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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 7279
Buechner, Helmut K. (Helmut Karl)
Helmut Karl Buechner Papers, 1939-1975
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
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| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Buechner, Helmut K. (Helmut Karl) |
| Title: | Helmut Karl Buechner Papers |
| Dates: | 1939-1975 |
| Quantity: | 32.72 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (1 oversize folder) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 7279 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | These papers chiefly document Buechner's research interest in the ecology of terrestrial vertebrates, especially as applied to vegetation and social behavior. Significant subjects include Buechner's research on pronghorn antelopes in Texas; elk and deer of the Blue Mountains region of Washington; and bighorn sheep, notably Buechner's The Bighorn Sheep in the United States, Its Past, Present, and Future, 1959. Also present is material from Buechner's research on elephants and the kob in Uganda at various times between 1956 and 1972. The records likewise document a study of Indian rhinoceros mating behavior at the National Zoological Park in 1972, which led to the first successful live birth of this species in the Western Hemisphere in 1974. Finally, the papers record aspects of Buechner's work as an ecological consultant in Switzerland (1961), Kenya (1965), and New Jersey (1966, 1970). |
Historical Note
Helmut Karl Buechner (1918-1975) was born in Scotia, New York. He received his B.S. degree from New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse University in 1941, and his M.S. degree from Texas A&M College, College Station in 1943. After completing military service, Buechner continued his education at Texas A&M College. For his Ph.D. thesis, Buechner did research on the range ecology of the pronghorn antelope in the Trans-Pecos region in southwest Texas, 1946-1947. Buechner taught herpetology at Texas A&M College during the Fall of 1947. In 1948, Buechner transferred to Oklahoma A&M College, Stillwater, where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1949. From 1948-1965, Buechner taught zoology and botany at Washington State College (now University), Pullman. In 1965, Buechner joined the Smithsonian Institution as the first director of the Office of Ecology. Buechner was Senior Ecologist for the Office of Environmental Sciences, 1969-1972, and from 1972 to 1975, he was Senior Ecologist for the National Zoological Park (NZP).
Descriptive Entry
For the most part, these papers document Buechner's primary research interest, the ecology of terrestrial vertebrates, with emphasis on relationships to vegetation and social behavior. Included are Buechner's research on the pronghorn antelope, which contains field notes, journals, photographs, and reports to the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Unit, which sponsored Buechner's research; a study of elk and deer in relation to livestock and range in the Blue Mountains region of southeastern Washington, 1949-1960; and research on the bighorn sheep, 1954-1960, which contains correspondence with personnel at the bighorn sheep animal refuges, photographs, field notes, journal, and a manuscript of Buechner's book, The Bighorn Sheep in the United States, Its Past, Present, and Future, 1959.
From 1956 to 1958, Buechner, as a Fulbright Scholar, conducted research in Uganda, on the elephant census and migration, the relationship of elephants to vegetation at Murchison Falls National Park, and reproduction of the Uganda kob. These papers include reports on aerial counts of elephants, photographs, field data and notes.
During Buechner's stay in Uganda, he became interested in the unique territorial and mating behavior of the Uganda kob. Buechner made trips to Uganda's Toro Game Reserve to study the Uganda kob in 1959, 1962-1963, and 1972. Materials documenting these trips include maps, field observation data, transcriptions, audio recordings, photographs, machine readable data and analytical computations of kob movements by Buechner and H. Daniel Roth, 1965-1972.
In addition, these papers contain photographs documenting Buechner's study of the ibex in Switzerland, taken when Buechner was consultant to the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research during the summer of 1961; a report when Buechner was consultant to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to study the elephants in relation to the Tana River Irrigation Project in Kenya in 1965; and reports when Buechner was consultant to Troy Meadows, in 1966, and to the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, in 1970, (both are located in New Jersey) to study the environmental impact of animals in relation to land within the parks.
Additional material documents Buechner's feasibility studies on tracking free-roaming animals, such as elk, with the Interrogation Recording Location System (IRLS) satellite, 1969-1971, and includes incoming correspondence critical of the project, manuscripts, progress reports, and photographs; and a study of Indian rhinoceros mating behavior at the NZP, 1972, which led to the first successful live birth of this species in the Western Hemisphere, 1974, and includes photographs, tape recordings, and transcripts of observations made by volunteers and National Zoo staff.
Other materials contained in these papers include general correspondence, mostly with university faculty, conservationists, park wardens, and naturalists, pertaining to Buechner's research; reading files, 1968-1972; Buechner's school notes and term papers when he was a student, 1939-1947; lecture material when Buechner taught herpetology at Texas A&M College, 1947; research proposal evaluations Buechner did for the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society; handbook written in conjunction with Lee H. Talbot for the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; survey on usefulness of night vision devices; Buechner's proposed research projects at Washington State College (University); materials pertaining to various zoological and conservation organizations; theses by Buechner's former students; articles, abstracts, and book reviews written or co-authored by Buechner; information on projects in Ceylon, Israel, and Korea when Buechner was the head of the Office of Ecology; diplomas and certificates; audio recordings on elk immobilization, 1972, Earth Week Symposium, 1969, and a Panel on the Environment and Development, undated; group photographs of professional scientific organization meetings; Buechner's family photographs; photographs of NZP; and oversize material consisting of blueprints of the new deer area at NZP, 1972, and charts and graphs.
