Arthur A. Allen papers, 1899-1968, 1899-1964 (bulk).

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Arthur A. Allen papers, 1899-1968, 1899-1964 (bulk).

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Papers consist largely of professional correspondence, his notes as a student, course and departmental files, field notes and bird observation charts, manuscripts of his articles and books, unpublished papers and reprints by other ornithologists, tape recordings, phonograph records and recordmasters, slides, glass plate negatives, half-tone printing blocks, lantern slides, photographs and films; topics documented include bird-banding, bird identification, slide and record sales, advice to prospective and former graduate students, lecture engagements and tours, professional meetings of organizations such as the American Ornithologists' Union and the American Game Association (American Game Protective and Propogation Association), his expeditions to Panama, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Mexico and Alaska, wildlife conservation and game management, his friendship with Louis Agassiz Fuertes, his fifteen-year study of the raising of the ruffed grouse in captivity, his study of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the acquisition, design, building, and operation of the Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University. Also included are personal papers, primarily correspondence with Elsa Guerdrum, whom he married in 1913, as well as correspondence with other family members, and genealogical tables of the Allen family.

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American Ornithologists' Union

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American Game Protective and Propagation Association

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Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964

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Ornithologist. Arthur Augustus Allen graduated from Cornell University in 1907, received an M.A. in 1908, and a Ph.D. in 1911. He served as professor of ornithology at Cornell University from 1916 until his appointment as professor emeritus in 1953. In 1919, he taught the first wildlife conservation course in the United States. Allen wrote for magazines and journals, and authored several books, including THE BOOK OF BIRD LIFE, 1930; AMERICAN BIRD BIOGRAPHIES, 1934; ORNIT...

Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

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Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927

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Artist, naturalist. From the description of Louis Agassiz Fuertes exhibit items, 1982-1983. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74897982 From the description of Louis Agassiz Fuertes pencil drawing, [ca.1900]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 77010685 Louis Agassiz Fuertes was an ornithologist and a painter of birds. He was a resident lecturer at Cornell University for several years. From the description of Louis Agassiz Fu...

Cornell University

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Allen, Elsa Guerdrum

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Ornithologist, lecturer, and writer, 1888-1969. Cornell University Class of 1912, Ph.D. 1929. From the guide to the Elsa Guerdrum Allen papers, 1885-1976, 1885-1969 (bulk), (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) Ornithologist, lecturer, and writer, 1888-1969. Cornell University Class of 1912, Ph.D. 1929. From the description of Elsa Guerdrum Allen papers, 1885-1976, 1885-1969 (bulk). (Cornell University ...

Allen family.

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