The Bleitz Wildlife Foundation, devoted to wildlife preservation and study, was founded in 1952. Its main, unrealized objective was the preparation and publication of a multi-volume folio work, "Birds of America", to be written, photographed and edited by photographer and inventor Don Louis Bleitz. Bleitz was born 1 October 1915 in Los Angeles and died in the same city on 23 June 1986.
From the description of Bleitz Wildlife Foundation collection. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 123368005