Catesby, undated; "Paon de Mer," Count Georges Louis de Buffon, from the Natural History of Birds, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, ca. 1798; "La foulque," Count Georges Louis de Buffon from the Natural History of Birds, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, ca. 1798.

Dates: 1784-1798.

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.

Robert A. Johnson papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065485892]
Identifier: 3667
Scope and content

Letters, manuscripts, field journals, field notes, and photographs, all concerning Robert Anthony Johnson's work as an ornithologist. Includes a notebook used while taking a class with Arthur Allen.

Dates: 1930-1955.