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Records consist of circulars of information, reprints of memorials, programs, abstracts, membership lists, memorabilia from the 1983 American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) Centennial meeting, and photographs and negatives from AOU meetings.

Box 1 of 2

• Original copy of the OSNA Memorandum of Agreement with the original 14 signatures, 1995
• Circular of Information, Program and group photograph from the 1996 AOU meeting, Boise, ID
• Program and Abstracts, Circular of Information, and registration from the 1997 AOU meeting, Minneapolis, MN
• Reprints of memorials, 1966-1984. Includes memorials of John Treadwell Nichols, Robert Cushman Murphy, E. Thomas Gilliard, Mrs. Carll Brady Tucker, and Austin L. Rand.
• Centennial memorabilia: Packet of materials for registrants
• Centennial memorabilia: Photo of Centennial Banner outside ANMH, 9/27/1983
• Centennial memorabilia: Historical photos from exhibit, "History of Ornithology"
• Centennial memorabilia: Geographical list of registrants
• Printed materials associated with former meetings, 1886-1888, 1890, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1907-1908, 1910, 1912-1913, 1917, 1922-1924, 1926-1930, 1933, 1935-1936, 1939-1941, 1947, 1949-1952, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1970-1971 (2 folders)
• Membership lists, 1960, 1967, 1971
• Oversize: Registration poster with logo

Box 2 of 2

• Charleston, 1937. Photographs.
• Denver, 1941. Negatives.
• New York, 1944. Photographs and identification lists.
• Boston and Cambridge, 1945. Photographs and identification list.
• Urbana (?), 1946. Photographs.
• Toronto, 1947. Photographs.
• Omaha, 1948. Photographs.
• Minneapolis and St. Paul, 1950. Photographs.
• Montreal, 1951. Photographs.
• Louisiana, 1952. Photographs.
• Edmonton, 1981. Color slides.
• Unidentified. Negatives.
• Washington, D.C., 1938. Oversized photo (rolled)
• New York, 1983 (Centennial). Oversized photo (rolled)
• Negative rolls from AOU Meetings, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1950-1952