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Accession 83-133
Walkinshaw, Lawrence H.
Lawrence H. Walkinshaw Papers, 1920s-1980s
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: | Walkinshaw, Lawrence H. |
Title: | Lawrence H. Walkinshaw Papers |
Dates: | 1920s-1980s |
Quantity: | 3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 83-133 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | These records consist of field notes, research notes, correspondence, photographs and negatives (including nitrate) documenting Lawrence H. Walkinshaw's research on cranes. |
Historical Note
Lawrence H. Walkinshaw (1904-1993) graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 1929. Though a dentist by training, he was a leading authority on cranes on which he published 61 articles and two books: The Sandhill Cranes (1948) and Cranes of the World (1973). He described the Canadian Sandhill crane (Grus Canadensis rowani) in 1965. He published on other species as well, most notably Kirtland's warbler.
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of field notes, research notes, correspondence, photographs and negatives (including cellulose nitrate negatives) documenting Lawrence H. Walkinshaw's research on cranes.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 83-133, Lawrence H. Walkinshaw Papers
Container List
Box 1
35mm black and white film negatives and notes
1. Lesser Sandhill Crane nests 1, 2, Fishing Lake, Banks Island, 13 June 1964
2. Sarus Crane nest and Bharatpur, India, 25 September 1965 with:
3. Sarus Crane nest and Bharatpur, India, 11 September 1965
4. Rajasthan Keoladeo Ghana, India, September 1965
5. West Africa Crowned Crane nests 5-7, Vom, Nigeria, 23 August 1965
6. European Crane ad Backhammer, Sweden, 23 May 1963 with:
7. European Crane ad Backhammer, Sweden, 23 May 1963
8. European Crane nests, Lillfi, Northern Sweden, May 1963
9. European Crane nest 1, Stormossen, 15 May 1963
10. European Crane as at nest (1-2), Backhammer, Sweden, 15 May 1963
11. European Crane as at nest, Backhammer, Sweden, 16 May 1963
12. European Crane nests, Harads, Northern Sweden, June 1963
13. European Crane nest 2, Tidaholm, Sweden, 15 May 1963
14. European Crane Blackthroated Bunting, Sweden, June 1963
15. Lesser Sandhill Crane, Ft. Smith, Northwest Territory (NWT), Canada, 3 June 1964
16. Banks Island from air, Canada, 1 July 1964
17. Greater Sandhill Cranes in air, Baker Sanctuary, Calhoun Co., Michigan, 11 May 1962
18. Whooping Crane nest from air, Wood-Buffalo Park, NWT, Canada, 3 June 1964
19. Lesser Sandhill Cranes, Muleshoe Refuge, Texas (in air), 5 January 1965
20. Greater Sandhill Crane nests, Michigan Plus AS, 28 April 1963 with:
21. Greater Sandhill Crane nests, Michigan Plus AS, 28 April 1963
22. Nest 124, Haehnel Sanctuary, 11 April 1964
23. Nests 128-134, Haehnel, 1964
24. Nests 137, 143-144, Haehnel, 1 May 1965
25. Nests 137-139, 1965
26. Nests 134-136, 24 April 1965
27. Nests and adults, Haehnel nests 151-155, 16 April 1966
28. Nests and adults, Haehnel nests 149- , 16 April 1966
29. Hahhnel Sanet Jakson nest 155, 30 April 1966
30. Hahhnel Sanet Jakson nest 155, 30 April 1966
31. Hahhnel Sanet Jakson nest 155, 30 April 1966
32. Betchler and Sleeper Lakes, 1967
33. Betchler and Sleeper Lakes, nest 164, 19 May 1967
34. Hahhnel Scanet, Jackson Co., nest 168, 19 April 1968
35. Hahhnel Scanet, Jackson Co., nests 172-175, 1968
36. Nest 176, Japan, 20 April 1969
37. Nests 182-186, 1970
38. Nests 184-186, 1970
39. Nests Upper Peninsula (U.P.) with W.E. Taylor, N 0-34, 1971
40. Nests U.P. with W.E. Taylor, N 191-195, 30 April 1971
41. Saddle Bill Stock Entebbe, Uganda, 28 January 1962
42. Grus grus, Sweden, May 1963
43. Florida crane nests, River Ranch Acres, 16 March 1968
44. Ring-necked Ducks, Coots Timberlane, Polk Co., Florida, November 1966
45. Malakal, Sudan, 4 February 1962 with:
46. Malakal, Sudan, 8 February 1962
47. Japanese Cranes, Akan, Hokkaido, 16 October 1965
48. Black-throated Blue Warbler as at nest, Muskegon, Michigan, 20 June 1965 with:
49. Black-throated Blue Warbler as at nest, Muskegon, Michigan, 13 June 1965
