Reference Request
Finding Aids to Records of Professional Societies in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 7440
American Ornithologists' Union
Records, 1871-1994, with related records from 1845
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: | American Ornithologists' Union |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1871-1994, with related records from 1845 |
Quantity: | 50.5 cu. ft. (101 document boxes) (oversize materials) |
Collection: | Record Unit 7440 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | These records supplement Record Unit 7150 by extending coverage in early records and providing records from the mid-1970s. Particularly noteworthy are early records of Presidents -- especially Joel Asaph Allen, Josselyn Van Tyne, and Ernst Mayr, as well as Presidents' and Secretaries' papers since the mid-1970s. Information about early committee work is found in Allen's and Van Tyne's papers. Photographs are of individuals and group members at scientific meetings and strongly supplement Record Unit 7150. Editorial files chiefly cover Ornithological Monographs, with some documentation pertaining to the Checklist of North American Birds and The Auk. |
Descriptive Entry
For a brief history of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU), see Record Unit 7150, American Ornithologists' Union Collection, 1883-1977.
These records supplement Record Unit 7150, both in extending coverage in early records and providing records from the mid-1970s. Particularly noteworthy are early records of presidents - especially Joel Asaph Allen, Jocelyn Van Tyne, and Ernst Mayr - as well as presidents' and secretaries' papers since the mid-1970s. Much information about early committee work is found in Allen's and Van Tyne's papers. Photographs are of individuals and groups at scientific meetings and strongly supplement the earlier collection. Editorial files cover chiefly Ornithological Monographs, with small amounts pertaining to the Checklist of North American Birds and The Auk.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921
- Auk (Serial)
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005
- Ornithological monographs
- Van Tyne, Josselyn, 1902-1957
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7440, American Ornithologists' Union, Records
Container List
Series 1
PRESIDENTS' PAPERS.Box 1
President (Joel A. Allen) Papers (Boxes 1-5)
Folder 1 1878-1890 General correspondence
Folder 2 1893 Correspondence re: Congress on Ornithology
Folder 3 1891-1900 General correspondence
Folder 4 1901-1910 General correspondence
Folder 5 1911-1920 General correspondence
Folder 6 1882-1899 Correspondence with Elliot Coues
Folder 7 1883 Postcard from Leonhard Stejneger
Folder 8 1884-1912 Correspondence with William Brewster
Folder 9 1885-1889 Correspondence with Robert Ridgway
Folder 10 1890-1917 Correspondence with John H. Sage, Secretary
Folder 11 1903-1910 Correspondence with C. Hart Merriam
Folder 12 1903-1919 Correspondence with Witmer Stone
Folder 13 1908-1910 Correspondence with E. W. Wheeler, Printer
Folder 14 1909 Correspondence with Jonathan Dwight, Treasurer
Folder 15 1913 Nominations for Membership, Fellows
Box 2
Folder 1 1877 Correspondence, Auk
Folder 2 1894-1890 Correspondence, Auk
Folder 3 1891-1896 Correspondence, Auk
Folder 4 1897-1900 Correspondence, Auk
Folder 5 1901-1905 Correspondence, Auk
Folder 6 1906-1908 Correspondence, Auk
Folder 7 1909 Correspondence, Auk
Folder 8 1910-1912 Correspondence, Auk (A)
Box 3
Folder 1 1910-1912 Correspondence, Auk (B)
Folder 2 1910-1912 Correspondence, Auk (C)
Folder 3 1913-1917 Correspondence, Auk
Folder 4 1910 Correspondence with International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN)
Folder 5 1911 Correspondence with ICZN
Folder 6 1912 Correspondence with ICZN
Folder 7 1915 Correspondence with ICZN
Folder 8 1916 Correspondence with ICZN
Folder 9 1917 Correspondence with ICZN
Folder 10 1919 Correspondence with ICZN
Folder 11 1913-1914 Correspondence, 9th International Congress of Zoology
Box 4
Committee on Nomenclature
Folder 1 1894-1900 Correspondence re: Nomenclature
Folder 2 1901-1904 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes
Folder 3 1905 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes
Folder 4 1906 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes (A)
Folder 5 1906 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes (B)
Folder 6 1906 Handwritten statement read at Council meeting (against Witmer Stone's presentation on Nomenclature)
Folder 7 1907 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes (A)
Folder 8 1907 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes (B)
Box 5
Folder 1 1908 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes
Folder 2 1909 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes
Folder 3 1910 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes
Folder 4 1912-1914 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes
Folder 5 1915-1917 Committee correspondence, reports, minutes
Folder 6 1909 Marked Galley Proofs, 15th Suppl, Check List of North American Birds
Box 6
President (Jocelyn Van Tyne) Papers (Boxes 6-7)
Folder 1 1938-1946 Correspondence, Nominating Committees
Folder 2 1942-1951 Correspondence, Brewster Awards Committee
Folder 3 1944-1952 Correspondence, Committee on Student Membership Awards
Folder 4 1947-1949 Correspondence re: Auk
Folder 5 1949-1952 Correspondence with Harvey I. Fisher, Auk editor
Folder 6 1950-1951 Correspondence, Endowment Committee
Folder 7 1951-1952 Correspondence with George H. Lowery, Chair, Local Committee
Folder 8 1951-1954 Correspondence, Committee on Nominations of Honorary and Corresponding Fellows
Folder 9 1953 Correspondence with Grace Murphy
Folder 10 1953 Correspondence re: donation to Deutsche Ornithologen Gesellschaft
Folder 11 1954 Correspondence re: Auk
Folder 12 1951-1953 Correspondence re: Investing Trustees
Folder 13 1953 Correspondence re: Marcia Brady Tucker Award
Folder 14 1953-1954 Correspondence re: surplus issues of Auk
Box 7
Folder 1 1949-1951 Correspondence with Olin Sewall Pettingill
Folder 2 1950 Proposed by-laws changes
Folder 3 1950-1953 Correspondence, Committee on Bird Protection
Folder 4 1950-1954 Correspondence with Betty Carnes
Folder 5 1951 Correspondence, Illustration Committee
Folder 6 1951-1952 Correspondence re: memorials to Fellows
Folder 7 1951-1952 Correspondence re: Auk
Folder 8 1951-1953 Correspondence with Aaron M. Bagg, Membership Committee
Folder 9 1952 Correspondence re: AOU Circular
Folder 10 1952 Letters to Council
Folder 11 1952 Forms
Folder 12 1952-1955 Correspondence
Box 8
President (Ernst Mayr) Papers; International Ornithological Congress
Folder 1 1958-1960 Correspondence
Folder 2 1960-1961 Correspondence
Folder 3 1960-1961 Correspondence re: Section on Ornithology
Folder 4 1961 Correspondence re: meeting site, 1966 meeting
Folder 5 1962 Correspondence re: rules
Folder 6 1961-1962 Subcommittee on Student Participation
Folder 7 1961-1962 Applications for Travel Grants
Folder 8 1962 Correspondence
Box 9
President (Dean Amadon, Wesley E. Lanyon, Jocelyn Van Tyne) Papers
Folder 1 1941-1966 Amadon: Materials for archives
Folder 2 1952-1966 Amadon: Correspondence
Folder 3 1958-1966 Amadon: Correspondence
Folder 4 1976-1978 Lanyon: Correspondence, editorial matters
Folder 5 1976-1978 Lanyon: Correspondence, joint membership with Wilson Ornithological Society
Folder 6 1976-1978 Lanyon: Correspondence re: memorials
Folder 7 1976-1978 Lanyon: Correspondence re: Tucker Foundation
Folder 8 1977 Lanyon: Grant proposal, History of Ornithology in the Western Hemisphere
Folder 9 1950-1952 Van Tyne: Correspondence, Canadian Committee
Folder 10 1950-1953 Van Tyne: Correspondence re: AOU Handbook project
Folder 11 1951-1952 Van Tyne: Correspondence, Finance Committee
Box 10
President (Wesley E. Lanyon) Papers
Folder 1 1976-1978 Correspondence re: AOU/National Science Foundation workshop
Folder 2 1976-1978 Correspondence re: Membership Committee
Folder 3 1976-1978 Correspondence re: Committees
Folder 4 1976-1978 Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 5 1976-1978 Correspondence re: nominations of Fellows
