David W. Johnston collection of Ivan Rexford Tomkins letters, photograph, and typescript, 1963-1964.

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David W. Johnston collection of Ivan Rexford Tomkins letters, photograph, and typescript, 1963-1964.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754622909

This collection contains ten letters, a photograph, and a typescript of an unpublished article written by Ivan Rexford Tomkins entitled, "Sexual Difference in the Migration of the Boat-tailed Grackle". The letters are all authored by Tomkins and addressed to David W. Johnston and discuss topics related to bird identification, migration, and physiology. The photograph depicts the outstretched wing of a male Common Goldeneye bird and was taken by Tomkins and attached to a letter. Collection materials date from 1963 to 1965.

1 folder (.05 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8129827

Georgia Historical Society

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Tomkins, Ivan Rexford, 1893-1966.

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Ivan Rexford Tomkins (1893-1966) was born in Ellington, Pennsylvania. He served in World War I, first in the Infantry (1917), and later with the 56th Engineers (1918). He moved to Georgia in 1922 to work with the Public Health Service and was assigned to the U.S. Quarantine Station on Cockspur Island, Savannah River. Soon after, around the year 1925, he accepted the position as Dredging Inspector with the Corps of Engineers. He rose to the position as Chief of the projects Branch of the Savannah...

Johnston, David W., 1926-

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Ivan Rexford Tomkins (1893-1966) was born in Ellington, Pennsylvania. He served in World War I, first in the Infantry (1917), and later with the 56th Engineers (1918). He moved to Georgia in 1922 to work with the Public Health Service and was assigned to the U.S. Quarantine Station on Cockspur Island, Savannah River. Soon after, around the year 1925, he accepted the position as Dredging Inspector with the Corps of Engineers. He rose to the position as Chief of the projects Branch of...