50. Whooping Crane, Aransas Refuge, Texas, 1968
51. Harris Sparrow, Philadelphia, Vireo Muskegon, Michigan, September 1973
52. Florida Sandhill Crane nests, March 1967
53. Black Woodpecker, Harads, Sweden, June 1963
54. Malakal people, February 1962
55. Kirtland Warbler, 2 July 1966 with:
56. Kirtland Warbler, nests (1-14), 22 June 1970
57. Kirtland Warbler, nests (4, 8, 17), 9 July 1970
58. Kirtland Warbler, nests (0-4, 9-10, 12, 14, 16, 18), 1970
59. Stanley Crane, Detroit Zoological Park, 11 August 1962
60. Hawk Owl, Harads, Sweden, June 1963
61. Japanese Crane, Akan, Kushiro, 16 October 1965
62. C.J. Henry pictures, Sandhill Cranes, Schoolcraft Co., Michigan, May 1958
63. Cattle Egret, Marshall, Michigan, undated
64. Connecticut Warbler at nest, Eewn, Ontonogan Co., Michigan, 1 July 1960
65. Mississippi Sandhill Crane nests, Jackson Co., Mississippi, 25-26 April 1971
66. Lesser Sandhill Crane, Sachs Harbor, NWT, Canada, nests 3, 16-17 June 1964 with:
67. Lesser Sandhill Crane, Sachs Harbor, NWT, Canada, nest 4, 19 June 1964
68. Dr. Walkinshaw, undated
Notebooks
1969 - Records of Sarus and Siberian White Cranes at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, 7-11 February 1969
1965 - Sarus Crane nest and other records, at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Translation - The Steppe or White Crane from Dementiev and Gladkov "Birds of the Soviet Union"
Records of Mooi River, Natal, South Africa - Weather, temperature, and rainfall
Some Blue, Stanley or Paradise Crane records, Natal, South Africa, 1961-1962
West African Crowned Cranes nest records for 7 nests at Vom, Nigeria, August 1965
Sudan Crowned Crane nest records, Debrods Marcos, Ethiopia, 25 August 1965
Records found in literature of Sandhill Cranes in Ontario, Canada
Box 2
Nine boxes of 35 mm slides, color transparencies with date and location (1954 to 1983)
1. SA7410-344, 9 color slides, Blackpoll Warbler, Michigan, 1958-1959
2. SA7410-345, 16 color slides, Cerulean Warbler at nest, Jackson Co., Michigan, 17 June 1960
3. SA7410-346, 25 color slides, Aerial views, Maker-Haehnle Sanet, Michigan, 1960- 1963
4. SA7410-347, 22 slides, Sweden Film 1, Crane nest, Crossing Fredericks Haven, 15 May 1963
5. SA7410-348, 34 color slides, Crane nests, Kirtland Warbler, Sandhill Crane, 1950-1978
6. SA7410-349, Sandhill Crane, Nest 155, Haehnle Sanet, 1 May 1966
7. SA7410-350, 19 color slides, Nests 110-172, Japan, Zambia, Jackson Co., Michigan, May 1952-13 April 1969
8. SA7410-351, 20 color slides, Florida, Michigan, 1 July 1980(?)-27 April 1981
9. SA7410-352, 14 slides, Nests 55-340, Michigan, New Delhi, India, Haehnel Sanet, 12 May 1940-February 1983
Duplicate negatives and prints
Black and white photographs in envelopes, Accession, 82-073-110-172 (12)
Black and white film negatives in envelopes, SA7410-(240-343), 1954-1983 (approximately 323 duplicate negatives)
Negative envelopes and logs (negatives removed)
Envelopes with handwritten notes regarding contents of negatives with dates and negative log numbers, approximately 240 (1935-1981) [Note: contents removed]
Kodak negative album with negative log (contents removed)
Shipping list consisting of negative numbers and titles for duplication project
Correspondence, notes, and photographs
Letters, announcements, and inventory about SA-9.7410, brochures (1978-1981)
Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Sudan Crowned Crane, August 1965, marked RU 7410, 35mm black and white negative film
Box 3
Sandhill Crane Nest record cards, letters, and photographs from Australia, Michigan, Florida, South Africa, India, Japan (1954-1972)
The Sandhill Crane in Michigan, Number 1-180 (2 folders)
Greater Sandhill Crane at nest site, 1966
Greater Sandhill Crane at nest 118
Property of Michigan Audubon Society in Henrietta and Leoni Townships
Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, nest found 1964 (a pair of Sandhill Cranes)
Banded Michigan Birds caught in mist nests
Partial list of birds observed in Michigan
Phyllis Haehnle Memorial Sanctuary, Jackson Co.
