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Accession 93-079
Walkinshaw, Lawrence H.
Lawrence H. Walkinshaw Papers, 1918-1992
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: | 1918-1992 |
Quantity: | 11.19 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 16x20 box) |
Collection: | Accession 93-079 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of Lawrence H. Walkinshaw's ornithological research, particularly on cranes and Kirtland's Warblers. They include correspondence with colleagues; field notes, 1916-1991; and notes, lists, and other data on birds. |
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 (1949) 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
These papers document Lawrence H. Walkinshaw's ornithological research, particularly on cranes and Kirtland's warblers. They include correspondence with colleagues; field notes, 1918-1992; and notes, lists, and other data on birds.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 93-079, Lawrence H. Walkinshaw Papers
Container List
Box 1
Correspondence, c. 1930-1991 (16 folders)
Box 2
Correspondence, c. 1930-1991 (23 folders)
Walkinshaw Autobiography
Notes, reports, articles, and data on cranes
Box 3
Notes, reports, articles, and data on cranes (15 folders)
Box 4
Notes, reports, articles, and data on cranes (5 folders)
Some Bird Observations in Kinross Township, 1930-1943
Catalogue of Number of Bird Eggs
Field Notes - Michigan, 1918-1930
Field Notes, 1935-1937
Field Notes - Alaska, 1946
Field Notes, 1920-1968 (mostly 1955-1960)
Field Notes - Andros Island, 1960
Field Notes - Michigan, 1960
Field Notes, 1961-1962 (2 folders)
Field Notes - Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1964
Field Notes, 1965
Field Notes, 1968
Field Notes, 1969
Field Notes, 1982-1983
Field Notes, 1930-1990
Box 5
Notes and correspondence, c. 1938-1946
Greater Sandhill Crane Nests - Michigan, 1970-1982
Michigan Bird Records/Banding, 1976
Michigan Sandhill Crane Nests, 1976
Sandhill Crane Observations - Florida, Michigan, Texas, Idaho, and Yellowstone, 1978
Field Notes - Michigan and Florida, 1978-1980
Michigan Bird Notes, 1979
Bird Observations/Banding/Sandhill Crane Nests - Michigan, 1979-1980
Michigan Birds, 1982
Michigan Bird Records, 1983
Michigan Bird Records, 1984
Florida Bird Observations, 1987; Michigan Bird Observations, 1988; Correspondence, 1931-1988
Florida Bird Notes, 1988
Michigan Birds, 1990
Field Notes, 1945-1948, 1992
Bird Records - Michigan and Wisconsin, 1970
Bird Records - Michigan and Mississippi, 1971
Michigan Birds, 1972
Box 6
Michigan Birds, 1973-1974 (2 folders)
Michigan Birds - Banding, 1973-1974
Michigan Bird Notes, 1974-1975
Michigan Bird Records, 1975
Kirtland's Warbler Nesting and Other Michigan Nests, 1976
Michigan Bird Records/Banding, 1977
Michigan Bird Notes, 1978
Field Notes, 1978
Michigan Bird Records, 1979
Field Notes, 1970-1972, 1980
Field Notes, 1980-1981
Field Notes, 1981-1990
Michigan Bird Records, 1981
Field Notes, 1982
Michigan Bird Observations, 1982
Michigan Bird Observations, 1983
Field Notes, 1984-1986
Field Notes, 1987
Bird Records - Florida and Michigan, 1987
Field Notes, 1990-1991
Box 7
Field Notes
Florida Bird Work - Cranes and Other (2 folders)
Birds Banded in Michigan, 1930-1980 (2 folders)
Florida and Michigan Bird Records (12 folders)
Box 8
Florida and Michigan Bird Records (4 folders)
Bird Data - Florida and Michigan, 1992
World Crane Nest Records
Notes and data on cranes
Crane Information from Ronald H. Hoffman
Notes, data, newsletters, articles, and correspondence on cranes (4 folders)
Sandhill Crane Project Monthly Reports from the Ohio Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, 1986-1987
Draft Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed Experimental Release of Red-Crowned Cranes in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 1990
Quarterly Reports of Work Done by Janet L. McMillen for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1986-1989
A Report on the Whooping Crane's Northern Breeding Grounds, edited by Robert Porter Allen, 1956
Articles, theses, and reports on cranes by various authors (3 folders)
Crane Book Proof Pieces
Life History of the Eastern Field Sparrow manuscript
Kirtland's Warbler in Summer, 1978
Box 9
Michigan County Maps - Region I: Upper Peninsula, 1961
Michigan County Maps - Region II: Northern Lower Peninsula
Michigan County Maps - Region III: Southern Lower Peninsula, 1961
Michigan County Maps - Miscellaneous Counties
Box 10
Wetlands Crane Study (5 folders)
Notes and data on Kirtland's Warblers and Sandhill Cranes (3 folders)
Notes, data, articles, and correspondence on Kirtland's Warblers with a small amount on Sandhill Cranes (9 folders)
Box 11
Notes, data, articles, and correspondence on Kirtland's Warblers with a small amount on Sandhill Cranes
Palm Warbler and Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler and Prairie Warbler - Photographs, 1944-1956
Isle of Pines Bird Notes, Michigan Academy of Sciences, 1951
Chipping Sparrow
Life History of the Field Sparrow, by Malcolm Phelps Crooks, 1948
Michigan Bird Records
Bird Observations - Michigan
Breeding Habits and Breeding Potential: Birds, 1952
Notes, data, reports, articles, and correspondence on various birds (13 folders)
Box 12
Notes, data, reports, articles, and correspondence on various birds (5 folders)
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