Index Terms
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Name
- Buechner, Helmut K. (Helmut Karl)
- National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- New York State College of Forestry
- Syracuse University
- Texas A & M University
- Oklahoma A & M College
- Washington State University
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Ecology
Subject
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7279, Helmut Karl Buechner Papers
Container List
Series 1
SCHOOL NOTES, EXAMS, LECTURES, AND TERM PAPERS, 1939-1947. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.Box 1
Entomology, 1939
Forest administration, 1940
Forest pathology, 1940
Invertebrate and vertebrate zoology laboratory notes, 1940
Lake and stream survey, 1940
Plant taxonomy, 1940
"Report on New England Trip," 1940
"Report on Southern Trip," 1940
Survey, plankton, vegetation and fish life, 1940
Botany courses, 1940-1941
Agrostology: "Grasses of the United States," 1941
Histology and Embryology, 1941
"Life Histories," 1941
"Parasitology course," 1941
"Vegetational Study of North and South Facing Slopes near Syracuse, New York," 1941
Zoology, 1946
Fishes, c. 1947
Herpetology: Field Course, 1947
Herpetology: Lab notes, 1947
Herpetology: Lectures and exams, 1947
"Curriculum in range and wildlife management" (undated)
Series 2
CORRESPONDENCE, 1946-1975. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.Box 1
A - Z, 1946 (2 folders)
Antelope, 1947
A - Z, January-October, 1947 (4 folders)
A - Z, 1948 (2 folders)
A - Z, 1949
Box 2
A - G, 1949-1952 (7 folders)
H - Z, 1949-1952 (17 folders)
A - Z, 1952-1954 (9 folders)
A - G, 1955-1956 (7 folders)
Box 3
H-Z, 1955-1956 (14 folders)
A, 1956-1958
Ba - Bul, 1956-1958
Buechner, Helmut K., correspondence filed at Washington State College during African stay, 1956-1958
Butler, Ava, 1956-1958
Buss, Irven O., 1956-1958
C - F, 1956-1958 (4 folders)
Fulbright correspondence, 1956-1957
G - J, 1956-1958 (4 folders)
Ka - King, 1956-1958
Kinloch, Bruce G., 1956-1958
Kn - Ko, 1956-1958
L - U, 1956-1958 (9 folders)
Uganda Protectorate - General and unidentified correspondence, 1956-1958
Unidentified, 1956-1958
V, 1957
W, 1956-1958
Washington State College (Pullman), 1956-1958
Y, 1957-1958
A, 1958-1962
African Conference, proposed, 1959
B, 1958-1962 (2 folders)
Buss, Irven O., 1958-1959
C, 1958-1962 (2 folders)
Calvin Company - Motion Picture Services, 1958-1962
D - E, 1958-1962 (2 folders)
Box 4
F - K, 1958-1962 (6 folders)
Kinloch, Bruce G., 1958-1962
Krumholz, Louis A., 1958-1962
L - P, 1958-1962 (7 folders)
Pronghorn Antelopes - International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1959
Q - U, 1958-1962 (6 folders)
Uganda films, correspondence pertaining to, 1959
Uganda, general correspondence, 1959
V, 1958-1962
Box 5
W, 1958-1962
Wright, Philip L., 1958-1960
Y - Z, 1958-1962 (2 folders)
A - C, 1962-1965 (3 folders)
Cowen, William, 1963-1965
D - E, 1962-1965 (2 folders)
F - H, 1962-1965 (3 folders)
I, 1964-1965
J - L, 1962-1965 (3 folders)
Leuthold, Walter, 1962-1965
M, 1962-1965
Memoranda, 1962-1965
N, 1962-1965
O - P, 1962-1965
Q, 1964
R - S, 1962-1965
Smith, Dorothy S., 1962-1963
T - U, 1962-1965 (2 folders)
Uganda trip - dictated correspondence (transcribed from dictabelts), 1962-1963
Box 6
Unidentified correspondence, 1962-1965
V - Z, 1962-1965 (3 folders)
A - H, 1965-1972 (8 folders)
Note: Interrogation, Recording and Location System Satellite, 1966-1971 (see Box 21)
I, 1965-1968
J - K, 1965-1972 (2 folders)
Kob, general correspondence, 1965-1969 (2 folders)
L - P, 1965-1972 (6 folders)
Note: Satellite tracking of elk, criticism of project, 1970-1971 (see Box 20)
Q, 1969
R - T, 1965-1972 (3 folders)
U, 1966
V, 1966, 1971
W, 1965-1972
Y, 1967-1970
Z, 1965-1972
A, 1972-1974
B, 1972-1975
C, 1971-1974
Box 7
D, 1973-1974
E - X, 1972-1974 (19 folders)
Y, 1973-1974
Z, 1972-1974
A - M, 1974-1975
N - P, 1975
Riney, Thane, 1975
Ro - Y, 1975
Series 3
GENERAL OFFICE FILES, 1950-1975. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.Box 7
Ad Hoc Task Force for Legislative Review, 1969-1970
Advisory Board for Forestry, Range, Wildlife and Water Resources, 1958-1960
African - American Institute, 1961
African Wildlife Leadership Foundation, 1961
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, program book for meeting, Chicago, December 26-31, 1970
American Institute of Biological Science (AIBS): "Environmental Education: The Adult Public," 1970
AIBS: meetings, 1969 and 1970 (2 folders)
American Society of Mammalogists: "Report of the Committee on Conservation of Land Mammals," 1956
American Society of Zoologists (ASZ): Budget information, 1969-1970
ASZ: Division of Ecology, background material and correspondence, 1967-1969
ASZ: Division of Ecology, members, 1969-1972
Box 8
ASZ: Meetings, 1968-1969 (2 folders)
ASZ: Newsletters, 1967-1972
ASZ: Papers presented, 1970-1972
ASZ: Planning letters, 1970
Audubon Naturalist Society, 1967-1970
Biotelemetry - Porpoises, 1970
Book reviews: correspondence, 1966-1969
Ceylonese Elephants - behavior and ecology, 1969-1971 (2 folders)
Chesapeake Bay Center for Field Biology: proposal for a biotelemetry facility, 1969
Committee on Environmental Quality, 1967-1970 (2 folders)
Conference on Land Use Problems in Areas Containing Game, Lake Tanyara, Tanganyika, February 20-23, 1961 (papers presented by Lee M. Talbot)
Ecology conference, Millbrook School, May 1971
Employment Application Information (Helmut K. Buechner's), 1948-1955
Fifth World Forestry Congress, 1960
Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, 1964-1965
Ford Foundation, 1959
Fulbright Fellowship, 1956-1960
Fulbright reports, 1956-1958
Fulbright Scholar reports, 1958-1960 (2 folders)
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, 1970
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1962
International Association for Ecology, 1969-1971
Box 9
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (ICUN), 1970-1972
ICUN handbook: "Capturing and Handling Wild Animals with Drugs," by Lee M. Talbot and Helmut K. Buechner, undated
ICUN handbook: "Time - Observation Method of Determining Food Habits of Ungulates," by Helmut K. Buechner, 1962
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), 17th General Assembly, 1970 (2 folders)
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, 1969
Israel: Bird banding and avifaunal survey, 1970-1972
Israel: Gazelles, 1972 (report)
Kob: San Diego Zoo, 1974
Kob: West Africa, 1973
Korea: "A Cooperative Program for Ecosystem Research in Korea," 1966-1968 (final report)
Logbook: use of privately owned motor vehicles by government officials (Buechner's), 1956-1958
Morrison, John A.: PhD dissertation program, 1962-1965
Movies: Calvin Production, Inc., 1963-1964
Movies: Commentary on Kob research film, 1967
Movies: Kob film sale, 1972-1973
Movies: "Territorial Behavior in Uganda Kob," 1959-1961, 1971
Movies: "Wild Animals in Uganda National Parks," 1960-1961
National Geographic Society (NGS), 1972
