James Dinsmore letter to Oscar Allert regarding mounted bird specimens, September 1, 1978
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Correspondence
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Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1978-09-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from James Dinsmore to Oscar Allert dated September 1, 1978. Dinsmore tells Allert, who had donated many bird specimens, about the bird mounts kept in the Iowa State University vertebrate museum.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Ames
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Neil Bernstein letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding fall bird sightings, August 11, 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Ornithology--Study and teaching
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1987-08-11
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Neil Bernstein to James J. Dinsmore regarding fall bird sightings, August 11, 1987. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 1987.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Ring-necked Duck Cattle Egret Lincoln's Sparrow
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Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area
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Neil Bernstein letter to Carl J. Bendorf regarding August bird sightings, fall 1987
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Ornithology--Study and teaching
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1987-08-01
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1987-11-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Neil Bernstein to Carl J. Bendorf regarding August bird sightings, fall 1987. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of fall 1987.
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Bernstein, Neil
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Cattle Egret Lincoln's Sparrow
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Dan Green Slough Wildlife Management Area Spring Run Complex Wildlife Management Area
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Fred Lesher letters to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, March 12, 1983 and June 3, 1983
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Study and teaching
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1983-03-01
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1983-06-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Two letters from Fred Lesher to Thomas H. Kent regarding bird sightings, March 12, 1983 and June 3, 1983. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1983.
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Lesher, Fred
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Killdeer Bald Eagle Turkey Vulture Lapland Longspur Osprey Fox Sparrow American Coot Winter Wren Horned Lark
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Allamakee County Lansing Wexford Creek Upper Iowa River
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Jim Dinsmore letter to Thomas Kent regarding spring field reports, May 26, 1981
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Nests Ornithology--Study and teaching Parulidae | Warblers
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1981-05-26
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Included with the letter is a list of birds sighted by Jim Dinsmore and others in areas mainly around central Iowa. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Smith's Longspur Eurasian Wigeon Brown Pelican
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Little Wall Lake Ames Boone Deweys Pasture State Game Management Area Hendrickson Marsh Lake Nevada Ruthven
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Orange-shafted Flicker in Lyon County
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Field notes
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Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Winter
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1981-05-28
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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A detailed account from Douglas Harr about sighting and attempting to rehabilitate an injured Orange-shafted Flicker. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of spring 1981.
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Harr, Douglas C.
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Northern Flicker
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Larchwood
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Field notes contributed by James J. Dinsmore, spring 1979
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Field notes Reports
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Bird watching Icteridae | Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, and allies Tyrannidae | Flycatchers Laridae | Gulls and Terns Accipitridae | Hawks and Eagles Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Ornithology--Study and teaching Charadriiformes | Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Fringillidae | Finches Hirundinidae | Swallows Parulidae | Warblers Water birds
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1979-03-01
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1979-05-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Spring report of birds contributed by James J. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1979.
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Dinsmore, James J.
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Red-shouldered Hawk American Kestrel Marbled Godwit Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Summer Tanager Loggerhead Shrike Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Moorhen American White Pelican Willet Hudsonian Godwit Long-eared Owl Golden-crowned Kinglet Common Tern
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Little Wall Lake Ames Boone Hendrickson Marsh Lake Ledges State Park Saylorville Lake Story County Boone County Harmon Lake
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Photograph of faculty members from the American School of Wildlife Protection
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Photographs
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Ornithology--Study and teaching Wildlife conservationists
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1928-08-07
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1928-08-18
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Eleven faculty members from the American School of Wildlife Protection in McGregor posing outside, August 7-18, 1928. Photograph originally titled "Faculty of Wildlife School at McGregor, Iowa." Rosene provides details on back of photograph.