Folder 6 1976-1978 Correspondence re: awards
Folder 7 1976-1978 Correspondence re: investing trustees
Folder 8 1976-1978 Correspondence re: bylaws changes
Folder 9 1976-1978 Correspondence, Centennial Committee
Folder 10 1976-1978 Correspondence, Condor Advisory Panel
Folder 11 1976-1978 Correspondence re: archives
Box 11
President (Harrison B. Tordoff) Papers
Folder 1 1978-1980 Auk mailing list
Folder 2 1978-1980 Correspondence, Condor
Folder 3 1978-1980 Correspondence
Folder 4 1978-1980 Correspondence with Treasurer
Folder 5 1978-1980 Correspondence, Ornithological Monographs
Folder 6 1978-1980 Correspondence re: memorials, biographies
Folder 7 1978-1980 Correspondence with committees
Folder 8 1978-1980 Correspondence, AOU Centennial
Folder 9 1978-1980 Correspondence re: awards
Folder 10 1978-1980 Correspondence re: archives
Folder 11 1978-1980 Correspondence re: bird collections
Folder 12 1946-1980 Log of committee memberships
Box 12
President (Harrison B. Tordoff, James R. King) Papers
Folder 1 1978-1980 Tordoff: Correspondence with representatives to other societies
Folder 2 1978-1980 Tordoff: Volunteers in Ornithology
Folder 3 1978-1980 Tordoff: Correspondence with British Ornithological Union
Folder 4 1978-1980 Tordoff: Correspondence re: future meetings
Folder 5 1978-1980 Tordoff: Correspondence, editorial matters
Folder 6 1979-1980 Tordoff: Correspondence re: meetings, programs
Folder 7 1980-1982 Tordoff: Correspondence re: Ornithological Societies of North America
Folder 8 1981, 1982 Tordoff: Correspondence, Committee on Materials for Annual meetings
Folder 9 1981, 1982 Tordoff: Correspondence, Committee on Local Arrangements
Folder 10 1982 King: Letter to Richard Banks re: Committee on Public Responsibility
Box 13
President (James R. King) Papers (Boxes 13-16)
Folder 1 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on Classification
Folder 2 1980-1982 Correspondence re: Centennial History of the AOU
Folder 3 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on Public Responsibilities
Folder 4 1980-1982 Correspondence, Centennial Committee
Folder 5 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on Membership
Folder 6 1980-1983 Correspondence, Committee on Research Awards
Folder 7 1981-1984 Correspondence, Committee on History of the AOU
Folder 8 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on Bird Collections
Folder 9 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on Archives
Box 14
Folder 1 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on Biographies
Folder 2 1980-1982 Correspondence re: Brewster, Coues, Carnes awards
Folder 3 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on Resolutions
Folder 4 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on Scientific Program
Folder 5 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on Student Awards
Folder 6 1980-1982 Correspondence with Representatives to other organizations
Folder 7 1980-1982 Correspondence re: California Condor Recovery Program
Folder 8 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on By-laws
Box 15
Folder 1 1980-1982 Correspondence, AOU-British Ornithological Union literature supplement
Folder 2 1980-1982 Correspondence with Council
Folder 3 1980-1982 Correspondence re: Council agenda
Folder 4 1980-1982 Correspondence re: election of new Secretary, Treasurer
Folder 5 1980-1982 Correspondence with Investing Trustees
Folder 6 1980-1982 Correspondence, Committee on Memorials
Folder 7 1980-1982 Correspondence re: Federal Grantee status
Folder 8 1980-1982 Correspondence with Ornithological Societies
Folder 9 1980-1982 Correspondence re: Ornithological Newsletter
Folder 10 1980-1982 Miscellaneous correspondence
Box 16
Folder 1 1980-1982 Correspondence re: National Science Foundation travel grant
Folder 2 1980-1982 Correspondence re: Editorial matters
Folder 3 1981-1982 Correspondence re: 1983 Centennial meeting
Folder 4 1980-1982 Correspondence with other officers
Folder 5 1980-1983 Correspondence with Local Committee, 1983 Centennial meeting
Box 17
President (Richard C. Banks) Papers (Boxes 17-19)
Folder 1 1979-1989 Correspondence
Folder 2 1982-1988 Correspondence
Folder 3 1981-1982 Materials for Council Meeting
Folder 4 1983 Materials for Council Meeting
Folder 5 1984 Materials for Council Meeting
Folder 6 1986 Materials for Council Meeting
Folder 7 1984 Fellows Meeting
Folder 8 1985 Fellows Meeting
Folder 9 1986 Fellows Meeting
Box 18
Folder 1 1983 Correspondence re: Vernon Bailey
Folder 2 1984-1987 General correspondence
Folder 3 1988-1989 General correspondence (A)
Folder 4 1988-1989 General correspondence (B)
Folder 5 1988-1989 General correspondence (C)
Folder 6 1990-1991 General correspondence (A)
Folder 7 1990-1991 General correspondence (B)
Folder 8 1990-1991 General correspondence (C)
Box 19
Folder 1 1990 Correspondence re: Ornithological Council
Folder 2 1991 Correspondence with James R. Karr, re: Ornithological Council
Folder 3 1991 Correspondence re: Ornithological Council (A)
Folder 4 1991 Correspondence re: Ornithological Council (B)
Folder 5 1992 Correspondence re: Ornithological Council
Folder 6 1992 Articles of Incorporation, Ornithological Council
Folder 7 1982-1986 Council papers
Folder 8 1994 Correspondence re: Archives
Box 20
President (Thomas R. Howell) Papers (Boxes 20-23)
Folder 1 1982 Correspondence re: 1984 Annual meeting
Folder 2 1982-1984 Correspondence with Investing Trustees
Folder 3 1982-1984 Correspondence re: Policy for Elective Members and Fellows
Folder 4 1982-1984 Correspondence, Membership Committee
Folder 5 1982-1984 Correspondence with Treasurer (K. W. Able)
Folder 6 1983 Correspondence with Editor of Auk (J. A. Wiens)
Folder 7 1983 Correspondence re: 1984, 1985 meetings
Folder 8 1983 Correspondence re: 1985 Annual meeting
Folder 9 1983 Correspondence re: Research Awards
Folder 10 1983-1984 Correspondence re: Ornithological Societies of North America
Folder 11 1983-1984 Nominations of Honorary and Corresponding Members
Folder 12 1983-1984 Correspondence re: Student Awards
Box 21
Folder 1 1982 Correspondence re: finances, 1983 Centennial meeting
Folder 2 1983 Correspondence re: 1983 Centennial meeting
Folder 3 1982 Correspondence re: Committees
Folder 4 1982 Correspondence, Honorary and Corresponding Fellows Nominations
Folder 5 1982-1983 Correspondence re: China-U.S. Exchange Program
Folder 6 1982-1983 Correspondence with Editors
Folder 7 1982-1984 Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 8 1982-1984 Correspondence, Committee on Bird Collections
Folder 9 1982-1984 Correspondence, Committee on Biographies
Folder 10 1983 Script for Coues interview, 1983 Centennial meeting
Box 22
Folder 1 1983 Correspondence re: foreign delegates to Centennial meeting
Folder 2 1983-1984 Materials for Council meetings
Folder 3 1983-1984 Correspondence, Committee on Archives
Folder 4 1983-1984 Correspondence re: Bylaws
Folder 5 1983-1985 Correspondence re: Editorial matters
Folder 6 1984 Correspondence, Committee on Conservation
Folder 7 1984 Report, California Condor Recovery Program
Folder 8 1984 Correspondence re: Brewster, Coues, Carnes awards
Box 23
Folder 1 1980-1984 Correspondence with President-elect
Folder 2 1980-1983 Correspondence re: Honorary and Corresponding Members
Folder 3 1981-1984 Correspondence re: Foreign Translations
Folder 4 1982-1983 Correspondence, Committee on Conservation
Folder 5 1982-1983 Correspondence re: Nomination of Elected Members and Fellows
Folder 6 1983 Correspondence re: Macaw Program
Folder 7 1983-1984 Correspondence re: Resolution
Folder 8 1983-1984 Correspondence re: AOU Handbook
Folder 9 1983-1984 Correspondence re: Sales and Advertising
Folder 10 1984 Correspondence with Representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Folder 11 1984 Correspondence re: Neotropical Ornithology
Folder 12 1984 Correspondence, Memorials Committee
Folder 13 1984 Correspondence re: Nominations for Secretary
Folder 14 1984 Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 15 1984-1985 Correspondence re: recovery program for the red-cockaded woodpecker
Box 24
