Jerry E. and Norma J. Stillwell papers, 1948-1964.

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Jerry E. and Norma J. Stillwell papers, 1948-1964.

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Letters, diaries, and notes concerning the recording of bird calls, begun after Jerry Stillwell's retirement (1948) as a technical editor for the American Petroleum Institute in Dallas, Texas, including extensive correspondence with Peter Paul Kellogg and William Fish, both of the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology, which later resulted in their records, "Bird Songs of Door Yard, Field, and Forest" (three albums); manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence relating to the publication of their articles in NATURE and other naturalists' magazines, and Norma Stillwell's book BIRD SONGS: THE ADVENTURE AND TECHNIQUES IN RECORDING THE SONGS OF AMERICAN BIRDS (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1964); notebooks (some supplemented by snapshots) and journals of numerous field trips to the Ozarks, Carson National Forest, New Mexico, and other places around the country, particularly in the Midwest and Southwest, which contain observations on birds, trees, and wildflowers; also included are newspaper clippings and other printed material on ornithology and bioacoustics.

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Stillwell, Norma J.

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Stillwell, Jerry E., d. 1959.

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Ornithologists, authors. From the description of Jerry E. and Norma J. Stillwell papers, 1948-1964. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934125 ...

Fish, William, 1972-....

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Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

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Kellogg, Peter Paul, 1899-

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Professor of ornithology and biological acoustics, Cornell University. Peter Paul Kellogg was appointed assistant professor of ornithology at Cornell University in 1938 and professor of ornithology and biological acoustics in 1953. He studied bird sounds and the vocal apparatus of birds, and pioneered the recording and study of songs of wild birds. From the description of Peter Paul Kellogg papers, 1934-1964. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: ...