Papers, 1860-1989.

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Papers, 1860-1989.

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The collection consists mainly of the research materials Kofalk collected to write No Woman Tenderfoot, including copies of Bailey's correspondence, articles, notes, newspaper clippings, and drafts of the book. The collection also contains an animal trap and three audio cassette tapes of Kofalk speaking about Florence Bailey.

3.6 cubic ft. (8 boxes.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7560054

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948

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Florence Merriam Bailey (1863-1948) was born in Locust Grove, New York during the Civil War. She devoted her life to the study and protection of birds. From her work in ornithology she authored over ten books, including several field guides to birds, and close to one hundred articles. Though interested in birds as a child, she gained recognition as a naturalist while at Smith College. Disgusted by the use of feathers and whole birds in fashion, she started the Smith College Audubon Society. Her...

Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

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Vernon Orlando Bailey (1864-1942) was born 21 June 1864 in Manchester, Michigan. He was the sixth of eight children born to Hiram and Emily (Taylor) Bailey. At an early age he and his family moved to Elk River, Minnesota, where he developed an interest in natural history. Around 1885, Bailey began sending collections of birds and mammals to Clinton Hart Merriam, Chief of the newly created Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy of the United States Department of Agriculture (in 1896 the ...

Kolfalk, Harriet, 1937-

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Harriet Kofalk (1937-1996) was a writer, poet, and historical researcher who wrote poems, articles, papers and books about nature. She worked for RAND Corporation for several years as the Administrator of Publications and engaged in freelance writing and historical research on her own. In 1989 she published "No Woman Tenderfoot: Florence Merriam Bailey, Pioneer Naturalist," an account of the noted ornithologist and nature writer and her husband Vernon Bailey. From the description of ...