NGS: Proposals, 1971; 1974-1975 (2 folders)
NGS: Proposal evaluations, 1970-1971
National Institute of Ecology, 1969-1971
National Institute of Health computer system, 1973
National Science Foundation (NSF), 1961-1964
NSF: Proposal evaluation guidelines
NSF: Proposal evaluations, 1967, 1969 (2 folders)
NSF: Proposal evaluations, 1970 (2 folders)
Box 10
NSF: Proposal evaluations, 1970-1971 (4 folders)
NSF: Proposal evaluations, 1972-1974 (3 fodlers)
NSF: Travel grants, 1961, 1964
Note: National Zoological Park (NZP): Blueprints of deer area, 1965 (see Oversize)
NZP: Front Royal meetings, 1974
NZP: miscellaneous
Natural Land and Water Reserves System, 1966 (report)
Newspaper articles, 1956-1958
Night Vision Devices: 1964-1972
Night Vision Devices: Starlight Scopes, general correspondence, 1970-1972
Night Vision Devices: Reports from users of Starlight Scopes, 1971
North American Wildlife Conference, 1960
Northwest Scientific Association, 1959-1967
Notes (memo to secretary?), 1960
Notice of research projects, 1974
Office of Ecology annual reports, 1967-1969
Pacific Ridley Turtle, 1970
Personnel file (Helmut K. Buechner's), 1965-1970
Polar Bears: International Meetings on Polar Bears, 1965-1966
Position papers: Legislation on Ecology, 1969-1970
Publication case files, 1965-1970 (2 folders)
Publication case file: American Heritage Series, 1966-1968
Reading File, January-June 1972
Reading File, July-December 1971
Reading File, January-June 1971
Box 11
Reading File, July-December 1970
Reading File, January-June 1970
Reading File, July-December 1969
Reading File, May-June 1969
Reading File, April-May 1968
Research Project Proposal: "Calorie Requirement of Ringneck Pheasants for Survival at Low Temperature," 1952
Research Project Proposal: "Population Studies of Elk in Southeastern Washington State," 1961
Research Project Proposal: "Reproduction in a Natural Population of Chamois in Switzerland," (undated)
Research Proposal: "Utilization of Space in Small Mammal Communities," proposal by Becky Myton, 1970
Royal Veterinary College: East Africa Expedition (interim report), 1962
St. Vincent Island: 1969, 1971
Science (magazine): manuscript evaluations, 1970-1971, 1974
Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program: proposal evaluation, 1971-1972
"Territoriality in the Natural Regulation of Numbers in a Population of Bobwhite Quail," (proposal), 1970
Threatened Ungulates of North America, 1974
Tropical Biology, 1966-1968
Troy Meadows (New Jersey): Environmental impact study, 1966
Troy Meadows, 1971
Uganda National Parks reports, 1961
Union for Research and Experimentation in Higher Education, 1965-1968
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, June 1972
University of Chicago Press: "Territoriality in an African Antelope," resume for new book, 1969-1972
Upper Volta: Po National Park report, 1975
Vegetational Analyses of the Flora of North America, 1969
Washington State College Research Grant Proposal: "A Determination of Range Carrying Capacity for Livestock and Big Game in the Blue Mountains of Washington," 1955
Washington State College Research Grant Proposal: "Adult Mortality Rate and Pattern in a Population of Chukar Partridge," 1959
Washington State University Project Proposal: "Reproduction in Uganda Kob," 1960
Washington State University Research Grant: Initiative Project Reports, 1963-1964
The Welcome Foundation, Ltd., 1962
White-eared kob study proposal, 1974
White-tailed deer study proposal, 1971
Wildlife Monitoring Conference, 1973
Wildlife Society: African Wildlife Committee, 1960
Williamson, Francis S. L.: "Interdisciplinary Research on the Rhode River as a Watershed - Estuarine System of the Chesapeake Bay," proposal to NSF, undated
Box 12
World Wildlife Fund, 1966-1975
Series 4
RESEARCH PROJECTS, 1946-1975.Box 12
Bighorn Sheep Project
Arizona correspondence, 1954-1955
California correspondence, 1954-1955, 1959
Colorado correspondence, 1954-1955
Idaho correspondence, 1955
Montana correspondence, 1954-1956, 1959
Nevada correspondence, 1954-1956, 1959
New Mexico correspondence, 1954-1956, 1959
South Dakota correspondence, 1955-1956, 1959
Texas correspondence, 1959
Utah correspondence, 1954-1956, 1959
Washington and Oregon correspondence, 1956
Wyoming correspondence, 1954-1955
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1954-1956, 1959
Manuscript correspondence during African Trip, 1957
Manuscript correspondence, 1959
Field Notes and Research Material - Arizona, 1955-1956
Field Notes and Research Material - California, 1955-1957
Field Notes and Research Material - Colorado, 1955
Field Notes and Research Material - Idaho, 1955-1956
Field Notes and Research Material - Montana, 1954-1955
Field Notes and Research Material - Nevada, 1955, 1959
Field Notes and Research Material - New Mexico, 1955-1956
Field Notes and Research Material (Research Material only) - Washington State and Oregon
Field Notes and Research Material - Wyoming, 1954-1956
Absaroka Range (Shoshone National Forest): Aerial survey, 1955
Baja, California, 1955
Behavior of bighorn populations
Bighorn Harvest, 1958-1959
Bighorn Sheep in the United States - Past, Present and Future, manuscript, 1959 (2 folders)
Bighorn sheep project: outline
Bighorn sheep reports to the New York Zoological Society, 1954-1955
Bighorn sheep data, 1954
Death Valley National Monument, 1955-1956
Fecal analyses, 1955-1956
Glacier National Park, 1955
Box 13
Hunting data, 1956
Itineraries
Journal, 1955
Plant lists
Photographs, lists of photographs to be used in Buechner's publications; includes some correspondence. See also Boxes 28-31.
Printed materials - Arizona
Printed materials - California, Colorado, Idaho
Printed materials - Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Nevada
Printed materials - U.S. Department of Agriculture and Reprints
Printed materials - Wyoming
References
Special report - Field observations on bighorn sheep: Sun River Country, Lewis and Clark National Forest - Augusta, Montana, December 20-29, 1954
Tables of vegetation
Transects, Summer, 1954
United States Forest and Wildlife Service: Bighorn counts and estimates (Desert Game Range, Kofa Game Range, Cabeza Prieta Game Range, and San Andres Game Range)
United States Forest Service Commission on Bighorn: abstracts of reports on Rocky Mountains sheep study, 1940-1941
Yellowstone National Park, 1958
Cougar: survey, 1956
Elephant Census: "Aerial count of elephant in Tsavo National Park," 1957
Elephant Census: "Aerial counts of elephants in Murchison National Park," 1958
Elephant Census: Field notes and data, 1957-1962
Elk Census and Vegetation Study (Note: Diagrams and graphs, see Box 35)
Field notes, 1949-1950
Field Notes, Grant-in-Aid Project No. 22, 1949
Box 14
Field Notes, 1950
Field Notes, 1952 (Mill Creek Watershed)
Field Notes, 1954
Journal, 1948: This journal includes the period in which Buechner lived in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and the move to Washington State, and pertains mostly to a study of quail restocking.