President (Frances C. James) Papers (Boxes 24-28)
Folder 1 1979-85 Financial Reports of Investments (not each year)
Folder 2 1982-1984 Correspondence re: establishment of a Permanent Secretariat
Folder 3 1984-1985 Correspondence, Memorials Committee
Folder 4 1984-1985 Correspondence, Local Committee for the 1985 meeting
Folder 5 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Membership
Folder 6 1984-1986 Correspondence, Local Committee for the 1986 meeting
Folder 7 1984-1986 Correspondence with Investment Trustees
Folder 8 1984-1986 Correspondence, Conservation Committee
Folder 9 1984-1986 Correspondence re: nominations of Elected Members and Fellows
Folder 10 1984-1986 Correspondence re: History of the AOU
Folder 11 1984-1986 Correspondence, Committee on Foreign Research
Folder 12 1984-1986 Miscellaneous Correspondence
Folder 13 1986 Correspondence re: humane handling of birds during field research
Box 25
Folder 1 1984-1986 General Correspondence (A)
Folder 2 1984-1986 General Correspondence (B)
Folder 3 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Committees
Folder 4 1984-1986 Proceedings of meetings
Folder 5 1984-1986 Materials for Council Meetings (A)
Folder 6 1984-1986 Materials for Council Meetings (B)
Box 26
Folder 1 1983-1985 Correspondence re: California Condor problem
Folder 2 1983-1986 Correspondence re: Carnes Award
Folder 3 1984 Correspondence re: Local Committee Guidelines
Folder 4 1984-1986 Correspondence with other officers
Folder 5 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Editorial Matters
Folder 6 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Bylaws
Folder 7 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Awards
Box 27
Folder 1 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Career Brochure
Folder 2 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Archives
Folder 3 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Biographies
Folder 4 1984-1986 Correspondence, Committee on Bird Collections
Folder 5 1984-1986 Correspondence with Representatives to other organizations
Folder 6 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Spotted Owl controversy
Folder 7 1984-1986 Resolutions
Folder 8 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Sales and Advertizing
Folder 9 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Scientific Program
Folder 10 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Fellows and Elective members
Folder 11 1984-1986 Correspondence re: 1986 meeting
Folder 12 1987 Copy of Incorporation Papers, 1987
Box 28
Folder 1 1975-1979 Correspondence with Presidents-Elect
Folder 2 1984-1985 Correspondence re: Ornithological Newsletter
Folder 3 1984-1986 Correspondence, Recovery Program for Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
Folder 4 1984-1986 Correspondence re: preparation of species accounts
Folder 5 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Public Responsibility
Folder 6 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Honorary and Corresponding Fellows
Folder 7 1984-1986 Correspondence re: Ornithological Societies of North America
Box 29
President (Charles G. Sibley) Papers (Boxes 29-30)
Folder 1 1984-1986 Miscellaneous Correspondence
Folder 2 1986 Correspondence
Folder 3 1987 Correspondence (A)
Folder 4 1987 Correspondence (B)
Folder 5 1987-1988 Correspondence with Committees
Folder 6 1987-1989 Correspondence, AOU Meetings
Box 30
Folder 1 1946-1987 Committee Rosters
Folder 2 1983 National Plan for Ornithology
Folder 3 1986 Fellows and Elective Members
Folder 4 1986 Brewster-Coues Awards Committee
Folder 5 1986 Bylaws
Folder 6 1986 Correspondence with Treasurer
Folder 7 1986 Copy of Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
Folder 8 1986-1987 Second Century Campaign
Folder 9 1986, 1987 Financial Statements
Folder 10 1987 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 11 1987 Report, Ornithological Societies of North America
Folder 12 1987 Correspondence re: Centennial History
Box 31
President (Brina Kessel) Papers (Boxes 31-37)
Folder 1 1988-1993 Correspondence, Committee on Scientific Program
Folder 2 1988-1994 Correspondence, Committee on Student Awards
Folder 3 1988-1994 Correspondence, Committee on Research Awards
Folder 4 1988-1994 Correspondence, Oversight Committee, Ornithological Societies of North America
Folder 5 1989-1991 Correspondence re: Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
Folder 6 1989-1994 Correspondence re: Ornithological Monographs
Folder 7 1989-1994 Correspondence, Committee on Pan-American Affairs
Box 32
Folder 1 1987-1994 Correspondence, Brewster/Coues Awards
Folder 2 1988-1992 Correspondence, Committee on Resolutions
Folder 3 1988-1993 Correspondence, Archives Committee
Folder 4 1988-1993 Correspondence, Birds of North America project
Folder 5 1988-1994 Correspondence, Bird Collections Committee
Folder 6 1988-1994 Bylaws
Box 33
Folder 1 1989-1993 Correspondence, Biography Committee
Folder 2 1989-1993 Correspondence, Advertising and Sales
Folder 3 1989-1994 Materials from American Association for Advancement of Science
Folder 4 1990 Correspondence, Executive Board
Folder 5 1990-1991 Correspondence as President-Elect
Folder 6 1991-1992 Oversight Committee, Ornithological Societies of North America
Folder 7 1991-1994 Materials from American Institute of Biological Societies
Folder 8 1992-1993 Materials from Association of Systematics Collections
Folder 9 1993-1994 Correspondence re: ABSEARCH
Folder 10 1994 Correspondence, Birds of North America project
Box 34
Folder 1 1987-1993 Correspondence, Finance Committee
Folder 2 1987-1994 Correspondence, Endowment Committee
Folder 3 1988-1992 Correspondence, Executive Committee
Folder 4 1989-1993 Correspondence, Conservation Committee
Folder 5 1989-1993 Nominations, Corresponding and Honorary Fellows
Folder 6 1989-1994 Nominations, Fellows and Elective Members
Folder 7 1990-1993 Correspondence with Editor, Ornithological Monographs
Folder 8 1991-1994 Committee Memberships
Folder 9 1992-1993 Correspondence, Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences
Folder 10 1993-1994 Correspondence, Committee on Classification and Nomenclature
Folder 11 1993-1994 Correspondence, Committee on Historical Records
Box 35
Folder 1 1982-1992 Correspondence, Local Committees
Folder 2 1987-1994 Correspondence with Editor, Auk
Folder 3 1987-1994 Correspondence, Investing Trustees
Folder 4 1988-1994 Correspondence, Membership Committee
Folder 5 1988-1994 Correspondence, Representative to International Council for Bird Preservation
Folder 6 1991-1993 Correspondence, Local Committee, 1993 meeting
Folder 7 1991-1994 Correspondence, Memorials Committee
Folder 8 1991-1994 Correspondence, Nominating Committee
Folder 9 1992-1994 Correspondence, International Ornithological Congress Travel Grant
Folder 10 1992-1994 Correspondence, Local Committee, 1994 meeting
Box 36
Folder 1 1992-1993 Correspondence re: publication, "Grants, Awards and Prizes"
Folder 2 1992-1993 Correspondence re: Shrike Symposium
Folder 3 1992-1994 Correspondence with Treasurer
Folder 4 1992-1994 Correspondence, Ornithology and the Law
Folder 5 1992-1994 Correspondence, Committee on Public Responsibility
Folder 6 1993 Correspondence, Goshawk Committee
Folder 7 1993 Correspondence re: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Act
Folder 8 1993-1994 Correspondence, Committee on Recent Ornithological Literature
Box 37
Folder 1 1990-1992 Correspondence, Ornithological Council
Folder 2 1990-1994 Correspondence with Secretary
Folder 3 1990-1994 Correspondence, Committee on Publications
Folder 4 1991-1994 Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 5 1991-1994 Correspondence re: California Gnatcatcher
Folder 6 1991-1994 Correspondence re: Bird Importation
Folder 7 1992 Correspondence re: Nathaniel Wheelwright case, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Box 38
President (Glen E. Woolfenden and Burt L. Monroe, Jr.) Papers
Folder 1 1987-1989 Correspondence, Donald L. Bleitz Memorial Fund
Folder 2 1988-1989 Travel Awards Committee, International Ornithological Congress
Folder 3 1988-1989 Correspondence, Carnes Award
