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Ornithologists.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

George Burritt Sennett papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065226270]
Identifier: 3893
Scope and content

Correspondence, primarily to George Burritt Sennett from fellow ornithologists, concerning bird taxonomy and conservation efforts. Major correspondents include William Brewster, Arthur P. Chadbourne, Frank M. Chapman, George Bird Grinnell, H. W. Henshaw, F. W. Langdon, G. H. Ragsdale, Robert Ridgway, who was curator of the Department of Birds, United States National Museum, and J. A. Singley.

Dates: 1885-1899.

Harrison Flint Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3696
Abstract

Papers include speeches; published and unpublished articles; 92 notebooks of bird sightings, 1913-1974; annotated bird photographs, 1933, 1936, and 1940; a list of Lewis' publications; and other materials concerning ornithology.

Dates: 1913-1974.

Hugh Daniel Reed papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064920378]
Identifier: 21-18-33
Scope and content

Includes correspondence, primarily from Burt Green Wilder concerning the operations of the Department of Neurology and Zoology; notes and diagrams; printed material; a volume of zoology notes; three volumes of lists of birds seen from 1900-1902 and 1906; and a diary of Reed's bird watching activities around Ithaca, New York and the Cayuga Lake area, 1901-1906.

Dates: 1899-1909.

James Taylor Tanner papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2665
Abstract

Papers relating to James T. Tanner's career as an ornithologist.

Dates: 1935-2012.

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.

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.

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 papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2662
Abstract

The papers of Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927), an ornithologist and a painter of birds. Includes student notes, notebooks, journals and sketchbooks; diaries; journals from expedition, many including sketches; notes; articles by and about Fuertes. The collection also contains artwork.

Dates: 1892 - 1954; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1927

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.

Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: 4047
Abstract

Professional correspondence; photographic negatives of birds; notes and rsearch materials relating to his book.

Dates: [ca. 1895-1990].