Bird collections in Iowa
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Research notes
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Zoological specimens
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Undated research notes. This is a list of bird collections that can be found in Iowa. Each collection is listed with its location.
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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A list of birds in "Birds of Iowa" which lack Iowa specimens
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Research notes
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Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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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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Specimens in Iowa collections to be considered as accidental
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Research notes
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Birds--Geographical distribution Rare birds Zoological specimens
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated research notes. This list contains species considered either accidental or rare in the state of Iowa.
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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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Breeding status undetermined
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Research notes
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Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated research notes. This list contains bird species for which specimens are needed to accurately determine whether they breed in Iowa.
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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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Anna Wild letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird specimens at Iowa State Teachers College, March 20, 1934
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Correspondence
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Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens
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1934-03-20
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Wild, Anna R.
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Northern Flicker Say's Phoebe Common Redpoll Great Gray Owl Common Raven Burrowing Owl
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Cedar Falls
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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The Rosene bird collection at Ogden
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Research notes Descriptions (documents)
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Zoological specimens
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Red-tailed Hawk Great Horned Owl Long-tailed Duck Merlin Peregrine Falcon
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Ogden
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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The Henning collection, Boone Public Library
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Research notes Descriptions (documents)
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Zoological specimens
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1932-06-14
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Brown Pelican Lazuli Bunting Pileated Woodpecker
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Boone Ledges State Park
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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William Praeger letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird collections in Keokuk, May 28, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Identification Hunting Zoological specimens
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1934-05-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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Praeger, William Emilius
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Swallow-tailed Kite Northern Mockingbird Wild Turkey Great Egret
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Keokuk
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Collection of Miss Ortha Green
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Research notes
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Zoological specimens
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1935-04-23
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Promise City
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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The Frank E. Ellis bird collection
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Research notes
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Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Maquoketa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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The Giddings bird collection
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Research notes
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Zoological specimens
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Sabula
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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C.H. Schroeder collection of birds
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Research notes
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Birds--Geographical distribution Zoological specimens
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Des Moines
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Philip DuMont letter to Ortha Green regarding bird specimens, May 8, 1935
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Correspondence
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Zoological specimens
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1935-05-08
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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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.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Ferruginous Hawk Great Horned Owl Common Starling
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Promise City
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Notes on accidental or rare specimens of Iowa birds
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Research notes
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Birds--Geographical distribution Rare birds Zoological specimens
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Undated research notes. While conducting research for the book "Revised List of the Birds of Iowa" Philip DuMont studied many collections of Iowa bird specimens. This list is comprised of birds that he found collected in Iowa that are not listed as being in range in the American Ornithologists' Union checklist.
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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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Myron Swenk letter to Philip DuMont regarding specimens, January 16, 1935
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Paridae | Titmice Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1935-01-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Myron Swenk to Philip DuMont dated January 16, 1935. In this letter Swenk tells DuMont that he is returning the Horned Lark specimens but plans to continue studying the Chickadee and Sparrow specimens. Included with this letter is a list of the subspecies that Swenk associated with each Horned Lark specimen.
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Swenk, Myron H.
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Vesper Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Horned Lark
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Louis Bishop letter to Philip DuMont regarding Walter Savage collection, October 15, 1935
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Correspondence
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Birds--Eggs Zoological specimens
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1935-10-15
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Louis Bishop to Philip DuMont dated October 15, 1935. In this letter Bishop responds to DuMont's request for information about the Walter Savage egg collection. Included with this letter is an inventory of the specimens that Bishop purchased from Savage.
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Bishop, Louis B.
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Red-headed Woodpecker
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Hillsboro Glasgow Stockport
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Wade Guenther letter to Philip DuMont regarding the Giddings collection, April 20, 1933
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Correspondence
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Zoological specimens
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1933-04-20
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Wade Guenther to Philip DuMont dated April 20, 1933. In this letter Guenther states that he is preparing an article about the Giddings collection for publication in the Sabula Gazette and would like a comment from DuMont since he has recently studied the collection. This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/4217/view
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Guenther, Wade
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Sabula
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Ottumwa Bird Club meeting minutes, January 4, 1945
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Administrative records
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Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings Zoological specimens
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1945-01-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Meeting minutes from the Ottumwa Bird Club, January 4, 1945 reporting on an "indoor hike" at the meeting using study skins 48 species of birds loaned by the Iowa Department of History and Archives.
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Ottumwa Bird Club
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Ottumwa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Snowy Egret at Elk Lake in 1934
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1934-07-24
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1996-04-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Snowy Egrets at Elk Lake in Clay County, IA on July 24, 1934. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration, a letter from Jim Dinsmore to Department of Animal Ecology in Iowa State University, the original sighting record found in the publication Little Blue Herons in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 5:13 by Logan J. Bennett, and referenced in another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Snowy Egret
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Elk Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Magnificent Frigatebird at Burlington in 1903
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting Zoological specimens
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1903-08-01
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1996-04-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Magnificent Frigatebird at Burlington in Des Moines County, IA in August 1903. Includes a record review document with votes, request for reconsideration of record, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Paul Bartsch, and referenced in three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Magnificent Frigatebird
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Burlington
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Magnificent Frigatebird circa 1896
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1896-01-01
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Magnificent Frigatebird at La Porte City in Black Hawk County, IA around 1896. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Note in Iowa Ornithologist 2:34 by Morton E. Peck, and referenced in two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Magnificent Frigatebird
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La Porte City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Sabula, 1899
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1899-11-26
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Red-throated Loons at Sabula in Jackson County, IA on November 26, 1899. Includes a record review document with votes, comments by the IOU Records Committee on the sighting, the original sighting record found in the publication The Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by H.J. Giddings, and referenced by two later publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Sabula
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Burlington circa 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Ornithological illustration Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1894-12-31
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1994-11-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Pacific Loon at Burlington, IA, on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, around 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of the specimen, notes about the specimen, two letters about the sighting from George Schrimper to Ronald E. Goetz, a letter from Ronald Goetz to Tom Kent, the original sighting record found in the publication Report of the committee on state fauna in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences 2:43-51 by C.C. Nutting seen by Paul Bartsch, and referenced in four other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Burlington
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Sabula, 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Fowling Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1895-11-16
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1998-04-11
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records committee review for a Pacific Loon at Sabula in Jackson County, IA on November 15, 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of a specimen, correspondence about the sighting from Ronald Goetz to Tom Kent, comments by the IOU Records Committee on the bird sighting, notes about the specimen, an article in Iowa Bird Life about the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Ornithologist 2:73. by H.J. Giddings seen by W. Eldridge, and referenced by six other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Sabula
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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More Gray Jays in Iowa
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Zoological specimens
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1976-08-01
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1977-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Report on Gray Jays sighted in Iowa in the fall of 1976 and winter of 1976/77 by Nicholas, S Halmi. This document was written as a response to an article by Gladys Black that was published in the Des Moines Register. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1977.
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Halmi, Nicholas S.
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Gray Jay
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Cedar Falls Decorah Mason City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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