Folder 4 1988-1991 Correspondence, Committee on Memorials
Folder 5 1989-1990 Correspondence with Local Committee, 1990 meeting
Folder 6 1989 Correspondence, Ralph Schreiber Memorial Fund
Folder 7 1989-1990 Correspondence re: Margaret Morse Nice Memorial Award
Folder 8 1990-1991 Correspondence re: Neotropical Migratory Bird Programs
Box 39
President (Burt L. Monroe, Jr.) Papers
Folder 1 1989-1991 Correspondence with Treasurer
Folder 2 1989-1991 Correspondence, National Institute for Conservation
Folder 3 1990-1991 Correspondence, Committee on Public Responsibility
Folder 4 1990-1991 Correspondence with Local Committee, 1991 meeting
Folder 5 1988-1991 Materials from American Institute of Biological Sciences
Folder 6 1990-1992 Correspondence with Local Committee, 1992 meeting
Folder 7 1992 Correspondence re: Spotted Owl
Series 2
SECRETARIES' PAPERS.Box 40
Folder 1 1883-1893 Microfilm Negative of Council Minutes, from Library of Congress
Folder 2 1915 Secretary's Papers: Bylaws
Folder 3 1917 Secretary's Papers: Officers, Committees, Membership List
Folder 4 1938 Secretary (Lawrence E. Hicks) Papers: Correspondence
Folder 5 1939 Secretary (Lawrence E. Hicks) Papers: Correspondence
Folder 6 1978-1980 Proposals for creation, Ornithological Societies of North America
Box 41
Secretary (Lawrence E. Hicks) Papers
Folder 1 1940 Correspondence
Folder 2 1941 Correspondence
Folder 3 1942 Correspondence
Folder 4 1943 Correspondence
Folder 5 1944 Correspondence
Folder 6 1945 Correspondence
Box 42
Folder 1 1941-1952 Summaries of annual meetings
Folder 2 1947-1955 Minutes, Council meeting
Folder 3 1948-1955 Minutes, Business meeting
Folder 4 1952 Secretary's Manual, prepared by O. S. Pettingill
Folder 5 1953 Minutes, Council meeting
Folder 6 1954 Minutes, Fellows meeting
Folder 7 1943-1953 Secretary's Papers: Biographies of Proposed Members
Folder 8 1980 Membership list; copies of cards
Folder 9 1982 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 10 1983 Obituary, C. Russell Mason
Folder 11 1984 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 12 1985 Membership materials
Box 43
Audiotapes, 7-inch reel-to-reel
Folder 1 1966 Council meeting (2 tapes)
Folder 2 1967 Council meeting, A (2 tapes)
Folder 3 1967 Council meeting, B (2 tapes)
Folder 4 1967 Council meeting, C (1 tape)
Folder 5 1968 Council meeting (2 tapes)
Folder 6 1969 Council meeting, A (2 tapes)
Folder 7 1969 Council meeting, B (2 tapes)
Box 44
Secretary (George B. Watson) Papers (Boxes 44-45)
Folder 1 1966-1977 Miscellaneous Board correspondence
Folder 2 Circa 1975 Bylaws
Folder 3 1975 Proceedings, 93rd meeting
Folder 4 1975-1976 Minutes, Council meeting
Folder 5 1975-1978 Correspondence, 17th International Ornithological Congress
Folder 6 1975-1979 Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 7 1976 Proceedings, 94th meeting
Folder 8 1976 Travel expenses, 1976 meeting
Folder 9 1976 Materials for Fellows meeting
Folder 10 1976-1977 Annual Financial Report
Folder 11 1976-1977 Committees
Folder 12 1976-1978 Correspondence with Esther Sherwell
Folder 13 1976-1977 Secretary (G. E. Watson) papers: Correspondence re: annual meeting
Folder 14 1977 Proceedings, 95th meeting
Folder 15 1977 Materials from John A. Wiens, Editor-elect, Auk
Folder 16 1977 Materials for Fellows meeting
Folder 17 1977-1978 Correspondence with President W. E. Lanyon
Folder 18 1977-1978 Correspondence with K. W. Corbin, Secretary-elect
Folder 19 1977-1978 Correspondence with Joel Cracraft
Folder 20 1977-1978 Budget materials
Folder 21 1978-1980 Correspondence with Wilson and Cooper Ornithological Societies
Box 45
Folder 1 1974 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 2 1975 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 3 1976 Materials for Council meeting (A)
Folder 4 1976 Materials for Council meeting (B)
Folder 5 1977 Materials for Council meeting
Box 46
Secretary (Kendall W. Corbin) Papers (Boxes 46-50)
Folder 1 1977-1979 Fellows nominations
Folder 2 1978 Materials for 1978 meeting
Folder 3 1979 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 4 1979 Materials for Fellows meeting
Box 47
Folder 1 1975-1978 Correspondence with National Research Council
Folder 2 1976-1978 Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 3 1976-1979 Fellows packets
Folder 4 1976-1980 Secretary's expenses
Folder 5 1976-1981 Committee reports
Folder 6 1977 Settlement papers, Marcia Brady Tucker Estate
Folder 7 1977-1978 Correspondence with Treasurer
Folder 8 1977-1980 Proceedings of meetings, 1977-1980
Folder 9 1977-1988 Research awards
Folder 10 1977-1981 Correspondence, Committee on Scientific Programs
Folder 11 1977-1981 Correspondence, Membership Committee
Box 48
Folder 1 1978 Nominations for Elective Members
Folder 2 1978 Correspondence, Committee on Collections
Folder 3 1978 Correspondence re: Publications
Folder 4 1978 Bylaws changes
Folder 5 1978 Final report, Workshop on National Plan for Ornithology
Folder 6 1978 Inquiries on Checklists and Monographs
Folder 7 1978-1979 Correspondence with Editor (J. A. Wiens)
Folder 8 1978-1980 Membership inquiries
Folder 9 1978-1980 Correspondence re: deceased members
Folder 10 1978-1981 Correspondence with President
Box 49
Folder 1 1978-1981 Correspondence re: Fellows and Elective members
Folder 2 1978-1981 Representative, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Folder 3 1978-1981 Correspondence re: Honorary and Corresponding members
Folder 4 1979 Nominations for Elective members
Folder 5 1979 Correspondence re: future meeting sites
Folder 6 1979 Notebook, 1979 annual meeting
Folder 7 1979 Materials for annual meeting
Folder 8 1979-1980 Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 9 1979-1981 Correspondence with Allen Press
Folder 10 1980 Resolutions
Folder 11 1980-1981 Correspondence with Archive Committee
Folder 12 1980-1981 Correspondence with Local Committees
Folder 13 1980-1981 Miscellaneous correspondence
Box 50
Folder 1 1980 Council papers
Folder 2 1980 Notebook, 1980 annual meeting
Folder 3 1980 Materials for annual meeting
Folder 4 1980-1982 Fellows packets
Folder 5 1980-1982 Nominations for membership
Folder 6 1981 Notebook, 1981 annual meeting
Folder 7 1981 Materials for annual meeting
Folder 8 1982 Report of representative, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Box 51
Secretary (Dennis M. Power) Papers (Boxes 51-53)
Folder 1 1978-1981 Minutes of meetings
Folder 2 1980-1982 Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 3 1981-1984 Committee correspondence
Folder 4 1981 Report of the Northern States Bald Eagle Recovery Team
Folder 5 1981 Proceedings of the 99th annual meeting
Folder 6 1981 Fellows and elective members
Folder 7 1982 Fellows and elective members
Folder 8 1982 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 9 1982 Council minutes
Folder 10 1982 Fellows and elective members packets
Box 52
Folder 1 1982 Correspondence with President J. R. King
Folder 2 1982-1984 Correspondence with President T. R. Howell
Folder 3 1982-1984 Publication, Auklet
Folder 4 1982 Circular of Information, 1982 meeting
Folder 5 1982 Program, 100th annual meeting, 1982
Folder 6 1982 AOU Resolutions
Folder 7 1982 Correspondence re: Editor's report
Folder 8 1982 Proceedings of the 100th annual meeting
Folder 9 1983 Fellows and elective members packets
Folder 10 1983 Elective members
Box 53
Folder 1 1983 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 2 1983 Circular of Information, 1983 meeting
Folder 3 1983 Program, 101st annual meeting, 1983
Folder 4 1983 Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 5 1984 Elective members
Folder 6 1984 Investment Report
Box 54
Secretary (Dennis M. Power) Papers (Boxes 51-53)
Folder 1 1974 Copy of Statement to Elliot Coues from U.S. Army, 1879
Folder 2 1978-1986 Coues Award Committee: Correspondence, recipients
Folder 3 1982-1987 Correspondence with Brewster/Coues Award Committee
Folder 4 1970 Brewster Award Committee: Photos of Medallion
Folder 5 1979-1985 Brewster Award Committee: Correspondence with recipients
Folder 6 1983-1985 Brewster Award Committee: Guidelines for Award
Folder 7 1981-1986 Correspondence with Carnes Research Awards Committee