Journal, 1950
Vegetation: Journal and Field notes, 1951
Journal and Field Notes, 1952
Journal and Field Notes, 1953
Elk: Aerial counts, 1956
Elk: Antler measurements, 1956
Elk: Blue Mountains elk census, 1951
Elk: Blue Mountains elk counts, 1959-1960
Elk: Blue Mountains elk statistics (manuscripts), 1950
Elk: Breeding season of elk in Washington, 1954
Elk: Data, 1950-1952
Elk Census: Data, 1960
Elk: Duplicate checkout, 1960
Elk and deer mortality (charts and graphs) - Tables #2, #14
Elk census and kill statistics in the Blue Mountains, 1947-1956
Elk checking station data, 1953
Elk Checking Stations, Data and Summary, 1954
Elk Checking Stations, 1955
Elk Checking Stations, 1959
Elk Checking Stations, 1960
Elk counts, 1956
"Elk Report, January 1, 1959," by Philip J. Urness and Donald E. McKnight
Vegetation: Elk summer range study, 1950
Elk survey, 1949
Elk: Green to dry air conversions, 1951-1952
Vegetation: Literature references, 1952
Vegetation: Mill Creek watershed study, Summer 1952
Note: Photographs: jaw bones of elks of different ages, see Box 28; vegetation, see Boxes 28-31
Elk: Quarterly reports, 1960
Elk: Reproduction data (Mill Creek hunt questionnaires), 1954
Elk: Results, 1960
Elk: "Special Problems - 1953 Blue Mountains Elk Statistics," by William Strock and Dan Johnson
Elk: Successful hunters, 1950-1953
Vegetation: Tables
Vegetation: Unknowns
Vegetation: Abies Grandis Forest (elevation 5200-6300 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Abies Grandis Forest (elevation 5200-6300 feet), 1952
Vegetation: Abies-Grandis-Salix Forest (elevation 4000-5200 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Abies Lasiocarpa Forest (elevation 5200-6300 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Abies Lasiocarpa Savanna (elevation 5200-6300 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Abies Lasiocarpa Summit Flats (elevation 5200-6300 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Agropyron-Poa Grassland (elevation 4000-5200 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Agropyron-Poa Grassland (elevation 4000-5200 feet), 1952
Vegetation: Alnus-Sorbus (elevation 5200-6300 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Ceanothus Shrub (elevation 5200-6300 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Festuca-Agropyron Grassland (elevation 6200-6300 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Holodiscus Shrub (elevation 4000-5200 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Open Pseudotsuga Taxifolia Forest (elevation 4000-5200 feet), 1951-1952
Vegetation: Physocarpos Shrub (elevation 4000-5200 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Pinus Ponderosa Savanna (elevation 4000-5200 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Prunus Ceanothus Shrub (elevation 5200-630 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Salix (elevation 5200-6300 feet), 1951
Vegetation: Vaccinum Shrub (elevation 5200-6300 feet), 1951
Elk: Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge - elk reproduction data, 1951-1953
Ibex
Field notes, 1961
Map: city and vicinity of Interlaken, Switzerland
"A Motion Picture of the Ibex in Switzerland," (Washington State 171 Project Proposal), 1961
Note: Ibex Photographs, see Box 30
Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, 1961-1962
Box 15
Indian Rhinoceros
Notebook, 1972
Note: Indian Rhinoceros Photographs, see Box 28
Project, 1972-1974 (2 folders)
Transcriptions from tapes, 1972 (2 folders); see Box 26 for tapes (11 reels)
Kob, 1956-1974
Aerial photography, correspondence, 1961
Aerial counts, 1961
Age determination, 1957-1958, 1963-1964
Attachment to territorial grounds. Audio recordings, dictabelts, 1959, 1962-1963; tape, 1972, see Boxes 26-27
Autopsy sheets, 1962-1964
Bookkeeping, 1962-1964
Budget, 1962-1965
Note: Kob Charts and graphs, see Box 35 and Oversize; also photographs, see Boxes 28-31
Collection numbers
Comparison of activities of single-territorial and territorial ground (TG) males, 1963-1964
Computer
Data based on transcribed field notes
Diagrams showing kob movements in TG 3
Diagrams showing kob movements in TG 6
Diagrams (including photographs), TG 3 and TG 6
Distribution of observations of tagged kob in relation to territorial grounds
Distribution of tagged kob during surveys, 1963-1964
Duration of stay on territorial grounds
"Ecological and behavioral aspects of reproduction in the African kob," draft and background statements, 1968
"Ecology of the Uganda kob, Adenota kob thomasi, NEUMANN, in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda," thesis by Kishorchandra Ladhubhai Modha (xerox copy) (2 folders)
Fawns, tagged and captive
Female and young, TG 6 and TG 7, 1962-1963
Field notebook, 1958 (Helmut K. Buechner)
Field notebook, 1959 (Helmut K. Buechner)
Field notebook, October 15, 1962-May 21, 1963 (Helmut K. Buechner)
Field notebook, May 30, 1963-June 22, 1963 (Jimmie Buechner and Hannele Buechner)
Box 16
Field notebook, September 13, 1962-June 25, 1963 (Walter Leuthold)
Field notebook, June 26, 1963-April 4, 1964 (Walter Leuthold)
Field notebook, 1963 (Bristol Foster, Helmut K. Buechner, and Walter Leuthold)
Field notebook: Naturally marked kob, 1962-1964 (Walter Leuthold)
Field notebook: Plant collection, Toro Game Reserve, Uganda, 1962-1964 (Helmut K. Buechner)
Field notebooks, 1972 (Helmut K. Buechner)
Field notes and other notes, 1956-1957
Field notes, journals and reports, 1956-1957
Field notes, journals and reports, 1958
Journal, January 1-March 29, 1958
Field notes (transcribed from dictabelts), June 16-August 18, 1959
Field notes (transcribed from dictabelts), June 16-September 9, 1959
Field notes: TG #3, August 29, 1962-July 5, 1963 (transcribed from dictabelts)
Field notes: TG #6, September 3, 1962-June 26, 1963 (transcribed from dictabelts)
Field notes: TG #7, October 1, 1962-June 11, 1963 (transcribed from dictabelts)
Field notes: Helmut K. Buechner and Robert Schloeth, August 9-23, 1962 (transcribed from dictabelts)
Field notes: Helmut K. Buechner and Walter Leuthold, October 17, 1962-February 8, 1963 (transcribed from dictabelts)
Field notes: general, 1962-1963 (transcribed from dictabelts)
Field notes and observations of tagged kob, rough notes, 1963
Fighting activities on TG #6 (data based on observations by Dieter Burckhardt), 1963
Brian K. Follet correspondence and research, 1965-1967
Frozen tissues, 1963
"Game cropping in Uganda," by John A. Bindernagel, 1968
Graphs, growth curves
Grass burning, 1962-1964
Gross ovary analysis, 1963
Box 17
Gross ovary analysis, 1964 (2 folders)
Herd composition counts, 1962-1963
Herd counts and surveys, 1962-1964
Histories of tagged males - tables, 1962-1964
Immobilization, 1962-1964
Immobilization drugs and equipments, including correspondence, 1960-1969
Known aged concepti, 1957-1963
Kob autopsy, Book I, 1957
Kob autopsy, Book II, 1957-1958
Kob autopsy, Book III, 1962
Kob autopsy, Book IV, 1962-1964
Note: Kob whistling, March 1972, 2 reels tape, see Box 26
Lactation, 1971
"Lek territoriality, atruism, and social organization in the Uganda Kob Antelope," proposal, 1973
"Lek territoriality in social organization and numerical regulation of Uganda Kob antelope," proposal, 1973
"Lek territory occupancy in male Uganda kob antelope," (undated)
Length of stay, 1963
Walter Leuthold: Ph.D. Dissertation, 1965
Walter Leuthold: "Homing experiments with an African antelope," 1965?
