Frank Henry Shoemaker ornithological papers, 1893-2010

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Frank Henry Shoemaker ornithological papers, 1893-2010

Primarily copies of materials related to Shoemaker's interest in the birds of Franklin County, Iowa.

.5 linear ft. (1 container)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8103532

Iowa State Historical Society

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Shoemaker, Frank Henry, 1875-1948.

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Shoemaker was born in DeWitt, Iowa and was interested in birds from a young age. He spent most of his adult life in Nebraska where he was a charter member of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union. He worked as a stenographer for telegraph companies, a private secretary for several railroad companies, and photographer for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In 2003 a small Nebraska salt marsh was named after Shoemaker. From the description of Frank Henry Shoemaker ornithological papers, ...