Folder 8 1981-1987 Correspondence with Investment Committee
Folder 9 1982-1987 Memorials
Folder 10 1982-1987 Correspondence, Research Awards Committee
Folder 11 1984 Duties of the Secretary, from D. M. Power
Folder 12 1984-1986 Correspondence with President F. C. James
Folder 13 1984-1986 Correspondence, Endowment Committee
Folder 14 1984-1987 Correspondence, Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Committee
Folder 15 1985-1987 Correspondence re: Species Accounts
Box 55
Folder 1 1978-1984 Materials for Council meetings
Folder 2 1981-1987 Correspondence, Membership Committee
Folder 3 1982-1984 Correspondence with representatives to other organizations
Folder 4 1982-1985 Committee on Feasibility of a Permanent AOU Secretariat
Folder 5 1982-1987 Editors' reports, Ornithological Monographs
Folder 6 1982-1987 Correspondence re: AOU History
Folder 7 1982-1987 Correspondence re: Ornithological Newsletter
Folder 8 1982-1987 Correspondence, Biography Committee
Folder 9 1982-1987 Miscellaneous Committee reports
Folder 10 1983-1985 Correspondence with Editor, Auk
Folder 11 1984 Membership brochures
Folder 12 1984-1986 Correspondence re: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Folder 13 1986-1987 Secretary's reports
Box 56
Folder 1 1969-1986 Correspondence of past officers
Folder 2 1981-1988 Correspondence, Committee on Public Responsibility
Folder 3 1982 Ballot for Patron status, Mrs. Osborne Mitchell
Folder 4 1982-1988 Correspondence with Treasurer
Folder 5 1983-1985 Correspondence, Resolutions Committee
Folder 6 1983-1987 Nominations for Offices
Folder 7 1986-1988 Miscellaneous correspondence
Box 57
Folder 1 1982-1985 Updated Elected Members lists
Folder 2 1982-1986 Original minutes, Council and Fellows meetings
Folder 3 1982-1987 Correspondence re: nomination of Elective Members and Fellows
Folder 4 1982-1987 Correspondence, Fellows
Folder 5 1984-1987 Correspondence, Corresponding Members and Honorary Fellows
Folder 6 1985 Fellows Packet
Folder 7 1985 Fellows meeting
Box 58
Folder 1 1985 Program, Abstracts, Auklet; 1985 annual meeting
Folder 2 1986 Program, Abstracts, Auklet; 1986 annual meeting
Folder 3 1986 Correspondence, Local Committee
Folder 4 1986 Minutes, Council meeting
Folder 5 1986 Correspondence re: Elective Members
Folder 6 1986 Nominations for Elective Members
Folder 7 1986 Meetings, Elective Members and Fellows
Folder 8 1986-1987 Packets, Fellows and Elective Members
Folder 9 1986-1987 Correspondence re: Careers Brochure
Box 59
Folder 1 1986 Materials for Local Committee, 1987 meeting
Folder 2 1987-1989 Correspondence re: Local Committees
Folder 3 1987 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 4 1987 Packet for Council meeting
Folder 5 1987 Mail ballots for Council meeting
Folder 6 1987 Minutes, Council meeting
Folder 7 1987 Committee report: Guidelines for the Use of Wild Birds in Research
Folder 8 1988 Correspondence re: Elective Members
Folder 9 1988 Program, Abstracts, Auklet; 1988 annual meeting
Folder 10 1988 Correspondence re: Elective Members
Box 60
Folder 1 1988 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 2 1988 Fellows nominations and acceptances
Folder 3 1989 Elective Members and Fellows acceptances
Folder 4 1989 Registration packet, 1989 annual meeting
Folder 5 1989 Materials for Council meeting
Folder 6 1990 Nominations for Elective Members
Folder 7 1990 Nominations for Fellows
Folder 8 1991 Responses to Council Poll (A)
Folder 9 1991 Responses to Council Poll (B)
Box 61
Secretary (Mary Victoria McDonald) Papers
Folder 1 1988 Materials for Council Meeting (A)
Folder 2 1988 Materials for Council Meeting (B)
Folder 3 1988 Materials for Council Meeting (C)
Folder 4 1993 Materials for Council Meeting
Folder 5 1994 Materials for Council Meeting
Series 3
TREASURER'S PAPERS.Box 62
Treasurer (Waldo L. McAtee) Papers
Folder 1 1903-1961 Memorabilia, Waldo Lee McAtee
Folder 2 1922-1961 Publications, Auklet (scattered issues)
Folder 3 1923-1938 Published membership lists
Folder 4 1924-1938 Meeting announcements
Folder 5 1929-1938 Nominations for membership
Folder 6 1933 Publication: 50 Years of Progress in American Ornithology, 1883-1933
Folder 7 1934-1946 Photographs for "Duck" postage stamps
Box 63
Folder 1 1964-1974 Treasurer's correspondence with the President
Folder 2 1965-1968 Treasurer (Burt L. Monroe, Sr.; Burt L. Monroe, Jr.) correspondence with Editor (Robert M. Mengel)
Folder 3 1965-1983 Treasurer's correspondence
Folder 4 1968-1976 Treasurer's correspondence with Editor (Oliver L. Austin)
Folder 5 1966-1983 Balance sheets
Folder 6 1977-1983 Treasurer (Kenneth W. Able): Financial reports
Box 64
1977-1978 Financial ledgers
1978-1979 Financial ledgers
1979-1980 Financial ledgers
1980-1981 Financial ledgers
1981-1982 Financial ledgers
Box 65
1982-1983 Financial ledgers
1983-1984 Financial ledgers
1984-1985 Financial ledgers
1977-1984 Check stubs
Box 66
1985-1986 Financial records (handwritten spreadsheets)
1986-1987 Financial records (handwritten spreadsheets)
Box 67
1987-1988 Financial records (handwritten spreadsheets)
1988-1989 Financial records (handwritten spreadsheets)
1989-1990 Financial records (handwritten spreadsheets)
Box 68
Folder 1 1965-1979 Correspondence with Allen Press
Folder 2 1965-1992 Correspondence re: Handbook of North American Birds
Folder 3 1969-1987 Membership reports
Folder 4 1974-1987 Correspondence re: Centennial History volume
Folder 5 1982-1984 Centennial finances
Folder 6 1987-1990 Marian Jenkinson Papers: Correspondence re: manuscript, Downy Waterfowl of North America, by Colleen Nelson
Folder 7 1992-1993 Meeting Notebook, a Guidebook for Local Committees
Box 69
Folder 1 1963-1990 Proposed budgets
Folder 2 1979-1986 Auditor's reports
Folder 3 1957-1970 Internal Revenue Service returns
Folder 4 1971-1980 Internal Revenue Service returns
Folder 5 1981-1990 Internal Revenue Service returns
Box 70
Folder 1 1941-1980 Endowment Committee
Folder 2 1965-1975 Finance Committee
Folder 3 1965-1980 Treasurer's Financial Reports
Folder 4 1980-1990 Treasurer's Financial Reports
Folder 5 1953-1960 Papers of the Investing Trustees
Folder 6 1961-1970 Papers of the Investing Trustees
Folder 7 1971-1980 Papers of the Investing Trustees
Folder 8 1981-1988 Papers of the Investing Trustees
Series 4
HISTORIAN'S PAPERS.Box 71
Folder 1 1845 Catalogue of Choice and Valuable Works in Natural History (moved to Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution, May 1994)
Folder 2 1895 Elliot Coues' annotated copy of the AOU Checklist of North American Birds, 2nd edition (moved to Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution, May 1994)
Folder 3 1888 AOU Certificate of Incorporation; President (Dean Amadon) papers
Folder 4 1915 AOU Bylaws and Rules
Folder 5 1912-66 John T. Zimmer Papers: old files
Folder 6 1941-1959 Nominations for Membership, Fellows
Folder 7 1941, 1972 Memorabilia, Alexander Wetmore; Coues Award Letter, 1972
Folder 8 1953-1984 Memorabilia, Peter Stettenheim
Folder 9 1940-1950 John T. Zimmer Papers: correspondence
Folder 10 1952-1961 James W. Aldrich Papers: correspondence
Folder 11 1964-1967 James W. Aldrich Papers: correspondence
Folder 12 1968-1971 James W. Aldrich Papers: correspondence
Folder 13 1987 James O. Stevenson Papers: correspondence
Folder 14 1982-1986 Reincorporation papers; Secretary (S. M. Russell) papers
Folder 15 1986 Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
Folder 16 1991 Memorandum of Agreement, Ornithological Societies of North America
Box 72
Folder 1 1934-1956 Marcia Brady (Mrs. Carll) Tucker Papers: general correspondence
Folder 2 1944 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with Frank M. Chapman
Folder 3 1947-1951 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with James P. Chapin
Folder 4 1948 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with Jost Franz
Folder 5 1948-1949 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with Ernst Schuz
Folder 6 1948-1959 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with Robert Cushman Murphy
Folder 7 1949-1951 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with Alex Sprunt, Jr.