Walter Leuthold: Notes, reports, and correspondence, 1964-1972
Maps: correspondence, 1958-1964
Maps: Murchison Falls National Park
Maps: Territorial Grounds, Toro Game Reserve, Uganda - drawings and photographs with and without legends and plottings; see Photographs, Boxes 28-31 and Oversize
Maps: Uganda
John A. Morrison: "Morphology of ovarian corpora in Uganda kob," 1971
John A. Morrison: "Postpartum reproductive activity in female Uganda kob, Adenota kob thomasi (NEUMANN)," thesis, 1965
National Geographic Society Grant, 1972
Box 18
National Geographic Society Grant - Trip, 1972
National Institute of Health: "The role of ovulations in Uganda kob," proposal, 1965-1968
National Science Foundation (NSF): grant #8613, 1959
NSF: grant #GB2150, budget, 1964-1965
NSF: reports to, 1962-1964
Naturally marked (NM) kob: TG #3, #6, and #7, 1962-1964
Nomenclature
Notes on tagged males, 1971-1972
Numbers of kob (tagged, lost, and observations of)
Observations by Dieter Bruckhadt, 1963 (transcribed from dictabelts)
Observations of female kob
Observations of tagged kob (tables)
Occupancy of territorial grounds in relation to time (tables)
Occupancy of territories, 1963-1964
Outline for book, 1965-1969
Ovary data
Parasitic Worms, 1958-1964. Photographs, see Boxes 28-31
"The postpartum-preconception interval in the Uganda kob," by Helmut K. Buechner and John A. Morrison, 1969
"Postpartum reproductive activity in female Uganda kob, Adenota kob thomasi (NEUMANN)," by John A. Morrison, 1965
Predator kills, 1962-1964
Record of duration of stay on TG, and TG diagrams, 1963
Record of observations on individual marked kob - Males, TG 3, 1962-1963
Record of observations on individual marked kob - Males and females, NM, 1963
Record of observations on individual marked kob - Males, TG 6 and other TGs (4, 10, 13, 17), 1962-1963
Record of observations on individual marked kob - Males, TG 7, 1962-1963
Record of observations on individual marked kob - Naturally marked (NM) kob, TG 3, 6, 7, 1962-1964
Record of observations on individual marked kob - Tagged females and young, TG 3, 1963
Record of visits on territorial grounds and association of marked males on territorial grounds
References
Reproduction, 1957-1964
Reproduction data, 1957-1958
Box 19
Reproductive and gestation charts, 1957-1958
Research proposals
H. Daniel Roth: tables
San Diego Zoo
Single territorial males, 1963-1964
Single territory - males
SELGEM kob files, 1972
"Supremacy and patterns of lek territory occupancy among the male Uganda kob antelope," by Helmut K. Buechner
"A survivorship curve for the Uganda kob," by John Manarch, 1964
"The system of lek territory occupancy in male Uganda kob antelope," by Helmut K. Buechner and H. Daniel Roth, 1973
"System of territorial occupancy by male Uganda kob antelope"
Tables
Tag records, June - August 1959
Tagged fawns, 1962-1964
Tagged kob, summary, 1963
Tagging system, 1962
"Territorial and reproductive behavior in Uganda kob," by Helmut K. Buechner, 1961 (NSF grant #8613)
Territorial ground observations, 1963 (2 folders)
Tooth: age structure based on tooth sections - survival rate
Tooth replacement
Toro Game Reserve
University of Chicago Press, 1973-1975
Walther, Fritz, sketches (drawn from photographs by Walter Leuthold), 1966
Weight determination, 1963
Weights of ovaries
Kob miscellaneous
Mule Deer
"Analyses of ovaries from deer harvested in northwestern Montana," 1956 (tables and notes, probably used in an article)
Pronghorn Antelope
Antelope food plants and flora of the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, 1946-1947 (index cards)
Box 20
Journal, 1946-1947
Notes, 1947
Note: Pronghorn Antelope Photographs, see Boxes 28-31
Printed materials, 1958-1965 (3 folders)
"Range use and ecology of the pronghorned antelope in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas," by Helmut K. Buechner, 1946-1947 (quarterly reports #1-4) (4 folders)
Reports to Texas Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, 1946-1947
Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, 1949
Roan and Sable Antelope Study
Hannele Buechner: Observations, National Zoological Park, 1974
Sally Mackler: Observations, National Zoological Park, 1974
National Geographic Society, proposal, 1974
Christine Schoenwald: Study proposals, 1974
Ranka Sekulic: Correspondence and observation reports, Shimba Hills, Kenya, 1973-1974
Satellite Tracking of Animals
Advanced Applications Flight Experiments (AAFE) - Proposal to NASA, 1971
AMES meeting, February 14, 1973
"Animal tracking from satellites," report from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), 1968
"An applied research program in wildlife biotelemetry," University of Wyoming
BIAC Special Report, "Some prospects for using communication satellites in wild animal research," 1966
"Biological problems of bird movements capable of solution using satellite-telemetry," by David G. Nicholls, 1970-71 (proposal)
Biotelemetry Symposium, Pretoria, South Africa, December, 1971 (2 folders)
Correspondence (criticism of project and Monique's death, 1970-1971)
"Development of satellite-related biotelemetry equipment," progress report, July 1971
Diagrams
Earth resources satellites, 1972
East African trip - NASA, 1972
Box 21
Elephants at Tsavo National Park, Kenya (NASA proposal), 1971-1973 (2 folders)
Elk tracking - publicity, 1970
Interrogation, Recording, and Location System (IRLS): General correspondence, 1970-1971
IRLS: General correspondence, 1966-1969
IRLS for study of polar bears, 1970
IRLS tracking of African elephants, 1966-1972
IRLS tracking of elks - first progress report, October 14, 1969
IRLS tracking of elks - second progress report, April 18, 1970
IRLS tracking of marine animals, 1966
Maxwell, James C. - animal tracking of large free roaming animals proposal, 1972
Meetings, 1968-1969
Meetings, 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Meetings, April 23-26, 1973
Memorandum of Understanding, 1971
National Goal of Environmental Enhancement Conference, April 23-27, 1973
Note: Satellite Tracking Photographs, see Boxes 28-31
Printed materials (2 folders)
Box 22
"Proposal for an experiment to track animals from artificial satellites," by Helmut K. Buechner and James C. Maxwell, 1968
"A rationale for animal tracking by satellite," by Helmut K. Buechner, John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, and Charles E. Cote, 1970 (proposal)
Remote sensing, proposal, 1967-1970 (2 folders)
"Report on 1973 Santa Cruz Summer Study on Wildlife Resources Monitoring," Vol. I-II, NASA
"Satellite animal tracking by Doppler Technique," proposal by Dale W. Jenkins and Helmut K. Buechner, 1970
Satellite Animal Tracking Feasibility Studies, Proposal, August 1970
Satellite Animal Tracking Feasibility Studies, Proposal, 1971-1974
"Satellite (IRLS) tracking of elk": annual report, 1970
"Satellite (IRLS) tracking of elk": background statement, 1970
"Satellite (IRLS) tracking of elk": Contract, NASW, 1983
"Satellite (IRLS) tracking of elk": financial statement, 1973
"Satellite (IRLS) tracking of elk": proposal by Helmut K. Buechner, 1969
"Satellite (IRLS) Tracking of Elk in Yellowstone National Park and Caribou in Alaska," proposal by Helmut K. Buechner, 1969
"Satellite Monitoring of Black Bears" as submitted to Bioscience, 1971
Satellite Systems Survey
"Satellite Tracking of Caribou," proposal by Helmut K. Buechner, 1970
"Satellite Tracking of Elk," Science, 1971
"Satellite Wildlife Research Program," proposal, 1970
"Satellite Wildlife Research Program," Final technical report, 1972
"Status Report for the Annual Report of National Air and Space Council," November 1969
"Status Report on the Development of a Program in the Tracking and Monitoring of Animals by Satellite," June 1971
Status Report - "Satellite Tracking of Elk and Green Sea Turtles," March 1971
Survey of animal tracking, Raytheon consultant work, 1971
Box 23
Symposium on Animal Orientation and Navigation, Wallops Station, Virginia, September 9-13, 1970 (2 folders)
Tracking green turtles by satellite study, 1970-1972
Tracking of elk: semi-annual report, 1970
"The Tropical Wind, Energy Conversion and Reference Level Experiment (TWERLE)," guide for user, 1972
"TWERLE Data User Output Formats," 1974
"Wildlife Movement and Tracking Systems," bibliography
Wildlife Research Program - Phrase I report, 1971
Miscellaneous data and field notes, probably collected during class excursions, 1952-1956, on the following animals: elk, deer, mule deer, white tail deer, pheasants, valley quail, grouse, waterfowls, mountain goats, small mammals, and grizzly bear.
