Wells Woodbridge Cooke ornithological papers, 1881-1931.

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Wells Woodbridge Cooke ornithological papers, 1881-1931.

Collection includes selected reports from the migration in the Mississippi Valley studies; 2 notebooks of reports published in Bird Lore; Biological Survey bulletins with Iowa records highlighted; and obituaries.

.5 linear ft. (1 container)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8092297

Iowa State Historical Society

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Cooke, Wells W. (Wells Woodbridge), 1858-1916

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Wells Cooke grew up in Ripon, Wisconsin and earned degrees from Ripon College. He taught at Indian Schools in Minnesota, briefly studied at the University of Iowa and encouraged ornithologists to record seasonal data related to birds. He published numerous articles on bird migration in the Mississippi Valley in The Ornithologist and Oologist. From the description of Wells Woodbridge Cooke ornithological papers, 1881-1931. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 726648907 ...