Folder 8 1949-1951 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with Peter Scott
Folder 9 1950-1951 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with the Audubon Society
Folder 10 1950-1952 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with Boris Sokoloff
Folder 11 1951-1956 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with Richard Pough re: Troy Meadows
Folder 12 1952-1956 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with Jean Delacour
Folder 13 1957 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with the Wildlife Management Institute
Folder 14 1957-1958 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with Dean Amadon
Folder 15 1959 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with S. Dillon Ripley
Folder 16 1960 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence with George H. Lowery, Jr.
Folder 17 1962 Marcia Brady Tucker Papers: correspondence re: First World Conference on National Parks
Folder 18 1957-1958 Bequest, James Savage
Folder 19 1958 Bequest, Ethel Adam Dwight
Folder 20 1960 Bequest, James L. Peters
Folder 21 1960 Bequest, Edith K. Frey
Folder 22 1963 Bequest, Gertrude P. Wicks
Folder 23 1964-1967 Bequest, Christian J. Goetz
Folder 24 1982-1983 Bequest, Eugene Eisenman
Folder 25 1962 AOU History, Activities, Membership; brief publication used in membership solicitations
Folder 26 1983 3 Audiocassette tapes: Centennial Day celebration; Ernst Mayr lecture; Mayor Edward I. Koch welcome; lecture by W. B. Lanyon; skit, interview with Elliot Coues
Box 73
Eugene S. Morton Papers
Folder 1 1989 Correspondence re: Travel Grants to XX International Ornithological Congress, New Zealand (A)
Folder 2 1989 Correspondence re: Travel Grants to XX International Ornithological Congress, New Zealand (B)
Folder 3 1989 Correspondence re: Travel Grants to XX International Ornithological Congress, New Zealand (C)
Folder 4 1989 Correspondence re: Travel Grants to XX International Ornithological Congress, New Zealand (D)
Folder 5 1989 Correspondence re: Travel Grants to XX International Ornithological Congress, New Zealand (E)
Folder 6 1989 Correspondence re: Travel Grants to XX International Ornithological Congress, New Zealand (F)
Series 5
COMMITTEE PAPERS.Box 74
Folder 1 1940-1953 John T. Zimmer Papers: Correspondence, Committee on Classification and Nomenclature (A)
Folder 2 1940-1953 John T. Zimmer Papers: Correspondence, Committee on Classification and Nomenclature (B)
Folder 3 1940-1953 John T. Zimmer Papers: Correspondence, Committee on Classification and Nomenclature (C)
Folder 4 1947-1954 John T. Zimmer Papers: Correspondence, Committee on Classification and Nomenclature
Folder 5 1946-1948 Jean M. Linsdale Papers: Correspondence, Committee on Bird Protection
Box 75
Committee on the Scientific and Educational Uses of Birds
Folder 1 1974-1977 Background Materials (A)
Folder 2 1974-1977 Background Materials (B)
Folder 3 1974-1975 Correspondence (A)
Folder 4 1974-1975 Correspondence (B)
Folder 5 1975-1976 Correspondence
Folder 6 1976-1977 Correspondence
Box 76
Committee on the Scientific and Educational Uses of Birds
Folder 1 1974-1978 Correspondence with Regulating Agencies
Folder 2 1975-1978 Collecting Permit Episodes
Folder 3 1975 Report
Folder 4 1976-1977 Specimens Collected vs Salvaged
Folder 5 1976-1977 Collecting Permit Problems
Box 77
Folder 1 1959-1961 James W. Aldrich Papers: Correspondence, Committee on Arrangements, 1961 meeting
Folder 2 1962 Endowment Committee (Albert Wolfson): Correspondence
Folder 3 1963-1965 Endowment Committee (Melvin A. Traylor): Correspondence
Folder 4 1970 Conservation Committee Report
Folder 5 1978-1982 Richard C. Banks Papers: Centennial Committee
Folder 6 1982-1986 S. M. Russell Papers: Archives Committee, correspondence
Folder 7 1983-1988 Archives Committee, correspondence
Folder 8 1983-1986 S. M. Russell Papers: Bylaws Committee, correspondence and reports
Folder 9 1993 Report of the Committee on Public Responsibilities
Box 78
Folder 1 1986-1991 Eugene S. Morton Papers: Brewster-Coues Awards Committee
Folder 2 1987-1989 Eugene S. Morton Papers: Brewster-Coues Awards Committee
Folder 3 1989-1990 Eugene S. Morton Papers: Brewster-Coues Awards Committee
Folder 4 1988-1991 Brewster/Coues Awards Committee; correspondence
Series 6
MEETINGS.Box 79
Folder 1 1913 Materials for 31st annual meeting, New York, New York
Folder 2 1914 Materials for 32nd annual meeting, Washington, DC
Folder 3 1927 Materials from 45th meeting, November 15-17, Washington, DC
Folder 4 1929 Materials from 47th meeting, October 22-24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Folder 5 1937 Materials from 55th meeting, November 15-18, Charleston, South Carolina
Folder 6 1949 Materials from 67th meeting, October 10-14, Buffalo, New York
Folder 7 1950 Materials from 68th meeting, October 10-13, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Folder 8 1951 Materials from 69th meeting, October 9-12, Montreal, PQ, Canada
Folder 9 1952 Materials from 70th meeting, October 20-24, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Folder 10 1953 Materials from 71st meeting, October 21-25, Los Angeles, California
Folder 11 1958 Materials from 76th meeting, October 14-19, New York, New York
Folder 12 1959 Materials from 77th meeting, August 25-30, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Folder 13 1961 Materials from 79th meeting, October 16-19, Washington, DC
Folder 14 1962 Materials from 80th meeting, August 20-24, Salt Lake City, Utah
Folder 15 1963 Materials from 81st meeting, August 12-16, Gainesville, Florida
Folder 16 1964 Materials from 82nd meeting, August 30-September 3, Lawrence, Kansas
Folder 17 1965 Materials from 83rd meeting, August 23-27, Columbus, Ohio
Folder 18 1966 Materials from 84th meeting, September 5-9, Duluth, Minnesota
Folder 19 1967 Materials from 85th meeting, August 21-25, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Folder 20 1968 Materials from 86th meeting, June 18-23, Fairbanks, Alaska
Folder 21 1970 Materials from 88th meeting, October 5-9, Buffalo, New York
Box 80
Folder 1 1971 Materials from 89th meeting, August 30-September 3, Seattle, Washington
Folder 2 1973 Materials from 91st meeting, October 9-11, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Folder 3 1974 Materials from 92nd meeting, October 14-18, Norman, Oklahoma
Folder 4 1975 Materials from 93rd meeting, August 25-29, Winnipeg, Man., Canada
Folder 5 1975 Correspondence (S. G. Sealy) re: registration for 93rd annual meeting
Folder 6 1975 Local Committee budget, 93rd annual meeting
Folder 7 1975 Meeting materials, 93rd annual meeting
Box 81
93rd Annual Meeting, 1975
Folder 1 1974-1975 Correspondence (Spencer G. Sealy) (A)
Folder 2 1974-1975 Correspondence (S. G. Sealy) (B)
Folder 3 1974-1975 Correspondence, Technical Services Subcommittee
Folder 4 1974-1975 Announcements
Folder 5 1974-1975 Correspondence (S. G. Sealy) with Secretary George E. Watson
Folder 6 1975 Correspondence re: field trips
Folder 7 1975-1976 Correspondence (S. G. Sealy)
Box 82
Folder 1 1976 Materials from 94th meeting, August 9-13, Haverford, Pennsylvania
Folder 2 1977 Materials from 95th meeting, August 22-26, Berkeley, California
Folder 3 1979 Materials from 97th meeting, August 13-16, College Station, Texas
Folder 4 1983 Materials from 101st meeting, September 26-30, New York, New York
Folder 5 1984 Materials from 102nd meeting, August 6-9, Lawrence, Kansas
Folder 6 1985 Materials from 103rd meeting, October 7-10, Tempe, Arizona
Folder 7 1988 Materials from 106th meeting, August 15-18, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Folder 8 1990 Materials from 108th meeting, June 25-30, Los Angeles, California
Folder 9 1992 Materials from 110th meeting, Ames, Iowa
Folder 10 1939 Program, 25th meeting, Wilson Ornithological Society, November 24-26, Louisville, Kentucky
Series 7
EDITORS' PAPERS AND SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS.Box 83
1901-1910 Ten-Year Index to Auk, XVIII-XXVII; bound volume
1921-1930 Ten-Year Index to Auk, XXXVIII-XLVII; bound volume
1931-1940 Ten-Year Index to Auk, XLVIII to LVII; bound volume
1941-1950 Ten-Year Index to Auk, LVIII-LXVII
1951-1960 Ten-Year Index to Auk, LXVIII to LXXVII; bound volume
1961-1970 Ten-Year Index to Auk, LXXVIII to LXXXVII; bound volume
1971-1980 Ten-Year Index to Auk, Volumes 88-97
1962 Proceedings, XIII International Ornithological Congress, Vol. 1
1962 Proceedings, XIII International Ornithological Congress, Vol. 2
1975 Report of the AOU Committee on Scientific and Educational Use of Wild Birds; Auk Supplement
Box 84
1960 Publication: AOU Membership List
1964 Publication: AOU Membership list
1967 Publication: AOU Membership List
1971 Publication: AOU Membership List
1979 Publication: AOU Membership List
1982 Publication: The Flock, AOU Membership List
1993 Publication: The Flock, AOU Membership List
1977-1984 Minutes of Council meetings (not all years)