Series 5
THESES BY FORMER STUDENTS, COLLECTED BY HELMUT K. BUECHNER. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, 1951-1960.Box 23
"Land use and wildlife on farms in southeastern Washington," by Eugene S. Dziedzic, 1951
"Studies of blue grouse, Dendragapus Obscurus Pallidus Swarth, in the Methow Valley of Washington," by Byron Arthur Schottelius, 1951
"Ecology of the Marten in the Twin Lakes areas, Chelan County, Washington," by Fletcher Eugene Newby, 1951
"Studies on reproduction in beaver," by Ernest Edmund Provost, 1953
"Reproductive performance of black-tailed deer on the Clemons Tree Farm, Western Washington," by Frank B. Golley, 1954
"Population dynamics of the elk in the Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington," by Philip Joel Urness, 1960
"Reproductive cycle of chukar partridge," by Richard John Mackie, 1960
Series 6
ABSTRACTS, ARTICLES, AND BOOK REVIEWS, 1942-1974.This series consists of published abstracts, articles, and book reviews written or co-authored by Helmut K. Buechner, and is arranged chronologically. Some folders contain only correspondence and notes. See "List of Publications" (Box 23) for titles.
Box 23
List of Publications
Abstracts
Emergent evolution as applied to ecology, 1941
Forage Competition between the Pronghorned Antelope and Domestic Sheep in Trans-Pecos Texas, 1949
A Holistic Approach to Ecology, 1949
Feasibility of tracking free-roaming animals in natural environments, 1970
Articles
Relationship of Game and Livestock to Range Vegetation in Kerr County, Texas, 1943
The Range Vegetation of Kerr County, Texas, in Relation to Livestock and White-Tailed Deer, 1944
Birds of Kerr County, Texas, 1946
Livestock-Antelope Relationship in West Texas, 1947
The Antelope Situation, 1948
Bioecology and Biocenology in Wildlife Education, 1950
Range Ecology of the Pronghorn on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, 1950
An Evaluation of Restocking with Pen-Reared Bobwhite, 1950
Use of the Helicopter in Wildlife Work, 1950
Censusing Elk by Airplane in the Blue Mountains of Washington, 1950
Hunting the Pronghorn Phantom of the Desert, 1951
Winter-Range Utilization by Elk and Mule Deer in Southeastern Washington, 1952
Game Conservation and the Hunter, 1952
Does are Deer Too, 1952
An Eighty-Per Cent Turnover Period as a Comparative Criterion in Avian Populations, 1953
Some Biotic Changes in the State of Washington, Particularly During the Century 1853-1953, 1953
Teaching and Integrated Course in the Biological Sciences, 1953
The Use of Composition from Harvest Data in Determining Mortalities of Deer and Elk Populations, 1953
Box 24
Increased Natality Resulting from Lowered Population Density Among Elk in Southeastern Washington, 1954
Bighorn Sheep, 1955: Problems in the Management of Bighorn Sheep, 1955
A Prospectus of Bighorn Sheep Populations in the United States, 1955
West Gallatin Elk Study (by Joe Gaab?), 1955
The Well-Managed Elk Herd, 1956
Four Cases of Hybridization between Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus hemionus (Rafinesque), and White-Tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginiamus ochrourus (Bailey), in the State of Washington, 1956
The Future of Bighorn Sheep, 1956
Secondary Ovulation of Elks, 1956
Three Additional Records of Antlered Female Deer, 1957
Articles for "Good Land Management Supports Wildlife," 1957
The Fulbright Wildlife Program in Uganda, 1958
Causes of Vegetational Changes on Butiaba Flats and the Adjacent Escarpment, 1957
Bighorn Sheep in the United States, 1960
Recent Advances in Field Immobilization of Large Mammals with Drugs, 1960
Immobilizing Uganda Kob with Succinylcholine Chloride, 1960
Field Immobilization of African Animals, 1960
The Technique of Immobilization of Wild Animals as an Aid to Management and Control, 1960
Territorial Behavior in Uganda Kob, Adenota Kob Thomasi, 1960
Regulation of Numbers of Pronghorn Antelope in Relation to Land Use, 1960
Unilateral Implantation in the Uganda Kob, 1961
Vegetation Change Induced by Fire and Elephant in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, 1960
The Use of Succinylcholine Chloride in Immobilizing North American Elk, 1960-1962
Training Programmes for Personnel Concerned with Conservation of African Wild Animals, 1961
Elephant Census: Numbers and Migration Of Elephants in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, 1962-1963
The Animal Reproductive Cycle of Chukar Partridge, 1962-1963
Kob: Territorality as a Behavior Adaption to Environment in Uganda Kob, 1963
Ceremonial Mating Behavior in Uganda Kob by Helmut K. Buechner and Robert Schloeth, 1964 (3 folders)
Reproduction in Uganda Kob with Special Reference to Behavior, 1964
Elephant Survey: Report on the Potential Conflict between Elephants and Agriculture in the Proposed Tana River Irrigation Scheme, 1965
Ecosystem Science as a Point of Synthesis, by S. Dillon Ripley and Helmut K. Buechner, Daedalus, Fall 1967
Preliminary Estimation of Energy Flow in Uganda Kob (Adenota Kob Thomasi, Neumann), 1967
International Biological Programme (IBP) Handbook No. 7, 1968
Herbal Control of Vegetation, 1968
The Opening between the Allantoic Vesicle and the Uterine Cavity in the Kob Conceptus, 1969
The Human Ecosystem, 1970
The Avifauna of Northern Latin America: A Symposium Held at the Smithsonian Institution, 13-15 April 1966, 1971
The Ecosystem Level of Organization, 1971
Box 25
Radiotelemetry for Research on Large Land Mammals, 1971
Satellite Tracking: Satellites for Research on Free-Roaming Animals, BioScience, 1971
Lek Behavior in the Uganda Kob, Zoonooz, 1971
Satellite Tracking: Satellite and Ground Radiotracking of Elk, January 1971, as Submitted BIAC for Wallops Island Symposium
The Lek System in Uganda Kob Antelope, manuscript, 1974
Implications of Social Behavior in the Management of Uganda Kob, 1974
Book Reviews
Conservation of Natural Resources, Guy-Harold Smith, Editor, 1950
Evolution at the Population Level with Special Reference to Game Animals and Practical Game Management, Paavo Voipio, 1950
Practice of Wildlife Conservation, Leonard W, Wing, 1951
American Wildlife and Plants, Alexander C. Martin, Herbert S. Zim, and Arnold L. Nelson, 1951
Uncle Sam in the Pacific Northwest, Charles McKinley, 1952
The Stage Grouse in Wyoming, Robert L. Patterson, 1953
Wildlife Management - Fur Bearers, Waterfowls, and Fish, Rueben Edwin Trippensee, 1953
Our Wildlife Legacy, D. L. Allen, 1954
Imbalance between Man and Environment, H. K. Buechner, 1956
Pelican in the Wilderness, F. Fraser Darling, 1956
Man-Eaters of India, Jim Corbett, 1957
Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social Behavior, V. C. Wynne-Edwards, 1961
