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Title	Genres	Topics	Date (Start)	Date (End)	Type	Description	Creator/Author	Birds	Locations

Philip DuMont letter to Ortha Green regarding bird specimens, May 8, 1935	Correspondence	Zoological specimens	1935-05-08	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Philip DuMont to Ortha Green dated May 8, 1935. In this letter DuMont asks Green for more details about some specimens in her collection.	DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996	Ferruginous Hawk Great Horned Owl Common Starling	Promise City	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	17
C.H. Schroeder collection of birds	Research notes	Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens	N/A	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Undated research notes. This is a list of bird specimens found in the C.H. Schroeder collection. Some bird specimens are annotated with where and when they were collected.	DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996		Des Moines	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	17
The Giddings bird collection	Research notes	Zoological specimens	N/A	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Undated research notes. This is a list of bird specimens found in the Giddings collection. Some bird specimens are annotated with number or measurements and description.	DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996		Sabula	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	17
The Frank E. Ellis bird collection	Research notes	Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens	N/A	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Undated research notes. This is a list of bird specimens found in the Frank E. Ellis bird collection. The bird specimens are annotated with the location where they were collected.	DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996		Maquoketa	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	17
Collection of Miss Ortha Green	Research notes	Zoological specimens	1935-04-23	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Research notes dated April 23, 1935. This is a list of bird specimens found in the Ortha Green collection. Some bird specimens are annotated with number. The Ortha Green collection also contains some mounted animals and Indian relics.	DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996		Promise City	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	17
William Praeger letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird collections in Keokuk, May 28, 1934	Correspondence	Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Identification Hunting Zoological specimens	1934-05-28	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from William Praeger to Philip DuMont dated May 28, 1934. In this letter Praeger tells DuMont that there were three bird collections in Keokuk that he knew of: the Shafer, the Davis and the Heiser. None of the men who owned the collections knew much about their birds and Praeger helped out with identifying some of the specimens.	Praeger, William Emilius	Swallow-tailed Kite Northern Mockingbird Wild Turkey Great Egret	Keokuk	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	17
The Henning collection, Boone Public Library	Research notes Descriptions (documents)	Zoological specimens	1932-06-14	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Undated research notes. This is a description of the Henning collection. The description contains a brief history recounting the sourcing and display of the specimens. Included with the description is a list of bird specimens found in the collection dated June 14, 1932.	DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996	Brown Pelican Lazuli Bunting Pileated Woodpecker	Boone Ledges State Park	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	17
The Rosene bird collection at Ogden	Research notes Descriptions (documents)	Zoological specimens	N/A	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Undated research notes. This is a description of the Rosene collection. The description gives a brief overview of the bird collection and praises it as a pleasing example of how a private collector can create a reference collection.	DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996	Red-tailed Hawk Great Horned Owl Long-tailed Duck Merlin Peregrine Falcon	Ogden	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	17
Anna Wild letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird specimens at Iowa State Teachers College, March 20, 1934	Correspondence	Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens	1934-03-20	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Anna Wild to Philip DuMont dated March 20, 1934. In this letter Wild says that Winifred Gilbert has checked the specimens housed in the museum at Iowa State Teachers College. Included with this letter is a list that was reviewed by Gilbert who found bird specimens that DuMont had been looking for.	Wild, Anna R.	Northern Flicker Say's Phoebe Common Redpoll Great Gray Owl Common Raven Burrowing Owl	Cedar Falls	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	18
Breeding status undetermined	Research notes	Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens	N/A	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Undated research notes. This list contains bird species for which specimens are needed to accurately determine whether they breed in Iowa.	DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996		Iowa	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	18
Specimens in Iowa collections to be considered as accidental	Research notes	Birds--Geographical distribution Rare birds Zoological specimens	N/A	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Undated research notes. This list contains species considered either accidental or rare in the state of Iowa.	DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996		Iowa	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	18
A list of birds in "Birds of Iowa" which lack Iowa specimens	Research notes	Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens	N/A	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Undated research notes. This list contains species (or subspecies) that were reported in Rudolph Anderson's book "Birds of Iowa," in a local checklist or in the American Ornithologists' Union checklist as existing in Iowa but which lack a representative Iowa specimen.	DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996		Iowa	Philip A. Dumont Papers \| MS 153	4	18