1976 Bird Collections in the U.S. and Canada: Addenda and Corrigenda, by Mary H. Clench, R. C. Banks and Jon C. Barlow
1983 AOU Check List of North American Birds, 6th edition; bound volume
1983 The Antic Alcid; Anthology of The Auklet; Kenneth C. Parkes, Ed.
1983 The Auklet; Centennial Issue
1985 Ornithology in the Neotropics: A Directory, by Leslie Cooperband
1985 Ornithology in the Neotropics: A Directory (Spanish Edition)
1993 Directory of Neotropical Ornithology, 2nd ed., compiled by Kenneth V. Rosenberg and David A. Wiedenfeld
1985 35th Supplement to the AOU Checklist of North American Birds, by Burt L. Monroe, Jr.
1987 36th Supplement to the AOU Checklist of North American Birds, by Burt L. Monroe, Jr.
1986 Bibliography of Ornithological Translations, by Douglas Siegel-Causey and Janet G. Hinshaw
1989 Latin American Research Libraries in Natural History; A Survey, by Tristan J. Davis
1987 Grants, Awards and Prizes in Ornithology, by Richard C. Banks
1989 Grants, Awards and Prizes in Ornithology, 2nd edition, by R. C. Banks
1993 Grants, Awards and Prizes in Ornithology, 3rd edition, edited by Thomas C. Grubb, Jr.
Box 85
1982 World Inventory of Avian Spirit Specimens; D. Scott Wood, Richard L. Zusi and Marion Anne Jenkinson
1982 World Inventory of Avian Skeletal Specimens; D. Scott Wood, Richard L. Zusi and Marion Anne Jenkinson
1984 World inventory of Avian Anatomical Specimens; D. Scott Wood and Marion Anne Jenkinson
1985 Inventory of Bird Egg Collections of North America; Lloyd F. Kiff and Daniel J. Hough
1986 Revised World Inventory of Avian Skeletal Specimens; D. Scott Wood and Gary D. Schnell
1993 Curacion Moderna de Coleccions Ornitologicas, edited by Patricia Escalante-Pliego
Box 86
Checklist of North American Birds, 5th Edition
Folder 1 1947 F. C. Lincoln Papers: Materials for 5th Edition (A)
Folder 2 1947 F. C. Lincoln Papers: Materials for 5th Edition (B)
Folder 3 1947 F. C. Lincoln Papers: Materials for 5th Edition (C)
Folder 4 1947 F. C. Lincoln Papers: Materials for 5th Edition (D)
Folder 5 1947 F. C. Lincoln Papers: Materials for 5th Edition (E)
Folder 6 1947 F. C. Lincoln Papers: Materials for 5th Edition (F)
Box 87
Checklist of North American Birds, 5th Edition
Folder 1 1947 F. C. Lincoln Papers: Materials for 5th Edition (G)
Folder 2 1947 F. C. Lincoln Papers: Suggested common names for 5th Edition (A)
Folder 3 1947 F. C. Lincoln Papers: Suggested common names for 5th Edition (B)
Folder 4 1973-1976 R. C. Banks Papers: Materials for Checklist revision
Folder 5 1981 R. C. Banks Papers: Minutes of Checklist Committee Meeting
Box 88
Richard C. Banks Papers: Checklist of North American Birds, 6th Edition
Folder 1 1979-1980 General correspondence
Folder 2 1981 General correspondence (A)
Folder 3 1981 General correspondence (B)
Folder 4 1982 General correspondence (A)
Folder 5 1982 General correspondence (B)
Folder 6 1983 General correspondence
Box 89
Editor (Mercedes S. Foster), Ornithological Monographs
Folder 1 1976-1982 Copyright applications and certificates
Folder 2 1977 Correspondence with John William Hardy
Folder 3 1977-1984 Correspondence
Folder 4 1978-1981 Correspondence with Joel Cracraft
Folder 5 1978-1983 Letters of inquiry
Folder 6 1978-1984 Editors' reports
Folder 7 1979 Form letters
Folder 8 1980-1983 Published reviews of monographs
Folder 9 1981-1982 Correspondence with President J. R. King
Folder 10 1981-1984 Correspondence with Thomas R. Howell
Folder 11 1982 Correspondence with Treasurer (K. W. Able)
Folder 12 1982-1983 Correspondence re: Editorship
Folder 13 1982-1984 Correspondence with Allen Press
Folder 14 1983-1984 Correspondence re: advertising
Folder 15 1983-1986 Correspondence re: Centennial volume
Folder 16 1984-1985 Correspondence re: ISBN numbers
Folder 17 1984-1985 Correspondence with Paul A. Buckley
Box 90
Editor (Mercedes S. Foster) Correspondence: Neotropical Ornithology (Boxes 90-92)
Folder 1 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (A)
Folder 2 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (B)
Folder 3 1985 Neotropical Ornithology
Box 91
Folder 1 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (D)
Folder 2 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (E)
Folder 3 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (F)
Folder 4 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (G)
Folder 5 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (H)
Box 92
Folder 1 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (I)
Folder 2 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (J)
Folder 3 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (K)
Folder 4 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (L)
Folder 5 1985 Neotropical Ornithology (M)
Box 93
Ornithological Monographs
Volumes 1-3, 1964-1965
Volumes 6-8, 1967-1968
Volumes 10-22, 1972-1977
Box 94
Ornithological Monographs
Volumes 23-47, 1977-1991
Box 95
Ornithological Newsletters
Folder 1 1976-1978 Correspondence relating to the inception of the Newsletters; Richard C. Banks and George E. Watson
Folder 2 1976-1988 Correspondence with Allen Press; Richard C. Banks
Folder 3 1980-1981 Billing
Folder 4 1985 Questionnaire, Ornithological Newsletter
Folder 5 1985 Responses to usage questionnaire
Folder 6 1976-1985 Ornithological Newsletters, No. 1-49
Folder 7 1986-1991 Ornithological Newsletters, No. 50-91
Folder 8 1994 Ornithological Newsletters, Nos. 98 and 99
Box 96
Folder 1 1977 Auk Editor (John A. Wiens) papers: Correspondence re: cover
Folder 2 1977 Auk Editor (John A. Wiens): Correspondence
Folder 3 1977-1981 Book reviews, Walter Bock
Folder 4 1979-1984 Auk Editor (John A. Wiens): Correspondence, commentaries
Folder 5 1983 Reviews of 6th edition, AOU Check List of North American Birds
Folder 6 1985 Auk: Miscellaneous materials and correspondence
Folder 7 1985 Auk: Miscellaneous correspondence, Vol. 102, 1985
Folder 8 1985 Auk: Copy Editor (K. Elizabeth K. Pacala) correspondence
Folder 9 1986 Auk: Miscellaneous correspondence, Vol. 103, No. 1
Folder 10 1986-1988 Auk Editor: General correspondence
Box 97
Publication, Grants, Awards and Prizes in Ornithology
Folder 1 1984-1987 Correspondence, AOU Awards
Folder 2 1986-1989 Correspondence with other organizations (A)
Folder 3 1986-1989 Correspondence with other organizations (B)
Folder 4 1986-1987 Materials for first edition, 1987
Folder 5 1987 Manuscript for first edition
Folder 6 1987 Publication, Grants, Awards and Prizes in Ornithology
Box 98
Folder 1 1987 Correspondence
Folder 2 1988-1989 Correspondence re: second edition
Folder 3 1989 Approved materials for second edition (A)
Folder 4 1989 Approved materials for second edition (B)
Folder 5 1989 Further materials for second edition
Folder 6 1989 Manuscript, second edition; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service approval
Folder 7 1989 Final manuscript, second edition
Series 8
