Ellison Orr papers, 1902-1950.

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Ellison Orr papers, 1902-1950.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57600175

Materials in the Orr collection consist of original and photocopied correspondence, manuscripts, maps, field notebooks, artifact catalogs, journals, published materials, diaries, memorabilia, government documents, photographs and slidesand line drawings. Subject matter of these materials includes mounds, caves, archaeology and geology related to northeast Iowa, the Oneota Indians, Indian trails, natural history of Iowa and Allamakee County, the Upper Iowa and Mississippi River valleys, and catalogs of Orr's archeological collections transferred from the Effigy Mounds National Monument to the University of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa.

4 linear ft. (9 boxes)

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7763200

Iowa State Historical Society

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Keyes, Charles R. (Charles Reuben), 1871-1951

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Keyes was a lifelong resident of Mount Vernon, Iowa. He was a professor at Cornell College in Mount Vernon and for a number of years directed the Iowa state archaeological survey. He published and lectured extensively on birds and the archaeology of the eastern United States. From the description of Charles R. Keyes ornithological papers, 1896-1952. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 299064873 ...

Orr, Ellison, 1857-1951.

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Ellison Orr was born near McGregor, Iowa, attended rural schools in Allamakee County and graduated from Postville High School. He taught school and worked in a bank in Postville, farmed, served as clerk of the district court, and spent 2 years selling land in Canada, the Dakotas, Kansas and Oklahoma. From 1904 until his retirement in 1930 Orr worked for the telephone company in Waukon. Following his retirement he devoted himself to his avocation of archaeology. In1934 he joined the Iowa Archaeol...