Conservation of African Wildlife, H. K. Buechner, 1964
Africa: A Natural History, Leslie Brown, 1965
So Human and Animal, Rene Dubos, 1968
Nature's Paradise, Jen and Des Bartlett, 1967
The Zoology of Tropical Africa, J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson, 1969; Animal Twilight: Man and Game in Eastern Africa, J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson, 1969
The World of the Pronghorn, Joe Van Wormer, 1969
The Tule Elk, Dale R. McCullough, 1969
The Serengeti Lion: A Sturdy of Predator-Prey Relations, George B. Schaller, 1972
Mountain Sheep: A Study in Behavior and Evolution, Valerius Geist, 1971
The effect of the Lesser Vegetation of Certain Adirondack Forest Types with Particular Reference to Deer and Grouse, F. B. Barick, 1950
Adaption to Cold in Arctic and Tropical Mammals and Birds in Relation to Body Temperature, Insulation and Basal Metabolic Rate, P. F. Scholander, Raymond Hock, Vladimir Walters, and Lawrence Irving, 1950
Body Insulation of Some Arctic and Tropical Mammals and Birds, P. F. Scholander, Raymond Hock, Vladimir Walters, and Lawrence Irving, 1950
Heat Regulation in Some Arctic and Tropical Mammals and Birds, P. F. Scholander, Raymond Hock, Vladimir Walters, Fred Johnson, and Lawrence Irving, 1950
History and Status of the Ring-Necked Pheasant in Missouri, Donald M. Christisen, 1951
Journal of Wildlife Management, 1951
The Interstitial Cycle in Relation to Autumn and Winter Sexual Behavior in Birds, A. J. Marshall, 1952
Journal of Wildlife Management, 1952
Journal of Wildlife Management, 1953
A Guide to Bird Finding West of the Mississippi, Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr., 1953
Journal of Animal Management, 1954
Journal of Animal Management, 1956
NSF - News Report, 1965
The Subversive Science, Paul Shepard and Daniel McKinley, Editors, 1969
Man on Earth: Environmental Problems in Perspective, Sterling Brubaker, 1971
A Practical Guide to the Study of the Productivity of Large Herbivores, edited by Frank B. Golley and H. K. Buechner, 1969
Abstract: Encyclopedia Britannica
Elservier's Animal Encyclopedia: Pronghorn and Bison, 1969
Series 7
LECTURES, SEMINARS, AND SYMPOSIA. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, 1949-1974.Box 25
Symposium on the Influence of the Severe Winter of 1948-1949 on Wildlife, March 2, 1949
Symposium on Population Fluctuations, 1964
Symposium on Reproduction in Mammals, 1964
AIBS/SI Workshop, May 27, 1966
HEW - National Institute of Health Seminars, August 20, 1969
St. Alban's School, October 20, 1969
Environmental Management Seminar, Harpers Ferry, December 18, 1969
National Science Foundation Seminar: Workshop Conference on Environmental Education, April 6-7, 1970
Earth Week - Smithsonian Institution, April 23-30, 1970
Planned Parenthood, Southeast Region Council Meeting, Savannah Georgia, May 8, 1970
Game Cropping, Catholic University, July 31, 1970
AIBS Symposium on Animal Orientation and Navigation, Wallops Island, Virginia, September 9-13, 1970
The Society for Environmental Development - October 14, 1970
Human Ecology Seminar, George Washington University, November 19, 1970
AMES Research Center: Investigations in Terrestrial Biology Using Aerospace Vehicles, January 21-22, 1971
National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Silver Spring, Maryland, March 23-25, 1971
Ice Age Survivors - The role of man in the environment, UCLA, June 5, 1971
Plains Animals in Africa, UCLA, June 5, 1971
"The Challenge for Survival," Audubon Naturalist Society, Washington, D. C., September 22, 1971
International Telemetering Conference, Washington, D. C., September 27-29, 1971
Social Organization and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 5-6, 1971
"Territoriality and Ceremonial Mating Behavior of the Uganda Kob," University of Maryland, October 12, 1971
Conference on "The Behavior of Ungulates and Its Relation to Management," University of Calgary, Alberta, November 2-6, 1971
"The Uganda Kob: Territorial and Ceremonial Mating Behavior," AAAS meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1971
Audubon Naturalist Society, February 2, 1972
National Institute of Health, Poolesville, Maryland, May, 1972
Juniata College, Huntington, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1972
Wildlife Diseases Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, August 24, 1973
Mount Vernon College, Virginia, September 18, 1973
Audubon Naturalist Society, January 21, 1974
Endangered Species Symposium, 1974
Series 8
AUDIO RECORDINGS, 1959-1972.Box 26
Elk Immobilization, February 19, 1970, 1 reel
Panel on Environmental and Development, Washington Chapter of S. I. D., Lester Brown, Chairman, (no date), 1 reel
Earth Week Symposium, April 1969, 4 reels
Kob Whistling, Uganda, March 1972, 2 reels
Indian Rhinoceros - observations of mating behavior of Rajikumari and Tarun at the National Zoological Park, July-October 1972 (see Box 15 for transcripts), 11 reels
Box 27
Dictabelts (See Box 16 for transcripts)
Field Notes, April 14, 1959
Field Notes, June 13, 1959
Correspondence, June 15, 1959
Semliki Game Reserve, June 16-20, 1959
Correspondence, June 22, 1959 (2 envelopes)
Kenya - Giraffe and Kob, June 23-26, 1959
Semliki Game Reserve, July 8-13, 1959
Field Notes, July 14-17, 1959
Semliki Game Reserve, July 18-20, 1959
Field Notes, July 24-26, 1959
Field Notes, Received July 31, 1959
Correspondence, July 30, 1959
Field Notes, Received August 5, 1959
Field Notes, August 1-3, 1959
Elephant Aerial Count, August 6-9, 1959
Field Notes and Correspondence, August 14-18, 1959
Field Notes, August 20-23, 1959
Field Notes, August 23-27, 1959
Field Notes, Received September 8, 1959
Field Notes, September 7-9, 1959
Field Notes, Received September 12, 1959
Unidentified Field Notes, 1959
Correspondence, 1959
Story for Reader's Digest, 1959
Field Notes, October 12-16, 1962
Field Notes - covering locations of old and new TG; also immobilization and transplanting male kob; October 23, 1962
Field Notes, Fred Leuthold, October 30, 1962
Field Notes, J. Morrison, November 10, 1962
Field Notes, November 24, 1962 (2 envelopes)
Field Notes, November 28, 1962
Field Notes, December 28, 1962
Field Notes, December 1962-January, 1963 (2 envelopes)
Correspondence?, January 13, 1963
Field Notes, Transcribed February 18, 1963
Field Notes, February 28, 1963
Field Notes, May 8, 1963
Field Notes, May 15, 1963
Field Notes, Transcribed May 20, 1963
Field Notes, TG 7, May 25, 1963 (2 envelopes)
Field Notes, May 25, 1963
Field Notes, TG 6, May 26-27 and pm of June 1, 1963
Field Notes, May 31, 1963
Field Notes, June 1-2, 1963
Field Notes, TG 3, June 20, 1963
Field Notes, June 24 and July 5, 1963
Unidentified Field Notes, 1963?
