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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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Harry Oberholser letter to Oscar Allert regarding bird sightings, March 1, 1929
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Correspondence Field notes
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1929-03-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Harry Oberholser to Oscar Allert dated March 1, 1929. Oberholser responds to a request from Allert by providing details about a couple of bird sightings. Oberholser also states that if Allert has any skins he wishes identified that he should send them to Washington with return postage.
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Oberholser, Harry C. (Harry Church), 1870-1963
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Northern Mockingbird Kentucky Warbler
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McGregor Prairie du Chien
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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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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Lantern slide of a Passenger Pigeon mounted specimen
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Lantern slides
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Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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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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A mounted specimen of a Passenger Pigeon placed outside. Slide originally titled "Mourning Dove." The lantern slide is hand-colored. Rosene provides details on lantern slide.
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Rosene, Walter, 1880-1941
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Passenger Pigeon
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McGregor
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Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers | MS 589
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Bill Youngworth letter to Woodward Hart Brown regarding dubious Christmas census reports, May 25, 1954
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Geographical distribution Winter Zoological specimens
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1954-05-25
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Bill Youngworth to Woodward Hart Brown dated May 25, 1954. Youngworth thinks that the Christmas census should be discontinued since many reported sightings are extremely unlikely for the season. Youngworth also discusses western colonies of Eastern Meadowlarks.
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Youngworth, William
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Baird's Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark
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Iowa
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Woodward Hart Brown Papers | MS 502
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Bird Sighting White-winged Crossbill, 1979
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Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1979-07-24
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Copy of a field report by Dorothy Parker regarding a dead White-winged Crossbille found by Patti Stockham for a White-winged Crossbill on her farm in Cass County, IA on July 24, 1979.
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Parker, Dorothy
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White-winged Crossbill
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Lake Anita State Park
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Greater Prairie-Chicken at Larchwood in 1992
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Rare birds Hunting Zoological specimens
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1993-06-01
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1994-10-18
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Greater Prairie-Chicken at Larchwood in Lyon County, IA on December 11, 1992. Includes a record review document with votes, a photo of the specimen, a letter from Jim Dinsmore to the Records Committee reporting the sighting and specimen, and the original sighting record found in the publication Greater Prairie-Chicken in Lyon County in Iowa Bird Life 63:55 by Marty Eby.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
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Larchwood
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Ruff at Cone Marsh in 1940
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1941-04-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Ruff at Cone Marsh in Louisa County, IA on May 10, 1940.Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Ruff in Iowa in spring in Auk 58:257 by H.R. Dill and seen by W.C. Thietje, and a photograph of the specimen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Ruff
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Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sabine's Gull near Burlington in 1891
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1899-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Sabine's Gull near Burlington in Des Moines County, IA on October 15, 1891. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph of the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Xema sabinii and Chordeiles virginianus sennetti - additions to the Iowa avifauna in Auk 16:86 by Paul Bartsch, and referenced by four other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sabine's Gull
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Burlington
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sabine's Gull near Burlington in 1894
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1899-01-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Sabine's Gull near Burlington in Des Moines County, IA on October 12, 1894. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Xema sabinii and Chordeiles virginianus sennetti - additions to the Iowa avifauna in Auk 16:86 by Paul Bartsch, and referenced by four other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sabine's Gull
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Burlington
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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9
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Sabine's Gull at Scott County before 1933
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1933-12-01
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1994-02-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Sabine's Gull at Scott County, IA before 1933. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont seen by W.L. Allen.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Sabine's Gull
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Scott County
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Eurasian Collared-Dove at Grinnell in 1997
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1998-02-26
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2000-11-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for Eurasian Collared-Doves at Grinnell in Poweshiek County, IA on October 15, 1997. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record of a letter from Mark Proescholdt to Tom Kent on February 26, 1998 seen by Mike Stegmann, Ed Savage, and Garry Brandenburg, and referenced by an Iowa Bird Life article.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Eurasian Collared Dove
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Grinnell
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