First Michigan observation for year, No. 1-204, No. 1-49
1970 Michigan bird nests, page 15-28, No. 96-165
Greater Sandhill Crane, Michigan, nest No. 182, 185
Kirtland's Warbler 1970, nest 1-7 (65-71), nest 9-18 (73-82), nest 1-18 (65-82)
Banded birds, Michigan, Muskegon Co., No. 1-1330
Michigan bird (first for year) observation No. 1-203, No. 1-150
Kirtland's Warbler, 1971, Nest 2-14 (84-97)
Michigan bird nests found, No. 1-27, Nest 191-204
Michigan Greater Sandhill Crane, nest No. 195, 203
Bird nests, Michigan, LHW KW nest 83-97, Michigan crane trips, No. 1016
First Michigan bird observation, No. 1-209
Areas where birds were studied, Michigan bird observation, No. 1-138
Michigan bird nest, No. 1-188
First for the year bird observation in Michigan, No. 1-212
Greater Sandhill Crane expeditions, Success of Michigan Greater Sandhill Crane nesting, No. 1-58
Sandhill Crane observation, Michigan, Jackson Co.
Greater Sandhill Crane, Michigan, Nest No. 222-247
Michigan bird nests found or observed, No. 1-96
Michigan bird nests, Kirtland Warbler, LHW nest 139-165, No. 97-141
First bird observation in Michigan, No. 1-198
Bird observation, Muskegon Co., Michigan, No. 1-33
Florida Sandhill Crane, No. 1-103, No. 13-16
Michigan bird nests, Kirtland, No. 104-172
1974 Greater Sandhill Crane study trips in Michigan, No. 1-26
Banded birds in Michigan, Muskegon Co.
Michigan bird observation (first for year)
Greater Sandhill Crane Michigan nest No. 266-275
1975 Michigan bird nests No. 13-63
1975 Michigan bird nests No. 64-126
1976 First bird observations for Michigan for year, No. 1-200
Bird observation, late May-early June 1976
The Sandhill Crane in Michigan, LHW, Nest No. 275-285 (1976)
1977 Greater Sandhill Crane Michigan nest No. 285-291, Nest 1-7
September 1978 Banded Michigan bird Muskegon Co., No. 1-648, No. 1-295
1978 Bird Observations, Lake Michigan, 49545
Greater Sandhill Crane, Michigan, nest No. 292-296 (1978)
Greater Sandhill Crane in Michigan, Jackson Co., 48842
1979 Michigan bird observation (first for year), No. 1-201
1979 Michigan bird nests, Kirtland's Warbler, Nest 5, No. 1-92
April, May bird observations, Michigan (1979)
Banded Michigan birds (October 1979), Muskegon Co.
Greater Sandhill Crane, Michigan, Nest No. 300, 1979
1980 Greater Sandhill Crane in Michigan
1981 Greater Sandhill Crane in Michigan
1981 Greater Sandhill Crane in Michigan, Nest No. 1-6, Nest No. 316-321
1981 Michigan bird observation
1981 Michigan bird nests (cards filed with Cornell)
1981 Banded Michigan Birds
Greater Sandhill Crane in Michigan, Michigan field trips, 1981
Map of Michigan Oceana County, Sandhill Cranes
1982 Michigan bird observations (first for year)
1982 Bird observations, 31 August 1982
1982 Banded Michigan Birds
1982 Banded Michigan Birds, No. 1-213
4255 Ingham Co., Muskegon Co.
Michigan bird nests, No. 1-115, banded birds 4255, No. 1-53, Michigan bird observation No. 1-142 (1982)
1982 Greater Sandhill Crane, Michigan, nests 325-331
1982 Greater Sandhill Crane observations
Sandhill Crane observation at Whitefish Point, Nest No. 339-340
Greater Sandhill Crane nesting at Haehnle Sanctuary
1983 Michigan bird observations
1983 First bird observation for year in Michigan
1983 Michigan Sandhill Crane nest
1983 2nd Upper Peninsula field trip
1983 3rd Upper Peninsula field trip
1983 Michigan bird nests
Greater Sandhill Crane nest in Michigan, Nest 9
Kirtland's Warbler male at Gwinn
1983 Sandhill Crane observation at Whitefish Point
Kirtland Warbler nests
Battle Creek Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Annual meeting and appreciation dinner, Michigan, 14 February 1951
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