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McGregor
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Old nesting records of Rare Birds in Iowa
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Drafts (documents) Articles
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Birds--Nests Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Collection and preservation
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1936-01-01
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1936-01-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Draft article. In this article Philip DuMont recounts information he received from Ed Currier regarding his collection of bird nests. Published in the Oologist, vol. 53, no. 1, January 1936.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Black-and-white Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Hooded Warbler Kentucky Warbler Prairie Warbler
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Des Moines River Iowa Keokuk Lee County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Directory for the collecting of bird specimens in Iowa for scientific purposes
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Reports
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Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Research Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Collection and preservation
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1935-04-01
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1935-04-30
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Report dated April 1935. In this report Philip DuMont, Game Technician of the Iowa Fish and Game Commission, lists species that should be collected in order to substantiate their presence in Iowa. While some species may be needed to study variation and sub-species there are other species that are not needed and should not be collected.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Iowa
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A Proposed revision of the "Revised list of the Birds of Iowa"
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Correspondence
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Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Study and teaching Zoological specimens
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1934-02-01
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1934-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Open letter dated February 1934. As Philip DuMont prepares for a revision to the "Revised list of the Birds of Iowa" he notes that 35 of the species listed had not been verified with specimens collected in Iowa. He is still looking for Iowa specimens for 25 of the species listed.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Joseph Grinnell letter to Philip DuMont regarding Savannah Sparrow identification, November 17, 1933
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1933-11-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Joseph Grinnell to Philip DuMont dated November 17, 1933. Grinnell gives his opinion on the subspecies of some Savannah Sparrow specimens and mentions that Savannah Sparrow classification may soon be revised. This document is in response to a letter from Dumont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3550/view
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Grinnell, Joseph, 1877-1939
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Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Lake Athabasca
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Philip DuMont proposal to the Iowa Fish and Game Commission regarding a proposed revision of the list of Iowa birds
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Proposals
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Study and teaching Ornithological literature
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated proposal from Philip DuMont to the Iowa Fish and Game Commission. DuMont proposes that the Iowa Fish and Game Commission publish a work he is writing titled: A Revision of the birds of Iowa. He discusses both the needs and the scope of the project.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Data on Iowa Red-tailed Hawks
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Research notes
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Bird surveys Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1932-01-01
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1933-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Research notes compiled from 1932-1933. In these notes Philip DuMont compiled a detailed list of all the Red-tailed Hawk specimens he could find in Iowa, classifying them by subspecies.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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5
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Additional specimens of Savannah Sparrow
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Research notes
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Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Collection and preservation
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1934-04-09
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1934-04-10
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated list of specimens. A list of Savannah Sparrow specimens collected in 1934, annotated with location and date of when it was collected.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Savannah Sparrow
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Clay County Dickinson County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Savannah Sparrows sent to J. Grinnell
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Research notes
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Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Collection and preservation
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated list of specimens. A list of Savannah Sparrow specimens sent to Joseph Grinnell in 1933 for identification, annotated with location and date of when it was collected, and the name of the collector.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Herschel Island Lake Athabasca Grand Rapids Provo Wood River California Stump Lake
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Specimens of Grasshopper Sparrow
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Research notes
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Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Collection and preservation
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated list of specimens. A list of Grasshopper Sparrow specimens, annotated with location and date of when it was collected.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Grasshopper Sparrow
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Johnson County Polk County Winnebago County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Specimens of Savannah Sparrow
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Research notes
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Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Collection and preservation
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated list of specimens. A list of Savannah Sparrow specimens, annotated with location and date of when it was collected.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Herschel Island Lake Athabasca Grand Rapids Provo Wood River California Stump Lake
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James Peters letter to Philip DuMont regarding Sparrow specimens, October 8, 1934
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1934-10-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from James Peters to Philip DuMont dated October 8, 1934. Peters tells DuMont that the Sparrow specimens will be returned to him in a few days and that they will all be identified with labels. This document is in response to a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3555/view
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Peters, James Lee, 1889-1952
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Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Herschel Island
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Philip DuMont letter to James Peters regarding Sparrow specimens, October 1, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching--Guidebooks Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1934-10-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to James Peters dated October 1, 1934. DuMont asks Peters if he has finished reviewing the Sparrow specimens yet, and asks for the specimens back since he is preparing to publish the 2nd edition of the "Revised list of the birds of Iowa". This document is answered by a letter from Peters: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3556/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Philip DuMont letter to James Peters regarding Savannah Sparrow specimens, May 16, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1934-05-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to James Peters dated May 16, 1934. DuMont sends more Savannah Sparrow specimens to Peters for review, and discusses some birds he has recently sighted in Iowa. This document is in response to a letter from Peters: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3553/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Marbled Godwit Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Hudsonian Godwit Red-necked Phalarope Dark-eyed Junco Common Starling
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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James Peters letter to Philip DuMont regarding Sparrow identification, January 2, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens Families
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1934-01-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from James Peters to Philip DuMont dated January 2, 1934. Peters informs Philip DuMont that he has not finished reviewing the Sparrow specimens sent to him, but gives a preliminary assessment. Included with this letter is a letter from Janetta DuMont, who is forwarding Philip DuMont's mail, discussing the DuMont family's activities around Christmas. This document is in response to a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3552/view This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3554/view
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DuMont, Janetta A. Peters, James Lee, 1889-1952
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Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Herschel Island
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Philip DuMont letter to James Peters regarding Sparrow identification, November 23, 1933
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1933-11-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to James Peters dated November 23, 1933. DuMont asks for assistance in correctly identifying Savannah Sparrow specimens and verifying Grasshopper Sparrow specimens. This document is answered by a letter from Peters: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3553/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Nebraska North Dakota Herschel Island Alberta Manitoba Utah California
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Philip DuMont letter to Joseph Grinnell regarding Savannah Sparrow identification, November 6, 1933
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1933-11-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to Joseph Grinnell dated November 6, 1933. DuMont asks for assistance in correctly identifying Savannah Sparrow specimens and mentions that the Revised list of the birds of Iowa should be available in about two weeks. This document is answered by a letter from Grinnell: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3551/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Nebraska North Dakota Herschel Island Alberta Manitoba Utah
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinators Newsletter
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Correspondence
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Ornithology--Methodology Ornithology--Societies, etc Ornithology--Study and teaching
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas coordinators newsletter gives an update on the project. The project has been in progress for three years and is ongoing. The newsletter includes a request for more "birders" to help with the project.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Breeding Bird Atlas Committee
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Iowa
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