Series 9
PHOTOGRAPHS. ARRANGED BY SUBJECT.Box 28
Prints
African Animals - Immobilizing
Bighorn Sheep (3 folders)
Bighorn Sheep: Photographs used in book
Caribou: 16 mm film strips
Elk: Yellowstone National Park Winter Elk Range
Elk jaws: 6 months - 21 years
Elephant study, Kenya, 1965
Kob, taken by Walter Leuthold
Kob: Diagrams and graphs
Kob: Color photographs
Kob: Photographs of fetuses, 1965
Kob: Sketches by Fritz Walther
Kob: Black and white photographs
Kob
Meetings
Pronghorn
Pronghorn: Photographs used for PhD. Thesis
Satellite Tracking of Elk (includes slides)
Vegetation: Blue Mountains, Washington
Washington State's Pomeroy Ranger District (SE Washington), map
Negatives
Bighorn Sheep
Elephant Study, Kenya, 1965
Pronghorn
Elk
Kob
Slides
Indian Rhinoceros, 1972-1974
Kob, Toro Game Reserve, Uganda, 1972
NZP Animals and Miscellaneous, 1974; 1972 Flood at NZP
Rampart dam (location and date unknown), color transparencies
Satellite tracking
Ungulates (NZP): used for AAZPA meeting, May 21, 1974
Box 29
Pronghorn Antelope; Oklahoma National Wildlife Refuge; Washington State Blue Mountains Vegetation, 1947-1954
Bighorn Sheep: Arizona, California, Nevada, 1955
Bighorn Sheep: California, 1955
Bighorn Sheep: Idaho, Montana, Utah, 1954
Bighorn Sheep: Colorado, Wyoming, 1954
Bighorn Sheep: Rocky Mountains
Box 30
Bighorn Sheep: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1954
Bighorn Sheep (miscellaneous); Hybrid Deer; Elk; Kob (negatives)
Prints
Bighorn Sheep
Cougar
Elk
Ibex, 1961 (2 folders)
Vegetation, 1942
Satellite Tracking, 1970
Unidentified ungulates
Utah Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, 1947
Vegetation, 1950s (2 folders)
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, 1949
Helmut K. Buechner - Portraits
Buechner Family, 1944
Cumming Creek, Blue Mountains, Washington, 1950
Negatives
Bighorn Sheep Project (6 folders)
Box 31
Ceylonese Elephant, 1967
Cougar
Deer
Hybrid Deer
Ibex, 1961
Kob (13 folders)
Pronghorn (19 folders)
Elk Census and Vegetation Study (9 folders)
Vegetation
Satellite Tracking, 1970
Avian Population Turnover Concepts
Potholes Reservoir Area, Washington, 1953
Cummings Creek, Blue Mountains, Washington, 1950
Buechner Family, 1947, 1953
Unidentified People
Denis Zaphino, 1959
Series 10
NOTEPADS AND DIARY, 1965, 1970-1971.These volumes contain entries about Buechner's day to day activities; travel; names and addresses of personal acquaintances; notes pertaining to Buechner's projects; and miscellaneous notes of personal interest.
Box 31
Diary, 1965
Notepad, 1965
Notepads, 1970
Notepads, 1970-1971
Series 11
OBSERVATION AND MACHINE READABLE DATA ON THE KOB.Box 32
IBM Data Sheets - data on the Uganda kob collected between 1962 and 1964. Data is arranged into "Card" 1-4. "Card" 1-3 consists of the physical measurements. "Card" 4 consists of data on the locations of the Uganda kob within the territorial grounds. For explanation of numbers, see chart in Computer, Box 15.
Card 1-3 (Collected Kob), 1962-1964
Card 4 (Tagged males TG 3), 1962-1964
Card 4 (Tagged males TG 6 and animals of ther TGs), 1962-1964
Card 4 (Tagged males TG 7), 1962-1964
Card 4 (NM Kob TGs 3, 6, 7), 1962-1964
Card 4 (Tagged females and young TGs 3, 6, 7), 1962-1964
Additional Kob Data, 1972
Box 33
Printouts - data on the Uganda kob collected during 1962 and 1964, arranged same as above. (4 folders)
Box 34
Printouts - analytical and statistical computations by H. Daniel Roth, mostly unidentified and unarranged, 1972. Also, entry of manuscripts written by Helmut K. Buechner and other computations, 1965.
Series 12
DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, 1938-1966.Box 35
Alpha Phi Omega, December 11, 1938
Alpha Xi Sigma, April 17, 1940
Phi Kappa Phi, December 5, 1940
Syracuse University, Bachelor of Science degree, June 2, 1941, see Oversize
Texas A & M College, Master of Science degree, January 22, 1943, see Oversize
Phi Kappa Phi, July 29, 1949
Oklahoma A & M College, Ph.D. degree, August 2, 1949
The Wildlife Society, March 5, 1961
American Association for the Advancement of Science, March 1, 1963
The Zoological Society of Korea, September 17, 1966
Encyclopedia Britannica (undated)
Series 13
CHARTS, DIAGRAMS, BLUEPRINTS, AND MAPPINGS.Box 35
Elk Census and Vegetation Study
Kob: Distances from TGs 3, 6, and 7
Kob: Herding Areas
Blueprints (2) of deer area, NZP, 1972
M. S. degree - Texas A & M College, 1943
Maps of Uganda kob territorial grounds, with legends (unidentified) a-f
Charts - kob: "Days on territory per visit vs days on and off territory per visit;" "Monitoring of TGs," January 1963-March 1963
Photograph: 17th North American Wildlife Conference
B.S. degree: Syracuse University, 1941
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