PHOTOGRAPHS.Box 99
Folder 1 Dr. Abbott (photo by E. C. Leonard)
Folder 2 1871 C. E. Aiken
Folder 3 1940 Arthur A. Allen
Folder 4 John J. Audubon, Daguerreotype, early 1850s
Folder 5 1982 Oliver Austin (9 35-mm slides)
Folder 6 1944 A. C. Bent
Folder 7 Walter Bock (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 8 James Bond
Folder 9 Robert Bowman (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 10 Clait E. Braun
Folder 11 Walter Breckenridge
Folder 12 Alan H. Brush
Folder 13 1948 Charles D. Bunker
Folder 14 Mitchell A. Byrd
Folder 15 Roland C. Clement
Folder 16 Nicholas E. and Elsie C. Collias
Folder 17 Richard Conner
Folder 18 Wells W. Cooke
Folder 19 J. A. Darling
Folder 20 Paul J. DuBowy
Folder 21 1924 Jonathan Dwight
Folder 22 1974 John T. Emlen
Folder 23 David Ewert
Folder 24 1921 George W. Field
Folder 25 Stephen Fretwell
Folder 26 Abbot S. Gaunt
Folder 27 1940 Alden Hadley (photo by Samuel A. Grimes)
Folder 28 George Hall (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 29 Frederick Hammerstrom
Folder 30 Judith Latta Hand
Folder 31 Scott A. Hatch
Folder 32 Frank Heppner
Folder 33 C. Stuart Houston
Folder 34 Hildegarde Howard
Folder 35 Arthur H. Howell (photo by Samuel A. Grimes)
Folder 36 Thomas R. Howell (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 37 Philip S. Humphrey
Folder 38 1915 L. O. Jackson
Folder 39 Oscar Johnson
Folder 40 1980 Richard F. Johnston (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 41 Brina Kessel (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 42 Walter Koenig
Folder 43 Wesley E. Lanyon
Folder 44 Roxie Laybourne
Folder 45 A. Starker Leopold
Folder 46 1980 J. David Lignon (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 47 Fred E. Lohrer
Folder 48 1956, 1963 H. Elliot McClure
Folder 49 Mary McKitrick
Folder 50 1952 Brooke Meanley
Folder 51 1879-1891 Edgar A. Mearnes (1879, 1883, 1891)
Folder 52 Richard Mewaldt (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 53 Marion J. Mengel
Folder 54 Robert M. Mengel
Folder 55 Bertram G. Murray
Folder 56 E. W. Nelson
Folder 57 Robert T. Orr
Folder 58 1946 W. H. Osgood
Folder 59 Olin S. Pettingill
Folder 60 Frank A. Pitelka (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 61 1924 J. L. Peters
Folder 62 Henri Quellet (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 63 Ralph Raitt
Folder 64 1984 Martin Raphael
Folder 65 1945 Edwyn P. Reed
Folder 66 1980 Robert E. Ricklefs (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 67 1898 Robert Ridgway
Folder 68 Sievert Rowher (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 69 Ralph Schreiber
Folder 70 Charles Sibley (photo by Peter Stettenheim)
Folder 71 1946 Alexander Skutch
Folder 72 Peter Stacy
Folder 73 1977 F. Gary Stiles (photo by N. E. Collias)
Folder 74 1929 Gustav A. Swanson (photo by Samuel A. Grimes)
Folder 75 Diana F. Tomback
Folder 76 Melvin A. Traylor
Folder 77 Lawrence H. Walkinshaw
Folder 78 Milton W. Weller
Folder 79 Alexander Wetmore, James Fisher, and Roger Tory Peterson - AOU 77th Annual Meeting Saskatchewan, Canada, August 29, 1959 (photo by Spencer G. Sealy) (Accession 13-099)
Folder 80 1979 Glen E. Woolfenden (photo by N. E. Collias)
Folder 81 Dale Zimmerman
Box 100
Large Format Photographs
Folder 1 Lithograph, Rev. J. Bachman; purchased by A. Wetmore, 1928
Folder 2 1928-1948 Photos taken at AOU meetings by James P. Chapin, H. H. Cleaves, William Vogt; individuals identified
Folder 3 1929 Photo by William J. Lyon taken at Philadelphia meeting, from W. L. McAtee papers
Folder 4 no date Two photos from W. L. McAtee papers; A. Wetmore identified in one photo
Folder 5 1929-1935 Photos by Samuel A. Grimes; individuals identified
Folder 6 1931-1970 Photos of Alexander Wetmore and others; individuals identified
Folder 7 1936 Photo of Frank Richardson and Loye H. Miller, on a ship off the coast of Panama
Folder 8 1938 Photos taken at the International Ornithological Congress, France, by Judith Ferrier and Mrs. Humphrey Gilbert
Folder 9 1939 Photo of W. M. Perrygo and A. Wetmore, near Engelhard, North Carolina
Folder 10 1939 Photo of Oliviero Pinto and 'T.G.P.', Sao Paolo, Brazil
Folder 11 1944 Group photo: meeting, New York, Oct. 25; individuals not identified
Folder 12 1948 Group photo: meeting of Baird Ornithological Club; individuals identified
Folder 13 1950 Photos of W. M. Perrygo, A. Wetmore and others, Panama; U.S. Air Force photos; individuals identified
Folder 14 1941-1973 Photos by and of H. Elliot McClure; most are U.S. Army photos; individuals identified
Folder 15 1952 Group photo: Ornithologist's Luncheon, 3rd Congress, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Caracas, Venezuela; individuals identified
Folder 16 1955 Key to the identification of individuals in the group photo taken at the 73rd meeting, Boston, Massechusetts
Folder 17 1973 Group photo: Council members, 91st meeting; individuals not identified
Folder 18 1980 Photos by Peter Stettenheim; individuals identified
Folder 19 1982 Group photo: Annual meeting, Chicago; individuals not identified
Folder 20 1983 Group photo: Committee on Classification and Nomenclature; individuals identified
Folder 21 1986 Group photo: 104th Annual meeting; individuals not identified
Folder 22 1990 Photos by James Palmer: Richard C. Banks, James Palmer, Maureen Palmer
Folder 23 1993 Group photo: 111th Annual meeting; individuals not identified
Box 101
[No longer exists, contents moved to oversize]
Annual Meeting Group Photos (formerly Box 101)
1920 38th meeting, Washington, DC; individuals not identified
1922 40th meeting, Chicago, Illinois; individuals not identified
1924 42nd meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; some individuals identified
1929 47th meeting, individuals not identified
1938 56th meeting, Washington, DC; individuals not identified
1940 58th meeting, Boston, Massachusetts; individuals not identified
1947 65th meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; individuals not identified (2 prints)
1949 67th meeting, Buffalo, New York; individuals not identified
1954 72nd meeting, Madison, Wisconsin; individual identification list provided
1955 73rd meeting, Boston, Massachusetts; individual identifications in Box 58, Folder 13
1957 75th meeting, Cape May, New Jersey; individuals not identified
1958 76th meeting, New York, New York; individual identification list provided
1961 79th meeting, Washington, DC; individuals not identified (4 prints)
1964 82nd meeting, Gainesville, Florida meeting; individuals not identified
1968 86th meeting, College, Alaska; individual identification list provided (2 prints)
1939 Wilson Ornithological Club, Louisville, Kentucky; individuals not identified
Box 102
Photos by Peter Stettenheim at 1980 and 1983 Annual Meetings; photos mounted on cards; indexed; many individuals identified
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